[Steveharford]

For anyone who doesnt subscribe to Marshalls - they are introducing a new red hardneck for Autumn planting. 4 for 6.95. Looks interesting but I have enough for this year.
   http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/mobile/garlic-red-duke-garlic-bulbs-pid8145.

[BabbyAnn]

I noticed several online stockists are selling Red Duke this year - Kings Seeds are doing an autumn garlic offer of 1x bulb each of Red Duke, Red Donetsky, Provence & Solent for £5.95p ... the downside with a lot of these online places is the p&p cost on top

[AnneB]

The other problem is that whenever I order from one of the bigger companies I always seem to get lumbered with a substituted variety I didn't order.  It has happened to me with King's Seeds in the past, but at least they warned me about it first.  This year I ordered the Garlic Lover's Collection from Suttons.  When I ordered it, this consisted of 2 x Edenrose, 2x Printanor, 2 x Germidor and 2 x Messidrome for a good price.   

I received my parcel this morning and was dismayed to find that the Printanor and Germidor have been replaced with Solent Wight and Purple Wight.   Very annoyed as I wouldn't have ordered anything with Solent Wight after a couple of poor experiences.   There wasn't even an apology or even a mention of a substitution in the paperwork.   Looking online they have now amended the contents of the collection and Printanor and Germidor are showing as sold out.   Grrrr.

[BabbyAnn]

This year I ordered the Garlic Lover's Collection from Suttons.  When I ordered it, this consisted of 2 x Edenrose, 2x Printanor, 2 x Germidor and 2 x Messidrome for a good price.   

I received my parcel this morning and was dismayed to find that the Printanor and Germidor have been replaced with Solent Wight and Purple Wight.   Very annoyed as I wouldn't have ordered anything with Solent Wight after a couple of poor experiences.   There wasn't even an apology or even a mention of a substitution in the paperwork.

Surely this is covered by the Sale of Goods Act if you are supplied with a substitution without prior consultation?  Like you, I would have been very annoyed as you want the garlic that they are advertising, especially if you don't want what they were substituting.  I have used Suttons before and found them to be very helpful when I once made a complaint - why not get back to them and although they may not have the stock of garlic you wanted, they may refund/send a voucher for something else instead?  If you don't complain, it will be assumed you found the substitution acceptable and they won't want to lose future customers.