Angry in the Great White North

OK, I'm going to take a few hits for being sexist, but maybe smart shopping is really an X-chromosome thing.

Candidate Linda Schwey is giving out seeds for as part of her campaign:

Making hay out of the environment issue, Schwey distributed a packet of pine-tree seeds to each guest.

Word has it that she is planning to hand out 37,000 of these pouches during the door-to-door election campaign she is getting ready to launch.

I figured it would cost many thousands of dollars based on what I could see in seed catalogues.

Apparently I can't be trusted with a credit card.  From Linda Schwey:

You'll never do any shopping for me. You estimated that the "Great Seed Giveaway" cost $72,000. I would just like to add that I bought them wholesale online and 50,000 seeds cost my campaign $50.00.

I asked Linda where the seeds were being purchased:

Thanks for your quick reply. I appreciate you posting the answer. I bought the seeds from Gardens North - seeds for the world. Thanks again.

Gardens North does have a wholesale section, but it's protected by a password to be used by businesses only.  Nevertheless, I believe Linda that the seeds were purchased for $50. 

Note that I never suggested that Linda was doing anything wrong, just something that sounded really, really expensive.  I didn't realize seed could be had for so little.

Makes you wonder just how much profit stores are making when you pick up a seed packet for a buck-and-a-half.

Thanks Linda for setting me straight.  I'll cross-post from the original article.  Good luck with the campaign!