I purchased a lemon drop anemone from gmneil. Let me first say that I thought long and hard about posting this. Neil seems to be a stand up guy and has had mostly great feedback. Also, the anemone I received from him, in terms of color, is spot on. I know there is great demand for these and that it's a truly unique anemone. With that being said, I feel like myself and a few other people were misled. I sent him several texts as well as a PM last night. He has not responded to the PM. If you look at the thread, I was the first to respond after Neil claimed that the anemone in picture was the one for sale. As you can see, I received only a fraction of that anemone. I literally wake up every morning and check on it. So far so good, but for $500+ paypal fees and $75 in shipping, I was expecting a little more. I sent him a PM after payment asking why he hadn't noted it as closed. He said he liked to keep it open to keep up interest in the nem. I asked about the anemone in the picture after I received mine. He said it was sold to someone that responded to the thread before me. I spoke with two other individuals that said they received anemones from Neil as well.He said in the post he wishes he had four to sell, yet have confirmed that he sold 4. So, my assumption is that the pictured anemone was quartered and sold to 4 people. Again, this is speculation. I can say that I've propagated several anemone in my 17+ years of experience and these look more like cuts than splits. My proposal is a 50% refund. If that's the case, I'll move on happily into the sunset. If you look at the picture from the thread, his is not nearly as small as the one I received. That's the type of anemone I was expecting, not one smaller than a quarter with about 8 tentacles. It's not about the money, it's more about the principle and delivering on what you promise. Please note in the thread below that I was the first to PM him saying I'd take it after the pic was posted.
http://reef2reef.com/threads/lemon-drop-anemone-for-sale.249372/
http://reef2reef.com/threads/lemon-drop-anemone-for-sale.249372/
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