Let me start by saying that i am not a vendor. I am a buyer that is wanting to clarify etiquette more than anything. I guess it could be argued i am LE trying to hone my tactics but i feel like they have task forces dedicated to that and have better methods than asking on reddit.
After the SR hack i decided i needed to try and deal with vendors more directly in case of a mass exodus of darknetmarkets. So i messaged several vendors i had used in the past. Only one vendor got back to me and now i'm paranoid i've pissed off the other vendors or they think i'm LE trying to incriminate them via direct dealing (though i'm not sure how direct dealing would be anymore incriminating, i kind of assumed that on my own). I'm worried they will fuck with me now, under the guise that i am LE. In essence, take my FE (i'm quite aware i shouldn't FE but sometimes if you want the product bad enough it isn't an option) and tell me to fuck off and if i complain they will just tell everyone i am LE. I think i should message them on a different market but i'm afraid i will only push them away more. I realize how paranoid i am being but these markets are my only source and i am a panicky pete.
Is this a possibility? Am i over thinking this? Did i fuck up trying to deal direct, it that taboo? Also, how do vendors reconcile the fact that they may indeed be dealing directly to LE?
Any constructive comments are appreciated.
you are probably over thinking this. a lot of vendors are regrouping after SR2 crashed. has anyone came right out and accused you of being LE? are you LE? even if you were most vendors, especially ones selling harder drugs, go to great lengths to conceal their identity and have great OPSEC. so even if they do ship a package to LE there is really no way of tracking it directly to them.