TK says " Actually, im really trying to point out that having a company listed in the green pages without any endorsement creates a negative, rather than positive attitude about them. For me anyway. I look at it and think " that company just put their own name there hoping members would think it had been endorsed by other members".
I can see how you might approach it that way, but it's not how I view the green pages. A new company has to start somewhere and they won't start out with endorsements until there is a wider customer base. A small family business, or hobby business, might never have a large customer base and many of those customers might not be members here at ATP anyway. So I just consider the green pages a good source to start a search for whatever I might be interested in and the endorsements are just a bonus. If I could change anything about it, it would be the ability to search more specifically for some plants by type. I think, considering the taxonomy of the plant world, that is probably impossible but it would be my wish anyway. I find the green pages a great place to start searching for a source for gardening stuff. A specific item search function would just make it faster at times.
