That is my experience with the Tude... I was also one of the ones that got screwed on the first batch of BF Tangerine dream, which the tude refused to replace. Not a single one of them fuckers cracked. I just tossed them after trying for 30 days to germinate them. They were tiny as hell and looked immature. When I wrote in to complain, I received no reply the first time. I never said germinate either, i said worthless, tiny, immature seeds. I also wrote BF, and received zero response. Both letters were done professionally, not in an irritated or angry tone... At that time, I knew that these fuckers were receiving complaints about bad seeds and using the 'souvenir' clause of their TOS as a shield from refunds or replacements. Yeah, I'm fed up...