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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: poundsign on May 12, 2012, 03:42 am
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Rather than a feedback thread the purpose of this thread is for me to keep customers up to date on happenings.
I opened my doors on 5/6/2012.
5/6:
Open shop
Offering free Xanax samples (just pay shipping)
5/7:
All orders placed on 5/6 in the hands of USPS on 5/7 at 09:00
5/8:
All orders placed on 5/7 in the hands of USPS on 5/8 at 09:00
Special deal on prepackaged 25x and 40x orders (limited quantities / while supplies last). 2mg bars as low as $2.87/ea!
5/9:
All orders placed on 5/8 in the hands of USPS on 5/9 at 13:00
prepackaged 40x now all sold out. Sorry guys!
now shipping to Canada!
5/10:
Some orders have arrived at destination. Reports of a few broken pills.
Stopped shipment to rework packaging strategy.
5/11:
5/10 packages did not go out today because of the packing / pill breakage issue some have seen. I have developed a better system and repackaged every item, pill breakage should be a thing of the past.
Raised shipping costs slightly to cover postage on heavier orders
100th order placed! (wont show up in my transactions until they finalize 4-5 days away)
5/17:
All orders are now shipped. If your order was marked in transit today it should arrive by next Wednesday.
On 5/12 got behind on orders because of a flood of orders happened while I was repackaging.
Some customers waited 4 days before I cancelled them. Sorry to you guys - now that I know the ropes I will cancel immediately release your funds earlier.
On 5/14 ran out of supply and de-listed.
I am working on response time, communication, and discreetness of packaging.
5/21
I am considering selling black tar heroin. If you are a heroin expert and interested in doing a comparison test for me please contact me on SR.
5/23
I have stock again and am accepting orders.
I have been working with several people on improving packaging.
I now only sell in increments of 10 and 25 which allows me to pre-package in hopes that I can keep turning packages out same day (you can purchase more than 25, you just purchase a multiple of 25. That wont be prepackaged but as long as the majority of packages are then I should have good turnaround).
On a sad note I have increased prices 10% because the number of reships were killing my profit margin, however I am still selling legit top quality onax bars with great attitude cheaper than anyone else (and hopefully now a great turnaround time)
5/24
All 18 orders went out today on time, including international. Due to the memorial day holiday they may not arrive for 7 days.
Overnight shipping now available on orders of 25 and more for $50. Note that unlike other vendors I guarantee that I will SHIP the same day, not pick my nose for 3 days and then overnight it.
5/25
All 27 orders went out today on time. Both overnight orders made the cutoff and will be delivered saturday. All inernational orders are now dispatched. Due to the memorial day holiday domestic orders may not be received until next friday (international longer).
Orders can now be filled in a prescription bottle so that if law enforcement sees your medication it will look like it was prescribed by a doctor. The quality of the labels are poor but are generally acceptable.
5/26
I am looking for 5 brave volunteers to help me deign labels for fake presciption bottles. See later in this thread for details. It will cost you money to participate but mostly I'm trying to keep the looky-loos out, I will reimburse you handsomely for your time. Ideally you should e either computer saavy, artistic, or know a lot about how pharmacies work.
5/27
Initial feedback on the Heroin supplier I was going to use is that his product quality is poor so I am no longer considering selling H. Of course things change over time, but for now this one was a no-go.
5/28
I ruffled a lot of feathers between 5/11 and 5/17 due to delayed shipping, and then running out of stock. I am extending an offer to any customer who had their order cancelled (by me or you) to 25% free on their next order this week. Here's the details: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=24741.0
5/29
There were over 60 orders over memorial day weekend. All shipped this morning (except four international orders I held back because I didn't want too many like packages crossing in front of customs at once).
5/30
All orders placed before 8AM this morning shipped today at 11AM (note: this is an exception, my normal goal is orders placed before 10PM get shipped next morning).
The four international orders held back for safety also shipped today.
Today I found out that "USPS Express" is not necessarily overnight. Some areas are slow and USPS only guarantees 2nd day delivery even with express (I could give an example but wont, because I don't want to cite where this buyer lives). For this reason starting today I am going to reword my "overnight" to "express" and update the guarantee to 72 hours. :(
5/31
All orders placed today before 8AM shipped in today's USPS mail. All are domestic and should arrive Monday (no later than Wednesday).
6/1
All orders placed today before 8AM shipped in today's USPS mail. All are domestic and should arrive Tuesday (no later than Friday)
I am running low on supply and I have found out that running out destroys customer confidence, so I am going to raise prices 20% until I have more supply. Sorry guys! I intend to drop the prices back down when the shortage subsides (I'm working on it).
6/4
All orders placed before 8AM shipped in today's USPS mail. Domestic should arrive thr/fri (no later than next tue).
