After purchasing strawberries from Lineberger's Maple Springs Farm,this season and bringing them home, i started cutting them up to use for strawberry shortcakes; just below the top strawberries, the rest were mildewed and/or rotten. Upon returning the bad strawberries (none were usable), the owner did not want to give me a return of the purchase amount or a dollar for dollar exchange. The owner told me that she had seen many strawberries being purchased that were rotten. She said that they had to pay for the produce. I was shocked to hear the statement that they knew that they were selling rotten produce to the public. The prices of the items are higher than in the supermarket a lot of the time and getting higher each year. At least by purchasing in the supermarkets, returns are accepted without worry.
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