20 markets and yet no lower prices

For the experienced buyers out there, have you noticed a better supply, better customer service or lower prices? Is there even any competition out there or is it just the same old vendors spread out on all the markets. I can't say that I've noticed anything, but it does seem like new markets are popping up more frequent.


Comments


[10 Points] postmort3m-o2:

OpenBazaar looks promising but no one vends on it as it's such a new platform. Overall the same people are going to still run shit. That's how it works in the non-interwebs drug trade, no sense why it wouldn't through DNMs. Yet again there's plenty of people, including myself, who see, "oh hey, 3000-4000 deals or 100-200?" Nothing against small vendors but if I'm giving sensitive info about parcels being sent to where I reside or frequent, I will always choose the vendor with the most deals. Adding another market doesn't lower prices, if anything the smaller markets have the worst deals because no one fucks with it, fam. No vendor unless they own the market itself is going to pay another fee to vend on something no one uses. Just stick with the big ones, they're big for a reason. Adding another marketplace does nothing honestly. I saw Amazon Dark and just fucking lol'd because it's the same damn thing as any other market just looks like I can buy some towels and a floor mat while I'm at it.


[7 Points] None:

same old vendors spread out on all the markets

Yeah, this is the case. I am sure some vendors use multiple names of different markets to allow them to exit scam on one account and continue to vend on another.

I don't see a massive difference really. After the Evolution exit scam things have calmed down. Agora is funny with it's uptime and the other markets are no where near as big. I am waiting for a new market that hopefully offers what we really want.


[3 Points] birbirian:

damand>supply


[2 Points] BrodhiRoundhouseKick:

Every vendor is on every market so there is no competition. You go with who you trust or who is most professional / best stealth / best goods.


[1 Points] sdfhgdhjbdafcadv:

What's more surprising to me is that DNM drugs aren't as high quality as I would expect. It seems like near 100% pure cocaine would be available (not cheaply of course) because I know for a fact there is a market that would pay top dollar for it. The best quality drugs I've ever done are still ones I've purchased IRL.


[1 Points] Vendor_BBMC_Lizard:

Most people won't buy from new vendors, only way to change it is to give a chance or even preference to new vendors and markets. Currently we only have the same vendors on all markets for ages, they are already looking like public park monuments. Then we got a lot of new ones that nobody buys from so they give up, more new ones come but give up again and so on.....


[1 Points] noonehear:

competition [kom-pi-tish-uh n] 1.the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc.: The competition between the two teams was bitter. 2.a contest for some prize, honor, or advantage: Both girls entered the competition. 3.the rivalry offered by a competitor: The small merchant gets powerful competition from the chain stores. 4.a competitor or competitors: What is your competition offering?

No lowering of price because all the vendors are all on the main marketplace.


[1 Points] Vegetano:

i just see no reason to go to any market besides agora. just NONE.


[1 Points] Trappy_Pandora:

Weed sure is getting cheaper. Wax too, and shrooms.


[1 Points] Throwaway_concept:

I just got back after a 4 month or so hiatus and saw how many fucking markets there were. Like really, how many can you need? Are any of the new ones legit, and offering decentralization and multisig yet?


[1 Points] Lawabidingabider:

It's not a simple supply and demand question, you're also pricing in the fact that if a package is caught in transit you face a substantive risk of going to jail for a very long time. Additionally, the drug market is the simplest form of arbitrage there is, buy big where it's cheap sell small where it's expensive, being a retail level drug user you're probably buying from someone not high up the totem poll. Vendors with better access to products face a crowding out effect with each additional order, HOS has no reason to ship 3 tabs of cid to you when someone wants to buy a gram of crystal, so vendors move up the food chain minimizing their risk and creating a new arbitrage opportunity for someone else. Any times drugs are cheap, they're cheaper in bulk so an economic incentive for a "fence" comes into play. The bigger they distribute in quantity the more they source in quantity so the higher they move. You don't buy a gram of coke from a distributor for the sinaloa cartel. Elasticity also has an effect but that's a lot harder to analyze in markets that are by their nature hidden and strive to remain unanalyzed.