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Comment on Sausser Farms is supposed to have potatoes this week – 2010-07-23 by Nemisise_99

Nemisise_99 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:33:29 +0000

Yeah I noticed the website is down too – but I wonder if it corresponds with what Roanoke Times said about a court hearing in Lynchburg today. Steve- you should see what you can track down!

Comment on Sausser Farms is supposed to have potatoes this week – 2010-07-23 by frankifries

frankifries — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:53:25 +0000

Their website is down now. I guess this is then end. Lesson learned, right? Not sure if you are based in Roanoke or further out but I get alot of bulk produce at Crow's Nest Greenhouse in Bburg…fair priced and organic, grown on site.

Comment on Sausser Farms Now Requires us to Pay for the Cardboard Boxes by S.Smith

S.Smith — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:00:27 +0000

I have reported Sausser Farms to the BBB. They have 14 days to respond to me. It's obvious folks….this was a big scam. It's not that I can't afford to loose $35, it's more that I told EVERYONE I know about it. My friends are all upset with me. Ohhhh, lesson learned!

If it sounds to good to be true…(repeat after me)….IT IS!!!!

Please go ahead and report them to the BBB.

Comment on Sausser Farms Announces Saturday Morning That Roanoke Stand is Closed Saturday by Katie

Katie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:42:00 +0000

Good luck with that refund. I sent my 2 cards in over a month ago – no refund yet. Sent 2 emails, both of which received automated responses stating that my emails probably wouldn't be read. Phone – disconnected. Now, website down.

Comment on What Was In the Mail Today, 06.18.2005? by SteveJ

SteveJ — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:48:10 +0000

You've got the wrong Steve Jenkins. Steve “the Cheese Man” Jenkins' website can be found here – http://www.fairwaymarket.com/cheese.html

Comment on What Was In the Mail Today, 06.18.2005? by Yvonnedra

Yvonnedra — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:35:37 +0000

So I was wondering what the dried red things that seemed so delicious on the Rachel Ray show about cheese? Thank you.

Comment on What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 06.04.2008? by 325ci

325ci — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:23:54 +0000

Love Car and Driver myself.

Comment on Sausser adds a new “we’re not responsible for anything” disclaimer to its website by guest

guest — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:33:40 +0000

The blacksburg store didn't even open friday! No notice or anything

Comment on Sausser Farms Now Requires us to Pay for the Cardboard Boxes by JPatch

JPatch — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:45:08 +0000

Things just got a little bit more sketchy. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/253946

Comment on Sausser Farms Announces Saturday Morning That Roanoke Stand is Closed Saturday by OtherSilentBob

OtherSilentBob — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:38:11 +0000

This thing is a rip-off! I have been to the Christiansburg location 5 times and have gotten only broccoli and a few zucchini. The other four times, they have had nothing to offer, or have been closed. I will be demanding a refund.

Comment on Sausser Farms Now Requires us to Pay for the Cardboard Boxes by Guest

Guest — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:35:57 +0000

I am ready to contact the BBB about this group of frauds! I understand the frost issues that came late in the season, but by now things should be on the up-and-up. I waited in line until 9:30 this morning for them and they still weren't there…I had to leave as my 15 month old couldn't take being strapped in his stroller any longer! They are a bunch of frauds as far as I'm concerned. I think if enough people complained to someone that will actually listen and ACT upon the complaints, then we may get somewhere (all I want is my money back!)

Comment on This Week’s Sausser Farms Roanoke Survey – 2010 July 08 by Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:39:51 +0000

I completed and submitted the survey and showed up to pick up my vegetables at 8:30 AM this morning (expecting a line, I arrived early). I waited until 10 AM and no one showed up. Will the boxes that I ordered for today be there tomorrow?

The Saussers are in way over their heads...if you are going to sell 6,000 shares (which grossed them $210,000), you need to be prepared to deal with 6,000 relationships. They should have a full-time employee to answer phones/emails. When I call to discuss a problem, I expect to (a) be able to speak with an adult who can answer my questions; or (b) have my call returned by such an adult --- all I ever get is the Sausser's children who either can't answer my questions or make things up. Emails go unanswered. And now...when you call on the phone, the line just rings and rings and never goes to an answering machine.

I would like to believe that the Saussers are acting in good faith, but I am beginning to have my doubts.

I certainly hope the Saussers will offer to reimburse my unused shares at the end of the season. I am fed up!

Comment on Sausser Farms Now Requires us to Pay for the Cardboard Boxes by SteveJ

SteveJ — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:53:59 +0000

Were they at least in cardboard boxes to speed up the line?

This is the same problem Homestead Creamery has run into. The Homestead Creamery manager calls the Sausser's to ask what's available and then specifies what he'd like in each box – Homestead Creamery offers 3 box choices. So far, the boxes haven't been packed as specified. This week, all 3 choices consisted of mainly squash zucchini and pickles.

I'm planning to go to the Roanoke Farmer's Market tomorrow, and I suspect I'll either come home with more squash, zucchini, and pickles or I'll come home empty-handed because the line's so long. Maybe, I'll take a camera with me and get a couple of shots of the line.

Comment on Sausser Farms Now Requires us to Pay for the Cardboard Boxes by Guest

Guest — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:30:55 +0000

After all this about the surveys and having to print them out and bring them in order to get your shares, there were no option boxes, tomatoes, or okra at the Roanoke Market this morning. Just squash, zucchini, and pickles. Again.

Comment on Sausser Farms Now Requires us to Pay for the Cardboard Boxes by JPatch

JPatch — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:58:07 +0000

Thanks to your posts, I've resolved that I'm looking to get out of their co-op. I'm in Lynchburg, and while their hours have been somewhat reliable at their two locations (outside Myers & Rhodes and the Blue Ridge Montessori School), the constant evolution of their operational model is upsetting. At this point, I qualify their moves to a prepackaged box and the box fee as forms of fraud, something of a prepaid bait-and-switch.

Keep us posted with any news you find on these guys.

Comment on Why did the mailman just deliver a package that was shipped by UPS? by Joe Crawford

Joe Crawford — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:12:32 +0000

Well I'm at a loss then. Domestic shipments are not really up so it's not because of an excess of shipments, one might infer.

Interesting though.

Comment on Why did the mailman just deliver a package that was shipped by UPS? by SteveJ

SteveJ — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:07:16 +0000

We only live about 5 miles from the UPS center, so I wouldn't think they'd consider us distant, and the UPS driver delivered 2 other packages to us yesterday – the UPS driver delivers to someone in our neighborhood nearly every day.

Comment on Why did the mailman just deliver a package that was shipped by UPS? by Joe Crawford

Joe Crawford — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:33:31 +0000

I can't remember where I read it, but apparently this is a cost-cutting move that both FedEx and UPS do for areas that are distant and or poorly populated. Because the USPS serves every address in the US, they can be outsourced to for cheaper than FedEx or UPS can do the service. When I read about it was in the context of rural areas in Texas far away from a metro area.

I wonder how UPS would answer you if you asked if this was how all your UPS packages would be deliver in future. I wonder if they make an outsourcing decision based on what they have in the queue of packages to be delivered to an area, or if they simply decide you're too far and everything will be delivered that way.

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Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:04:21 +0000

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