Broke college kid, got screwed on order (my fault) and am now in the whole $750 to my friends. Need some advice

Im in college, pretty much broke. 3 of my friends gathered $750 and gave it to me to buy drugs for them.

I was doing a custom order of xanax from Pharmak1ng1 (used him before and was very pleased), he gave me his sigaint email, which was a misspelled variation of 'pharmak1ng1'. So I emailed the address that I assumed he mistyped, got a response giving me a wallet address to send BTC to, which I did. Haven't heard anything more from the address, and other email addresses pharmak1ng1 gave me haven't been working either (I keep getting error responses from "Mailer Daemon" which I assume is sigaint's automated responder). But anyway it doesn't seem like I will be getting my shipment.

So now I'm in the hole $750 to some of my best friends (they don't know yet) and need to figure out how to get them the $750 back. This whole thing is bugging me the fuck out and I really don't know what to do. I've honestly considering stealing (don't have the balls or ethics to go through with it) or pawning all my belongings. Please help me reddit I fucked up tough. And yes I know im stupid

edit: fuckit im going full Deuce Bigalow


Comments


[19 Points] al_eberia:

If the email address could decrypt messages made using his PGP public key it was him.


[12 Points] DeepDownTrauma:

If they are indeed your friends then they should understand. $750 between 4 people is nothing to get all bent out of shape about. Oh, its a lot of money, yeah, but there are options. How's your credit? College students are prime target for credit lenders, so just apply to a few cards and get cash advances. If you're responsible about future purchases you can invest in some xanax and adderall for sale on campus. You can turn this thing around, no problem. It will take time, but be cautious and don't hesitate to ask on here for help.

Edit: Ew, it's a bit of a bummer that at least 3 of your friends presumably know about your interaction with the darknet. That's... unfortunate.


[6 Points] Barakamon1017:

College kid talking about in the "whole"


[4 Points] Throughawayup:

I would be straight up with your friends about it. Something similar happened to me and I told the person what the situation was and asked her to give me time and is fix it and then some. If they're actually your friends and you've been trustworthy in the past then they will allow you the opportunity to rectify the situation. As far as what you need to do to get that money back I can't say.

If you're in with any drug dealers who have drugs you're comfortable selling try getting product fronted to you and selling when you can. If not sell some random things or get a part time job. If anything you'll be more responsible in the future for having gone through this. Good luck dude.


[3 Points] captblackbeard1401:

I once had a very good friend ask me to order for them. I told them straight out the risk of losing the funds and if that happens I would not be responsible for the money. If they want to go through with it they have to be willing to eat the loss. I then reassure them that most of the time it is nearly impossible to lose the money.


[3 Points] Danknugs410:

u/bigfatcat_dnm lol duxe got phished by a fake pharmaking


[3 Points] None:

Just tell your friends what happened. I've been through a situation just like your in but with over 10x as much money and from what I learned the worst thing you could do is keep them in the dark. Just tell them you'll need time to pay them back. Honestly $750 isn't a lot of money. I've bounced back from a $15000 hole before within a months time with this dnm shit. There's easy money to be made bro. Also never FE with other people's money.


[2 Points] None:

So he purposely uses a misspelled email, then when people email the correctly spelled one it scams them? Sounds like the scammer using his name is him


[2 Points] None:

I swear I read your post last night. You could try buying some LSD on the cheap and then start flipping flipping flipping. Should be good in no time


[2 Points] Polygon_Windows:

Similar thing happened to me, Nucleus pulled an exit scam and I ended up 150 in the hole to my one of friends which I had to repay. its a lesson learned i guess, i still hook my friends up but I make sure they know that if something goes wrong and the pack doesnt land its out of my control. if they dont agree to that they dont get dregz.


[2 Points] tb0ner:

First off, contact him on the markets and use pgp. While I have no personal experience with this vendor, I've researched him, and his rep seems solid. Based on the evidence you provided, it doesn't necessarily mean you got screwed by someone pretending to be him, and he might actually have your funds and/or already shipped your gear. I understand he also provides tracking after a certain period, so if you didn't actually get fucked, he could likely provide you with that.

While you've been chastised enough for your novice fuck ups, which I hope you've learned from including updating your OPSEC and keeping your mouth shut about any dnm activity, below are my suggestions, but only try them once you've verified from the vendor himself through AB that you were duped by someone else (Note: I'm assuming your in the US since you used the word "college" instead of "university"; if I'm wrong and you're in Canada, there are both pros and cons to the various approaches laid out below).

