Bargain sweet peas!!!

OK .. so on 21st 0ct I sowed five pkts sweet peas on surface of perlite.
Four were various cheapos from Lidl and Wilko.
The other one was an expensive £4.99 packet from Suttons that was in their sale for 89p. 
Bargain thought I!
Photos are attached showing between 70 and 100% germination in four of them.
Guess which “bargain” has zero percent germination.

That's a hard question, how long have I got to think about it?.....an hour, 10 minutes, 2 minutes, 30 seconds,............or 1 second?

Suttons. Same seed as T&M, same rubbish germination. I've had several packets of sweet peas from them with zero germination.

Do you complain to the company? I would!

Me too, just to give them grief. How in the world they have the 'world leader' type reputation amongst the non gardeners, I don't know.

Me too, just to give them grief. How in the world they have the 'world leader' type reputation amongst the non gardeners, I don't know.

They're trading on past reputation and being a well known name. They're probably the most heavily promoted gardening company around, usually at the top of any Google gardening related search results. They always have a double page offer spread in Gardener's World where they try to convince you that £10.99 is the real price of a plant in a 9cm pot. After you've made an order they hammer you with catalogues and promotional e-mails, and you have to call them to ask to be removed from the mailing list. Gardening blogs love to push you towards T&M's website for that sweet referral money.

The power of the media whatever sort

Do you complain to the company? I would!

Can’t be bothered for 89p. 
Must resist their cr*ppy offers in future.
(And how many times have I said that!!!!)

Gone on, its not the money its the principle.

Is there still not time for them to germinate, or have the seeds rotted?