Bonsaistore.co in Canada selling Walter Pall trees?

[Palltergeist]

Hey guys,

Finding vendors in Canada is not easy. I just came across this website

BonsaiStore.co

Discover the art of Bonsai at Bonsaistore.co - Your one-stop shop for premium Bonsai trees, tools, accessories, and expert advice. Nurture your passion and grow your collection today!

bonsaistore.co

Looks like they're selling @Walter Pall 's trees, or at least they must have some kind of affiliation with him -- I keep getting adds on Facebook with Walter's trees.

Looks like they also have trees from Omiya and @William N. Valavanis ?

 

[Mikecheck123]

Hey guys,

Finding vendors in Canada is not easy. I just came across this website

BonsaiStore.co

Discover the art of Bonsai at Bonsaistore.co - Your one-stop shop for premium Bonsai trees, tools, accessories, and expert advice. Nurture your passion and grow your collection today!

bonsaistore.co

Looks like they're selling @Walter Pall 's trees, or at least they must have some kind of affiliation with him -- I keep getting adds on Facebook with Walter's trees.

Looks like they also have trees from Omiya and @William N. Valavanis ?

It's far more likely that they're just shamelessly stealing pictures of his trees without his knowledge to deceptively sell their goods.

Be very skeptical.

 

[rockm]

This site is at best confusing, at worst misleading. The prices on those trees seem to be for seed, others have "mature" "baby" and other stuff. THere also seem to be some rough stock. From what I clicked through, I didn't see ANY of the photographed trees on the home pagethat were actually being sold. I'd be very VERY cautious about ordering from them. Ask what is being sold. I also think the photos have been taken from other sites...May be wrong, I hope so.

 

[Walter Pall]

These people steal photographs and sell idiotic bonsai seed or junk seedlings. They, however, have a professionally designed internet presence to fool buyers..

 

[coh]

Talk about a site designed to sucker people! Wow. Most of what they are selling are saplings/seedlings.

 

[leatherback]

I do not want to waste money, but I would be curious to see how they ship living plants to Germany

 

[Palltergeist]

These people steal photographs and sell idiotic bonsai seed or junk seedlings. They, however, have a professionally designed internet presence to fool buyers..

Thank you for clarifying! So they stole pictures form you?

They told me they sell a lot of young material, but they also have mature specimens (about $800-1000) that look exactly like yours. They're too far for me to go see in person

 

[Drewski]

Have a look at Canada Bonsai. I’ve bought some young material from him, and have been very happy with it. He shows pictures of the actual plants you are buying. Unfortunately, he’s sold out at the moment and you will have to wait until next Spring. It’s a good idea to register for his email list, so you get notification of when the new material comes in. When the sale starts, things start disappearing quickly.

 

[sorce]

Probably that dude who's ass got crawled into a few years back.

Sorce

 

[Wilson]

Probably that dude who's ass got crawled into a few years back.

Sorce

What?!

 

[Forsoothe!]

I want a $100 Walter Pall tree! But I think it may be just a little different than pictured.

 

[Adman50]

It's far more likely that they're just shamelessly stealing pictures of his trees without his knowledge to deceptively sell their goods.

Be very skeptical.

Actually, the pictures used are legally bought from Stock picture website. They are used as a representation of what a well-cared specimen of that species can become.

 

[Adman50]

These people steal photographs and sell idiotic bonsai seed or junk seedlings. They, however, have a professionally designed internet presence to fool buyers..

Hi Walter, thank you for acknowledging and commenting on these posts. The photos of your exquisite trees are actually for sale on sites like IStock and ShutterStock with commercial publication licensing.

 

[Mikecheck123]

Actually, the pictures used are legally bought from Stock picture website. They are used as a representation of what a well-cared specimen of that species can become.

It's not a copyright issue, bro. It's a fraud issue. These people are scummy scammers. Are you one of them?

 

[Mikecheck123]

Hi Walter, thank you for acknowledging and commenting on these posts. The photos of your exquisite trees are actually for sale on sites like IStock and ShutterStock with commercial publication licensing.

LOL WHAT! Walter's OWN PHOTOS are for sale? Probably news to him. Get lost, scammer.

 

[yashu]

If the photos weren’t previously copyrighted, perhaps someone harvested them and copyrighted them without his permission. Stupid stuff can happen with images that you think you own on the web.

 

[yashu]

…also what’s with the weird timing bringing this thread up after a year?

 

[Mikecheck123]

If the photos weren’t previously copyrighted, perhaps someone harvested them and copyrighted them without his permission. Stupid stuff can happen with images that you think you own on the web.

That's not how it works. All creative works are automatically copyrighted from the moment of their creation.

 

[Mikecheck123]

…also what’s with the weird timing bringing this thread up after a year?

The head scammer of that site probably Googled the site name, noticed that this unflattering thread is on the first page of hits from Google, and created an account to try some damage control.

 

[yashu]

That's not how it works. All creative works are automatically copyrighted from the moment of their creation.

Thanks for the clarification. So @Walter Pall could use a DMCA Notice and have those photos removed if my quick bit of research is not mistaken?