For my safety I now have to delay international orders rather than ship every day. This has always been my policy but I have been shipping int'l daily anyway recently. Starting tomorrow international orders will be delayed between 0 and 3 days for safety reasons. sorry:(
6/6
6/5 shipping went as planned, was not able to update thread due to forum down time. All domestic orders placed on 6/4 were shipped USPS or faster on 6/6. There was one international order delayed per new policy.
6/6 shipping went as planned, all orders placed on 6/5 were shipped USPS Priority or faster on 6/6.
I am running very low on stock so I keep knocking prices up. Sorry guys, trying not to run out of stock. Prices will drop once supply is worked out.
6/8
6/7 shipping went as planned, was not able to update thread due to forum down time. All domestic orders placed on 6//6 were shipped USPS Priority unless requested otherwise will likely arrive Monday 6/11.
6/8 shipping went as planned, all orders placed on 6/7 were shipped USPS Priority unless requested otherwise will likely arrive Tuesday 6/12.
6/9
All orders placed prior to noon 6/9 were shipped on 6/9. Domestic orders will arrive Wednesday 6/13.
6/11
6/10 shipping went as planned, domestic orders placed on 6/9 were shipped USPS priority and will arrive Friday.
6/11 shipping was accidently put in a collection box collected early in the day so orders will be post marked 6/12. They will arrive Monday.
6/12
Fuck I forget. Too much coke?
6/13
Orders placed before 8AM on 6/13 were shipped today USPS priority and will arrive Monday.
6/14
All orders placed before 8AM on 6/14 were shipped today USPS priority and will arrive Monday.
I am now on vacation and in stealth mode, I will be filling orders but not with the usual next business day turnaround.
6/15
Orders placed on 6/15 were shipped on 6/16 despite me saying I would not be processing orders.
6/16
No orders were placed 6/16 due to my warning that I would not be around (it feels great knownig that I have customers who read :-) You guys rock, i have the best customers i swear.)
6/19
All orders placed over the weekend were shipped USPS Priority Monday and will arrive at their destinations Thursday.
All orders placed on Monday 6/18 were shipped USPS Priority Tuesday 6/19 and will arrive at their destinations Friday.
6/20
All orders placed on 6/19 were shipped USPS Priority Wednesday 6/20 and will arrive at their destinations Saturday.
6/21
All orders placed on 6/20 were shipped USPS Priority Thursday (6/21) and will arrive at their destinations Monday.
6/24
All orders placed on 6/21 were shipped USPS Priority Friday (6/22) and will arrive at their destinations Tuesday.
All orders placed on 6/22-6/24 were shipped USPS Priority Monday (6/25) and will arrive at their destinations Thursday..
No longer selling international because the risk is too high.
6/25
All orders placed on 6/25 are shipped. Bit earlier today than normal so they're sitting in a collection box to be picked up at 8AM.
6/27
All orders placed on 6/26 shipped 6/27 USPS Priority as expected
All orders placed on 6/27 shipped 6/28 USPS Priority as expected
7/3
All orders placed 6/28 shipped 6/29 USPS Priority (or express) as expected
Due to a customer complaint with packaging safety orders over the weekend and Monday were held until today. All orders from 6/30 - 7/2 were shipped on 7/3. This was an exception. This is the first in a month any packages were delayed.
7/4
Taking a break to work on supply chain, will be back in 3-4 weeks. Thanks for the business!
8/7
Reopened the doors on 8-4. No changes in policy, selling the same two products, generally shipping next business day.
8/6: Orders placed on sat (8-4) and sun (8/5) were shipped next business day on 8/6.
8/7: Orders placed on 8-6 were shipped on 8/7 without incident. All express are 1-day and will arrive on 8/8. Priority will arrive on Thr/Fri/Sat.
8/8
No orders today. Nobody loves me! WAH! (j/k, it was great to have a day off)
10/4
I stopped updating this long ago because nobody asks about it any more but I thought I should at least say goodbye to the thread because people get the wrong idea that I'm not doing this any longer.
Excluding vacation I have successfully shipped all but 2 orders next day USPS shipping day since 5/23. You can calculate this to be 98.6% based on number of days (143 days out of 145) or 99.1% (all but 2 out of approx 240 orders since then). Lets just call it "99%". Many would just lie and call this 100% :)
I'm not going to update this any more because it's just not worth the time. The point of this was to demonstrate reliability and it did its job. Rest assured, if you want these in your hands quickly I'm your guy and I back it up with facts. ANXIOUS PEEPL ORDER WITH CONFIDENCE!
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thanks for the update poundsign. Maybe mine went out with the new packaging on the 10th or 11th. Either way I cant wait! Thanks you have been a real professional and I highly recomend you because you are honest and helpful.
