Before we begin:
YES, I FE'D. YES, I AM AWARE OF THE RISKS AND IRREVERSIBILITY OF THIS. THIS IS SIMPLY A WARNING TO OTHERS AS THIS IS A VERY POPULAR VENDOR THAT IS USING HIS INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AS AN EXCUSE TO SIMPLY NOT SHIP PRODUCT.
Vendor RealDope has near perfect rating 500-1000 transactions on Agora. I placed my order for 1g #4 H, .72 btc, one month six days ago. His profile has read for nearly the entire time that his "right hand man" was stealing from him and another crewmember ended up in rehab, thus delays were inevitable.
After around a week or more of no "shipped" marking, he finally marked "shipped"...yet a week later, nothing. I'm a repeat customer in the same general location, real name, have received mail here before, etc. I contacted vendor. I was very cautious and apologetic knowing he was slammed due to both his own crew issues and the evo explosion, I explained I'd read his entire profile and knew he was behind, but as I was set to move out of my current address, I would simply like to know what was going on. He ignored me.
I messaged again, still civil, reminding him that the process was now three weeks in, and I was on the verge of leaving this address and simply needed to know when he'd shipped. "Two days but it probably missed cut off." He had marked it shipped 8-9 days prior to this but only shipped it out two days ago. His vague wording and stressing "it probably missed cut off" made me think he was still backed up and still hadn't actually shipped OR was using the knowledge that I was in a hotel as an excuse to simply not ship at all. Now he knew I was at a hotel, he'd have plausible deniability that I'd simply left before it arrived.
What he was not aware of is that I am in an extended stay hotel with an active mail center that has already received dozens of my packages over the months. My Netflix DVD goes there. My mail is forwarded there from the previous address. I've had innumerable UPS, USPS and FedEx shipments due to work sent here. Plus, the next destination I'd be moving would be in town less than a mile away.
I believe he heard "hotel," assumed I was a traveling junkie, and simply stopped responding and assumed it would be okay to not ship out at all.
Now, if you look at his profile page, EVERY. SINGLE. POSITIVE. REVIEW. is a "5/5 FE will update later!" and the several 0/5 descriptive "no show/exit scamming" comments, not just mine,m remarking on his terrible service and ship time are pushed pages back.
There are no actual recent 5/5 received reviews.
This guy has decent stuff, have ordered from him multiple times, just be careful please because he seems like he's behind, panicked, and willing to say "fuck it" re: any customer he doesn't like due to recent market instabilities and losses.
BE CAREFUL WITH VENDOR REALDOPE!
Additionally, recently shifted from trackable Priority to untrackable First Class as can be read in his profile.