Gone down hill

[Del boy]

Hello just been on mephisto web site it seams these days they are just crossing everthing with everything and churning out not so great strains as they used to i suppose the $$$$$$ matter more these days

 

[DOA]

Hello just been on mephisto web site it seams these days they are just crossing everthing with everything and churning out not so great strains as they used to i suppose the $$$$$$ matter more these days

That's such a shame.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Hello just been on mephisto web site it seams these days they are just crossing everthing with everything and churning out not so great strains as they used to i suppose the $$$$$$ matter more these days

Would you guys be interested in trying to get them back on the forum? I'm honestly baffled that they all but disappeared when this was a home to them for so many years.

 

[VitaMan]

 

[VitaMan]

Hello just been on mephisto web site it seams these days they are just crossing everthing with everything

They continue to bring us interesting strains!

I can't say for sure but it looks like they first stabilize a new strain.

Once they have that locked in they start experimenting with f1 crosses.
They launch the new strain together with the most promising crosses. The rest are freebies.

So if you buy the f1 crosses or grow the freebies you are participating in a huge pheno hunt. I think its pretty smart and I've seen growers here get fantastic results.

Personaly, I've had 100% germ so far, and I've enjoyed growing and consuming their tasty strains.

 

[Cobstopper]

My last Mephisto purchase was the Appletiser release and have yet to grow it. I personally got turned off with how many new strains they have been releasing, maybe because I only grow 6 per year. I started buying Night Owl last Halloween and picked some up on other drops. I personally like the fact Daz breeds everything himself and I will be purchasing for years to come. I have plenty of Mephisto stock and everything I've grown has been fantastic so I'll dip into them in the future.

 

[nekvt]

Would you guys be interested in trying to get them back on the forum? I'm honestly baffled that they all but disappeared when this was a home to them for so many years.

I was just thinking about that a few days ago. Odd that they just disappeared from AFN.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

I was just thinking about that a few days ago. Odd that they just disappeared from AFN.

Personally I think they went downhill here when Mitch stepped away and Stan stepped in. Stan seemed to have issues answering grower concerns/questions directly, to the point where we had to create a special "request" form for growers to fill out that had to be approved if you even wanted to ask a customer service related question. We ended up babysitting their subforum for a long time (which sucked, because that was their job.)

 

[Del boy]

They continue to bring us interesting strains!

I can't say for sure but it looks like they first stabilize a new strain.

Once they have that locked in they start experimenting with f1 crosses.
They launch the new strain together with the most promising crosses. The rest are freebies.

So if you buy the f1 crosses or grow the freebies you are participating in a huge pheno hunt. I think its pretty smart and I've seen growers here get fantastic results.

Personaly, I've had 100% germ so far, and I've enjoyed growing and consuming their tasty strains.

I agree with you i have grown loads of there stuff the old stuff is way better then the new stuff i am not saying they are bad seeds i am just saying they not as indivdual as they used to be which is what i have allways liked about mepth

 

[VitaMan]

Personally I think they went downhill here when Mitch stepped away and Stan stepped in. Stan seemed to have issues answering grower concerns/questions directly, to the point where we had to create a special "request" form for growers to fill out that had to be approved if you even wanted to ask a customer service related question. We ended up babysitting their subforum for a long time (which sucked, because that was their job.)

I have trained hundreds of sales and customer service professionals. (I was licenced by the provincial government to do this)

There are statistics (from medicine) that can apply here.

* If a brilliant doctor does good work but has a poor bedside manner, they are likely to be sued.

* An average doctor who does typical work but has a great bedside manner is not likely to be sued.

* A great doctor who does great work and has a good bedside manner is going to get rich and be loved.

Other stats show that one complaint represents dozens who did not voice their concern. And a problem promptly solved results in dozens of new referrals. A problem poorly dealt with results in hundreds of bad reps. Do the math...

I got prompt and good info from Mephisto right here and appreciated it. (Before they dissapeared)

Years ago, also here, I struggled with Dynafem customer service. If I recall a staff here even called them out on it. The experience made me stop browsing their seeds. Can't say for sure but service level is probably a factor in their demise.

I got terrific service from the Vault and I'm happy even though the seeds had poor germ rates because they reached out to me before shipping because only single packs were available and they put lots of extra packs in my order.

I get that Meph staff are super busy but I also know that with a plethora of new products there will be a plethora of questions to be answered.

The importance of this should not be underestimated. It is worth it to them to blog here.