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Anyone shop at the urban farmer??

Anyone can call anything they want "Pepper X", it's not trademarked afaik. You can call a bell pepper "Pepper X" if you want.
Edit: I just ran a search on the term Pepper X at the USPTO, and there are no results. While this isn't conclusive, it's a good indicator that there's no trademark.
Edit 2: It's likely not the same mythical unicorn pepper that Ed C supposedly took 10 years to breed [emoji849], but hey it's likely just as good as any other green superhot. Also, on the plus side it does exist.
 
thegreenman said:
Anyone can call anything they want "Pepper X", it's not trademarked afaik. You can call a bell pepper "Pepper X" if you want.
Edit: I just ran a search on the term Pepper X at the USPTO, and there are no results. While this isn't conclusive, it's a good indicator that there's no trademark.
Edit 2: It's likely not the same mythical unicorn pepper that Ed C supposedly took 10 years to breed [emoji849], but hey it's likely just as good as any other green superhot. Also, on the plus side it does exist.
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What!? Someone on the internet could lie?! How???
 
757Pepper said:
Just knowing some of the myth behind the X name really made me question the integrity of the vendor and everything they sell.
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Yeah, they are claiming 3 million SHU and using a picture associated with Ed Currie's pepper. So it seems like they are strongly implying that this is the Pepper X. And since Ed has still not released any seeds for his pepper, I would be highly dubious of any other vendors that are selling seeds for it. It gives me the impression that they are just trying to use the publicity for Pepper X to make a quick buck selling fake seeds to folks who don't know any better. :(  I think that you are right to be leery of these guys. Stick with the reputable seed vendors.
 
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On further inspection, I noticed that the layout of their website reminded me of Park Seed's site. Sure enough, Urban Farmer lifted a lot of their photos and content from Park Seed. Like this one, where they just cut off the "Exclusive" tag and recycled the photo: 
 
https://parkseed.com/petite-colour-blend-hybrid-pepper-seeds/p/52510-PK-P1/
 
https://www.ufseeds.com/product/petite-mix-bell-pepper-seeds/
 
This all seems pretty sketchy to me. I would steer clear of these guys.
 
 
 
 
 
BlackFatalii said:
 
Yeah, they are claiming 3 million SHU and using a picture associated with Ed Currie's pepper. So it seems like they are strongly implying that this is the Pepper X. And since Ed has still not released any seeds for his pepper, I would be highly dubious of any other vendors that are selling seeds for it. It gives me the impression that they are just trying to use the publicity for Pepper X to make a quick buck selling fake seeds to folks who don't know any better. :(  I think that you are right to be leery of these guys. Stick with the reputable seed vendors.
 
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On further inspection, I noticed that the layout of their website reminded me of Park Seed's site. Sure enough, Urban Farmer lifted a lot of their photos and content from Park Seed. Like this one, where they just cut off the "Exclusive" tag and recycled the photo: 
 
https://parkseed.com/petite-colour-blend-hybrid-pepper-seeds/p/52510-PK-P1/
 
https://www.ufseeds.com/product/petite-mix-bell-pepper-seeds/
 
This all seems pretty sketchy to me. I would steer clear of these guys.
 
 
 
 
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+1. A lot of red flags coming from that vendor, if you ask me.

Ruid said:
Maybe they got seeds from Ted Barrus? Though the video I saw where he was sent a few pods looked like Gator Jigsaw.
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Yeah, I saw that video. AFAIK, those were some other pods. Might've been the games that Duffy was distributing as some sort of gag around that same time? I don't recall the details, but it was discussed here on THP shortly after Ted put that video out. If you search on this sub-forum, you'll find a thread or two.
 
Turns out they got no seeds at all, about two weeks after I got an email telling me my order took off (was shipped), I received an email telling me that I have received a full refund due to their suppliers inability to supply them the seeds. Not surprised but had to try to see how this would have panned out!
 
MtlPeppah said:
Turns out they got no seeds at all, about two weeks after I got an email telling me my order took off (was shipped), I received an email telling me that I have received a full refund due to their suppliers inability to supply them the seeds. Not surprised but had to try to see how this would have panned out!
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Lol, who would have thunk.
 
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