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great idea for a thread, you seem like an awesome dude.
btw, do you happen to know when orders made yesterday will be shipping? i'm running very low on my current supply and getting nervous ahah
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"5/10 packages did not go out today because of the packing / pill breakage issue some have seen. I have developed a better system and repackaged every item, pill breakage should be a thing of the past."
also here's a suggestion, but why don't you just offer a priority shipping option and use those boxes. the pills wont get crushed or break if they're ina box. a lot of other xanax vendors i use all offer this for like 1.3 BTC, and i will always pay a little extra to use it if given the choice. plus priority ships faster than 1st class too.
it is descrete, no risk of pills breaking, and faster for an actra 1.3 btc,
if people don't care about broken pills/faster shipping, then give them the option to just chose 1st class?
just a thought. (and like i said this is how a lot of other xanax vendors i've used do it)
but i look forward to getting my shipment anyway
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Poundsign is a great vendor I placed my order on 5/16 and he had it out in transit 5/17 the next day. Great guy and can definitely see him being a trusted seller for years to come. Hes the go-to-guy for xanabars.
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Thank you sparrow!
BTW guy I have updated the status in the top message. Basically I'm back in business if you need any xanax.
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Hey guys,
I am looking for some help building a new product. I have found a supplier of legitimate pharmacy bottles (you know, the orange type with a screw on child proof cap). It seems to me that pharmaceuticals are generally legal, the only problem is making it look like you're supposed to have them.
So the idea here is I am going to start selling these legit pharmaceutical bottles with labels on them that make it looks like the pills have indeed been prescribed to you.
If law enforcement were to inspect closely (like call the prescribing doctor) then they would figure out what's up, but in all reality that isn't ever going to happen. When's the last time a cop came to your house and wrote down all your prescription bottles to verify every one was valid? :-)
I can handle the technical end and sourcing everything but I have no art skill at all, so what I am looking for is 5 people to work with me on creating a label that looks legitimate, based on the labels you have on your own prescription bottles. The kinds of help I'll need are:
* Scan your label
* Help create a new blank template (like in a PDF?)
* Review afterwards and approve.
* Help creating the graphic that represents the pill inside (at least my prescription bottles have a picture of whats supposed to be inside)
Then I will create the label on my end, stick it on a bottle and get it on it's way to you.
There is a price for these bottles but I don't actually expect to charge people if they're going to help me. For now the price is there just to keep the looky-loos away. If you are interested in helping me develop the label for this product go ahead and place an order for one. We will work on it together and when we are done I will pay you for your time by putting xanax pills in the bottle before shipping it to you (IE: if you spend 5 hours I'll put 25 pills inside).
If you're interested see here: http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/9a3f69af62
Thanks!
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I can make you a real pharmacy label. :) Canadian looking ones :) not sure what they look like in the states..
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I think the ones int he states look like the Canadian ones except cooler and no Celine Dion.
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:)This is a very honest an trustworthy person...why look any further?
Rather than a feedback thread the purpose of this thread is for me to keep customers up to date on happenings.
I opened my doors on 5/6/2012.
5/6:
Open shop
Offering free Xanax samples (just pay shipping)
5/7:
All orders placed on 5/6 in the hands of USPS on 5/7 at 09:00
5/8:
All orders placed on 5/7 in the hands of USPS on 5/8 at 09:00
Special deal on prepackaged 25x and 40x orders (limited quantities / while supplies last). 2mg bars as low as $2.87/ea!
5/9:
All orders placed on 5/8 in the hands of USPS on 5/9 at 13:00
prepackaged 40x now all sold out. Sorry guys!
now shipping to Canada!
5/10:
Some orders have arrived at destination. Reports of a few broken pills.
Stopped shipment to rework packaging strategy.
5/11:
5/10 packages did not go out today because of the packing / pill breakage issue some have seen. I have developed a better system and repackaged every item, pill breakage should be a thing of the past.
Raised shipping costs slightly to cover postage on heavier orders
100th order placed! (wont show up in my transactions until they finalize 4-5 days away)
5/17:
All orders are now shipped. If your order was marked in transit today it should arrive by next Wednesday.
On 5/12 got behind on orders because of a flood of orders happened while I was repackaging.
Some customers waited 4 days before I cancelled them. Sorry to you guys - now that I know the ropes I will cancel immediately release your funds earlier.
On 5/14 ran out of supply and de-listed.
I am working on response time, communication, and discreetness of packaging.
5/21
I am considering selling black tar heroin. If you are a heroin expert and interested in doing a comparison test for me please contact me on SR.
5/23
I have stock again and am accepting orders.
I have been working with several people on improving packaging.