Option 1: Tell your friends that you fucked up but will make it up to them, and then do make it up to them using one of the options below or pieces thereof. Frankly, $750 isn't that much money, especially split among 3/4 people, but you shouldn't expect them to front you anything else as they've likely lost faith in your abilities. I would tell your most level-headed friend (or friend that is less likely to care about the loss of the money) first, tell him you got screwed and ask his advice on how you should approach the other two. While you'll want to be as vague as possible about how you fucked up, you don't want to give them the impression that you just stole the money (because that's quite possibly what they'll be thinking).

Option 2: Like I said, assuming you're in the US, as this vendor ships out of Canada, you can delay telling them for quite some time. Packages going through customs can take a while, and you also blame delays on the holiday season. You could also say you heard from the vendor that it got seized, which would buy you more time as I assume he's the type to provide reships in that situation, but they'd probably want evidence (which you probably could fabricate). I generally don't advocate dishonesty, but if these aren't close friends and you're expecting severe repercussions, you might want to consider this route.

Option 3: As other people have mentioned, get a job. If you have a car, you could always become an Uber or Lyft driver and do nothing in your spare time but drive; maybe even skip a few classes and burn the midnight oil. I'm not sure if it's still the case, but some of those services give you like a $100-$200 bonus after your first 30 trips. After a week or two, you could easily make $750.

Option 4: Again, as others have mentioned, try flipping something else. Know what's in demand at your school and how much something sells for, and you could likely turn profits very quickly. Find a domestic vendor known for fast shipping and get the most you can afford of whatever is you think will sell fastest and turn the most profits. As an example, if you're in a small town college, I'd imagine the demand and price for molly is relatively high. You should be able to find a good, reputable domestic vendor who sells at around $40/g and many times even cheaper if you buy more. Say you can get 10gs at $35/g. I've heard of places where you can sell a g for $100, so if you sold all 10 at that rate, you'd net $650, which would get you close to where you need to be. You could also sell it by the cap measuring each cap to contain 125mg, which is plenty and will impress people who aren't used to high quality stuff. Depending on where you are, you could probably sell each cap for $15-20 a piece. Say you capped 80 pills at 125mg and sold each for $15; that would get you $1,200, which less your upfront costs would net you $850, more than enough to pay back your friends.

Option 5: You could also find a reliable domestic bar vendor, although they're few and far between, and follow the same procedure as Option 4 above until you recoup the $750.

The downsides of Options 4 and 5 are if your friends catch wind of what you're doing, they'll almost certainly assume you stole their money to start your own venture, so it might be better to just come clean with them before trying to recoup the money they fronted. There's also the obvious risk of doing irl sales, but if you do it through acquaintances and referrals, that at least minimizes the risk somewhat.

And again, never reveal your sources or the fact you use dnms, and it's a bad idea to put your friends' money on the line. If in the future you still wish to pursue this venture, don't involve anyone else at first, start off small, and if at some point you reach the point where you can push k packs but can't do it alone, then consider involving your friends, but don't ask them for money until you have the product in your possession.


[2 Points] None:

Lol.

You should've explained HOW you were procuring the drugs to your friends, and how they should just accept the amount of risk that you are accepting.

I got fucked out of a 1k order with 3 friends. I told them about it and their reaction was "oh, that really fucking sucks but oh well"

Be fucking smart about shit bro. Use your head and think about shit before you go off saying "yeah I can for sure get your drugs for you"

No sympathy.


[2 Points] None:

Well I hope you learned your lesson. You are not now and never will be Mr. Popular.

Your priority right now is A) Sell your shit and get the money. B) Sell your shit and get the Xanax.

All these idiots telling you to talk to your friends. LOL


[2 Points] YoMommaRollsMyWeed:

assuming your friends knew the risks, you don't owe them shit. but wait lol, you did what?

you were an idiot for sending btc directly to a wallet address to pay for your first large order. that's worse than fe'ing for it. USE ESCROW. your mates are probably as dumb as you though, just explain that you got scammed and its tough luck.

you don't owe them shit, unless you 'sold' it to them and didn't tell them about the risks of what could possibly happen.


[2 Points] barbloescobar720:

get a real job and never do this again


[2 Points] FuckTheJakes:

Why didnt you just order off a market?

Why dont you just message him from a market?


[2 Points] BrlingtonCOATfactory:

You're in college and you dont even know the difference between "hole" and "whole"!?! What is this world coming to?


[1 Points] None:

Why tf would you do DD when he's on AB?


[-1 Points] Udaypbuh:

Just get a job or find someone selling weed and rob them for a qp.


[-3 Points] None:

Damn lol go rob some drunk people coming back from bars with a kitchen knife or something it's the only way out