S. Chancellor wrote:
> When I first realized, about two weeks ago, how much I liked green tea
> I immediately bought some from coffee bean direct based on their
> BizRate rating and the advertisement on google. However, I am
> wondering if it was perhaps a mistake. It seems very odd to me that
> their teas are at least 1/2 the price I find on any other website.
> Does anybody here have any experience with them? I purchased some CO2
> decaffeinated green and some Pinhead gunpowder (supposedly..) It'll be
> here tomorrow. I'm looking for ways to tell if I receive what I
> thought I purchased. Thus, is there any easy way to tell the
> difference between CO2 decaffeinated tea and ethyl acetate
> decaffeinated tea? I'm very suspicious as the stuff I purchased was
> approx. 15 dollars a pound. The cheapest I've found elsewhere is
> around 30.
>


If you like it and it is cheap, then what is the problem? Sounds like
a good situation to me. Others might not think it is good "quality"
but as long as you enjoy it, who cares?

Sometimes online vendors manipulate their prices to make them look
lower than they actually are by raising the shipping costs. If their
prices are low but the shipping costs are higher than everyone else's,
then the total cost might not be such a bargain after all. Be sure to
take the shipping into account when comparing prices. Just a thought.