I now only sell in increments of 10 and 25 which allows me to pre-package in hopes that I can keep turning packages out same day (you can purchase more than 25, you just purchase a multiple of 25. That wont be prepackaged but as long as the majority of packages are then I should have good turnaround).
On a sad note I have increased prices 10% because the number of reships were killing my profit margin, however I am still selling legit top quality onax bars with great attitude cheaper than anyone else (and hopefully now a great turnaround time)
5/24
All 18 orders went out today on time, including international. Due to the memorial day holiday they may not arrive for 7 days.
Overnight shipping now available on orders of 25 and more for $50. Note that unlike other vendors I guarantee that I will SHIP the same day, not pick my nose for 3 days and then overnight it.
5/25
All 27 orders went out today on time. Both overnight orders made the cutoff and will be delivered saturday. All inernational orders are now dispatched. Due to the memorial day holiday domestic orders may not be received until next friday (international longer).
Orders can now be filled in a prescription bottle so that if law enforcement sees your medication it will look like it was prescribed by a doctor. The quality of the labels are poor but are generally acceptable.
5/26
I am looking for 5 brave volunteers to help me deign labels for fake presciption bottles. See later in this thread for details. It will cost you money to participate but mostly I'm trying to keep the looky-loos out, I will reimburse you handsomely for your time. Ideally you should e either computer saavy, artistic, or know a lot about how pharmacies work.
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I think the ones int he states look like the Canadian ones except cooler and no Celine Dion.
HAHAHA.......
Celine dion eh...... She smells.
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Hey guys,
I lost a lot of customers when I screwed up a few weeks ago and I really regret it so I've decided to try and earn those customers back by giving them 25% free on their next order. If you are one of those details are here:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=24741.0
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All orders are shipped.
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Poundsign is a quality vendor in my opinion, one of the best I've dealt with :D
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Poundsign is a quality vendor in my opinion, one of the best I've dealt with :D
took the words right outta my mouth ;D
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Something fun happened today - I normally cut off orders before I go to bed, but this morning I got one last minute order where the person chose to pay overnight shipping (I charge a hefty premium for overnight because I don't want to do it - so when someone pays I go out of my way).
This person placed his order at 8AM and I had it at the USPS by noon, which for most places means that it arrives next day. This would mean that from the time his order was placed to the time it was IN HIS MAILBOX was going to be 28 hours. Patting myself on the back for that one, probably an SR record:)
Unfortunately I discovered today that USPS "Express" is not actually overnight. There are a few places in the country where they only guarantee 2nd day delivery, so it may take 52 hours from order to mailbox for him.
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All orders which were placed before 8AM made it out in today's mail.
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Wanted to chime in and say poundsign communicates very well, great vendor, sent me a sample and even resent it! Two free bars with regular checkups on delivery and quality, i'll definitely be back as soon as possible. Maybe give him a hand with the prescription thing as well as i have the "computer savvy / artistic inclination" as requested. look forward to doing more business, don't hesitate to give this guy your money!
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Hey guys,
I am running low on stock. I found out last time that this happened that when you do it has an terrible effect on the customer. If your listings are up and you are out of stock you have to cancel their order which makes people very upset. If you bring the listings down loyal customers who prefer you end up going elsewhere. In addition, listings down is bad for rankings.k
Anyhow, rather than running out and then pulling listings I have decided that I must temporarily raise prices to slow sales until I can get this worked out. It is more consistent and reliable than "full speed" then "offline".
Of course as a customer it makes sense to want everything (fast, good service, good product, and inexpensive) and it is my goal to provide all of those, but it takes a while to get the supply chain worked out and this is the best compromise I can come up with until I do.
Anyhow - I just want everybody to know that this isn't a case of "He's popular now so he's going to raise his prices". That's not the case at all. I am working hard on the vendors to get supply and as soon as I am confident that I wont run out I plan to reduce the prices back down.
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Pound is great to talk to very friendly and even is going to let me do another review for him im waiting or some more bitcoins as well to plavc ean order... Hes a good dude
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Poundsign now delivers worldwide........hooray
About time the UK can get hold of proper xanax :D
poundsign you the man.
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thanks # ;D
your packaging is stellar. no broken bars!!
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Thanks for the kind words 46, japan and ksimo.
Note: For my safety I now have to delay international orders rather than ship every day. This has always been my policy but I have been shipping int'l daily anyway recently. Starting tomorrow international orders will be delayed between 0 and 3 days for safety reasons. sorry:(
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Hi guys, after a 4 week break I am once again shipping, see the first page for shipping status (hint: orders generally go out next business day. This is not guaranteed but my track record is 150 successes & 0 failures for next day shipping since Labor day).
There has been a small change to packaging, I am vacuum sealing xanax now for safety.