Last year I bought Give Me Eight. The seller had had it listed for weeks in a row, and every week someone bought some. Someone on this sight was one that bought some and posted a nice picture. When I got mine, it sounded like the above, completely and totally dried out and very very small. I hadnt paid much for it, but was still upset about it. I figured the seller dug them all at once, and mine sat out for weeks, before I was the loser who got it.
As far as seeds, people do send bonuses, but I rarely plant them. I only have so much room and I want to plant the ones I ordered. Every now and then, the bonus seeds will be flakes in the bag, just old seeds that got crushed in transit. I never have gotten those from the main people I buy from. Ive never gotten less than I ordered.