Gauging interest in Borassodendron borneense seeds

[Bigfish]

So I have an opportunity to import some Borassodendron borneense seeds, which are extremely rarely offered.  They aren’t cheap, plus the phyto and shipping costs will be high because of the size and weight of the seeds.  They will be coming straight from Borneo.  I think I can get about 200 seeds, but don’t want to get stuck with expensive seeds that I can’t sell.  I’m thinking they would retail for between $5-$10/ seed, but I won’t know exactly until I get the total cost quoted to me.  Let me know if you’re interested at this price.  

 

By the way, there are 3 seeds in one of those fruits, so that isn’t one seed in his hand…it’s a fruit that contains 3 seeds.

[Cindy Adair]

I would enjoy adding these to my collection but as I don’t sell plants I would probably buy no more than 5 depending on final price. 

[Visgoth]

I'd be interested and based on final price buy from 10 to 20.

[Jadd Correia]

I too would be interested in 10-15 seeds depending on final price etc.

[jimmyt]

Frank,

Do you plan to sell by the fruit or by individual seed?  I have interest….  😁

jimmyt

[Bigfish]

2 minutes ago, jimmyt said:

Frank,

Do you plan to sell by the fruit or by individual seed?  I have interest….  😁

jimmyt

By the seed.  They have to be cleaned to pass inspection.

[nduba]

I would be interested 

[Pdmesa]

Would get 3-5 on cost 

[Josue Diaz]

I would get 3 to 5 also. Would be a good addition to our farm in El Salvador 

[Drew]

I would buy 10.

Drew

[JosefS]

I'd buy 10 or 15 depending on cost

 

[Keybmp]

I’m definitely interested in a few 

[PalmatierMeg]

Frank, any estimate - no commitment from you - for cleaning, inspection, phytosanitary paperwork, shipping etc? I could manage perhaps 3-5 seeds but my husband would have a coronary if add'l charges hit $300-500 or more. And coronaries are never good for cancer survivors. Plus, some eager buyers may need a wake-up call before they get their knickers in a twist.

Thanks for the offer.

[Bigfish]

1 hour ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Frank, any estimate - no commitment from you - for cleaning, inspection, phytosanitary paperwork, shipping etc? I could manage perhaps 3-5 seeds but my husband would have a coronary if add'l charges hit $300-500 or more. And coronaries are never good for cancer survivors. Plus, some eager buyers may need a wake-up call before they get their knickers in a twist.

Thanks for the offer.

I don't want to get ahead of anything and even guess what shipping costs will be, but he is cleaning the seeds currently and I'm waiting on a shipping quote for 200 seeds.  It ain't gonna be cheap, I can tell you that.  You can see how big the fruits are, and there are 3 seeds per fruit. 

Actually, I'm not sure how it would be possible to ship 150 kg from Borneo to the USA by air for under $1,500. 

This probably won't work...I have been checking quotes, and unless I want to ship by sea and wait 39 days, the cost for shipping will just be way too much to bother with.  Sorry, folks.  If anything changes, I'll let you know.  But just the shipping costs alone would make it about $10/seed my cost.  That doesn't include the actual cost of the seeds or the phyto.

This is why I never got those Corypha umbraculifera seeds from Australia.  The expense of importing large quantities of seeds from another country just makes it not even worth it.  Australian bureaucrats were charging me export fees, nose-picking fees,  ridiculous taxes for made up stuff, and basically whatever else they thought they could get away with.  I told them to forget it.  Too bad too, because they were fresh seeds and lots of them.

I bought 1,000 seeds of an undescribed Licuala (later offered by RPS as Licuala sp. 'Kalimantan Marbled' early last year and they were 100% rotten when I got them.  I took a blood bath on that one.