rarepalmseeds.com Reviews 

I purchased 100 seeds of Pachypodium namaquanum on 27th Jan from this store and it's been already more than 4 month past but nothing arrives.
They don't even give me a message about this problem so I sent a message to press them for an answer like what's going on? but the website is closed.
they charged me 739EUR and gave me nothing.

Their seeds have become so expensive, to the point of ridiculous. In addition to that you have to pay extra taxes and shipping costs. Germination rates are low to zero. A shadow of what it has been in the past.

The Brugmansia vulcanicola seeds had a 70% germination rate. And they are cold group Brugmansia, although I highly doubt they are true vulcanicola. The expensive Blechnum spores dit not germinate at all, not one green speck. After asking for replacement spores I received a reply after a week that can be summarized as "no, it's your fault they did not germinate" Overall I regret ordering from them, it's a waste of money.

No replies to any of my emails... shocking customer service!! i received a blunt rude message from someone on messenger after being ignored for weeks. not even a confirmation of order, this is a LARGE order and i have no idea if its been dispatched or not?? Youve basically taken my money and ran!! if i dont hear from you in the next 48 hours i will be opening a claim to get a refund

Most of the things I've ordered from them grew, some haven't. This is much better than most international seed suppliers in my experience. Their fees have gone up quite bit recently and they now insist an expensive phytosanitary certificate is essential for all seeds for my country which it isn't. Also hard to see why postage needs to be so incredibly expensive, fine if you're rich.

Samen von 5 Spezies bestellt; die einzigen, die keimten waren nicht das, was es sein sollte. Ich bin Gärtner und weiß, wie professionell ausgesät wird. ZB keimte eine Spezies, die ich woanders erwarb, die von rarepalmseeds (also die selbe Art) nicht. Ich gehe davon aus, dass uraltes Saatgut, was insbesondere bei trop. Arten dann nicht mehr keimt, verkauft wird. Auf Beschwerdemail wird nicht geantwortet. NIE WIEDER! FINGER WEG!!!

Hi all! I made a rather large order at rarepalmseeds.com, which had to be sent in several parcels :)

Payment is convenient. Order confirmation was long. However, I received my order within the timeframe I expected. I liked the product and I plan to work with this store in the future

You dont have a zero star, what a pity.
I ordered seeds , which took 18 days ,along time to come from Germany, we are in the UK, there were various excuses given, but the gist of this is I had my son waiting to take them back to Panama , it is very simple and no hassle to take them in your luggage as a private person. Of course he left on the 18th January , still no seeds, so when they finally turned, up I sent them by DHL and they were confiscated and destroyed as they deem this a commercial import, so I paid for seeds, which were delayed as it was Christmas, then holidays and finaly had them destroyed. what a waste.Had someone been efficient and on the ball they would be in seed trays in Panama.

Eines der umfangreichsten Sortimente überhaupt und darüber hinaus immer frisches Saatgut. Der Versand bei den "kleinen Päckchen" kann ein wenig länger dauern, da das Abpacken kleiner Stückzahlen sehr zeit- und arbeitsintensiv ist. Wer diese Samen nicht zum keimen bringt, der sollte lieber Totengräber werden ....

Habe schon mehrmals bestellt. Kleine Stückzahlen sind relativ teuer, ab 100 Samen bzw. 1000 wird es günstig.
Meist dauert es ein paar Wochen bis verschickt wird, das halt ich nicht für problematisch, wenn man es weiß, dass es länger dauern wird, kann aber beim ersten Mal etwas an den Nerven nagen.
Bei jeder Lieferung waren ca. 10 % kaputt. Wenn von 1000 Samen kein einziger keimt, dann hat man auch valide Ergebnisse. Bei 10 Samen kann man meist nicht sagen, ob es an der Aussaatmethode oder an den Samen liegt.
Ich habe nicht reklamiert, aber darauf hingewiesen, dass auch Totalausfälle dabei waren, hier wurde mir ungefragt Ersatz mitgeschickt. Was mich natürlich gefreut hat. Die Kommunikation hat gepasst, habe immer einer Antwort bekommen.

Ich werde auch in Zukunft wieder kaufen.

