So, with the recent pause (possibly permanent) in Agora's operations, my two primary vendors are basically inaccessible through other markets at this point. So far, I haven't gotten any indication through contacting them that they'll be operating on other sites. Both have directed me to their independent .onion websites to set up deals. What are peoples' thoughts on going through these independent vendor sites to set up direct deals? My initial worry is about the security of an independent vendor website, but am I being unnecessarily paranoid about that? Also, while I trust both of these vendors, I'm essentially going to have to FE on their orders now, which even for trusted vendors I really prefer not to do.
Anybody have experience or thoughts on this?
I'm not a fan of independent sites. Usually, some darknet hosting company sets it up, so you're trusting an unknown third party with the security of the site. I feel more comfortable doing a direct email purchase over using an independent site.