Ich habe im Januar 3 Sorten Palmensamen bestellt. Es kamen 46 Stück. Deutlich mehr als bestellt. Nicht einer ist gekeimt, obwohl überall steht diese Sorten keimen schnell und zuverlässig. Aus dem Urlaub mitgebrachte Samen keimten unter den gleichen Bedingungen alle (!)
Zur Antwort bekam ich am 29.09.2022: Bei meiner nächsten Bestellung würden sie ein paar Samen zusätzlich schicken.
Als ob ich da nochmal was bestellen würde

After being asked to get a USDA permit (which I did) for a seed shipment to Hawaii, USA, order was shipped within a couple weeks. Waited a month after the parcel arrived in NYC for the package to arrive...USPS to blame? No, I found an empty package with an intercept and destroy notification from the USDA...permit notwithstanding, Rare Palm Seeds did not provide the correct information for USDA review (nor my permit apparently) within the shipment, so 132 Euros down the tubes. So far, no response to multiple emails. 6 weeks of waiting for an empty package. This entity is terrible, caveat emptor.

Meine Bestellung wurde zwwi Wochen lang nicht bearbeitet. Keine Info vom Kundenservice. Erst nach drei Nachfragen, kam eine Antwort. Bei meiner Stornoanfrage, hieß es, es sei eine Wiedereinalgerungsgebühr i.H.v. 35€ fällig. Irgendwann kamen die Samen, aber völlig unzureichend verpackt und kaputt. Zwei der drei bestellten Astrophytum Samen waren zerdrückt. Das unversehrtere Tütchen wies die völlig falschen Samen auf. Absichtliche Täuschung?
Die Reklamation verlief natürlich mühsam, ich musste mehrere Mails schreiben, bis irgendwann reagiert wurde und ich das Geld zurück erhalten habe. Ich rate dringend davon ab, hier zu bestellen.

Avoid this place like the plague! I can't make this any more clear!

Why?

It took three and a half months for my seeds to arrive. A quarter of an entire year!

Then when it did, it was all good right? No, not at all. I wouldn't be here if thats all that it was.

With no notice, zero contact of any sort, they changed my order and sent me different seeds without my consent. Very expensive and unique seeds too. I paid AUD$95.00 for 5 seeds (!!!!!), almost half the value of the entire order, and of course those were the ones they just swapped out. They instead sent me some other genuinely worthless garbage plant that is completely different in every way to the plant I ordered. The seeds I wanted are still in stock on their website so they just didnt want to send me what I paid for apparently, so they completely scammed on that one.

Damn. Can't get much worse than that ey. Oh, but it can...

I also bought a "wholesale" pack of 100 seeds. And so they sent a pack that said "100" on it. But how many of those 100 did they actually send? 13. They sent me 13 seeds out of that 100. Thats 13% of what a paid for! Or in other words, they stole 87% of my money on those seeds. I suppose its slightly better than 99% loss on the other ones they swapped out Sigh.

And the cherry on top?

Literal non-existant customer service once they have your money. I have a had zero replies to over 10 emails over many weeks. My money is officially gone it would seem.

Long story short, of a AUD$200.00+ order, they sent me half the value of that, and I waited a quarter of a year for the pleasure.

Never again!

Do not buy seeds from these scammers if you have been smart enough to research first.

teilweise schlecht bis gar nicht gereinigtes Saatgut. Auf Reklamation wird lapidar ausgewichen. Für mich ausschlaggebend- hoher Preis = hohe Qualität. Hier stimmt das Verhältnis leider nicht. Bei Zanthoxylum wurden Fruchtstände geliefert die nur schlecht bis gar nicht gereinigt werden konnten. Das sollte Aufgabe des Verkäufers der hohe Preise verlangt sein

Bester laden münchens
Alle Samen haben gekeimt und ich hab einen guten Preis bezahlt.

I bought many melastomataceae seeds for 120 euros 1 year ago. And 99.99% did not germinate at all.
They sell old seeds. Normally I'm great at germinating but from their seeds almost none germinated at all.
Horrible. They most likely knowingly sell very old seeds that will never germinate. I've heard this many times.
DO NOT BUY HERE. Horrible scammers.

On top of that they posponed the order for weeks I had to call and email 5+ times after already paying.
Terrible terrible.

They are NOT to be trusted, seem to a china company with no references and operations location.

Rarepalmseeds a tout pour déplaire !

Les graines vendues sont pour la plupart bien trop vieilles, pas fraiches du tout. N'espérez pas faire des semis !
Quant aux espèces proposées, ils ne semblent pas être capables de les vérifier....
Les délais d'expéditions sont TRES LONGS voire à la limite de la légalité.
Frais de port abusifs.
Personne ne répond aux mails, service client = 0.
Ce site est de la poudre aux yeux, vous feriez mieux de passer votre chemin. A bon entendeur.

Good:
- I received the seeds and spores I ordered
- some of them germinated well

Bad:
- very long waiting time and not much information
- no response to emails
- at least 50% of the seeds I bought were completely dead