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Title: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: soudrugs on June 13, 2013, 08:34 pm
Well, I know some people were getting antsy with the wait, I am here to let you all know that theabsolutefinest is the real deal and can make at the absolute least an extremely credible claim to his name  :D

Copied and modified from my review on his profile:

Product -- I'm blown away by the quality of this bubba kush. It is absolutely gorgeous, stinky as all get out and absolutely delicious. This really is some of the finest weed I've ever seen. I have to do some running around, will probably get pictures up later if I get a chance. I'm pretty sure that TAF's pictures were actually pictures of his bud at this point, which as I'm sure those of you who ordered are aware is a very very good thing indeed.


As far as the rest of what we care about:
Communication -- fantastic, theabsolutefinest clearly made an effort to communicate effectiveley with the first batch of buyers.

stealth --good enough and theabsolutefinest tells me it should be upgraded soon, which will pull it up to the standard SR stealth. I wouldn't worry about their packing job at all.

shipping time -- impossible to pin down, as theabsolutefinest got overwhelmed by the process of mailing the enormous stockpile of orders taking advantage of sale pricing and marked my order in transit before it was actually in the postal system. I've been assured that theabsolutefinest will be more careful with when packages are marked shipped from now on.


It's great to have you theabsolutefinest, you have some truly amazing product, keep it up and be a little more careful about when you mark things in transit and you will have lots of repeat business  :D
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest vendor review thread
Post by: TheGhosst on June 13, 2013, 09:19 pm
Well, I know some people were getting antsy with the wait, I am here to let you all know that theabsolutefinest is the real deal and can make at the absolute least an extremely credible claim to his name  :D

Copied and modified from my review on his profile:

Product -- I'm blown away by the quality of this bubba kush. It is absolutely gorgeous, stinky as all get out and absolutely delicious. This really is some of the finest weed I've ever seen. I have to do some running around, will probably get pictures up later if I get a chance. I'm pretty sure that TAF's pictures were actually pictures of his bud at this point, which as I'm sure those of you who ordered are aware is a very very good thing indeed.


As far as the rest of what we care about:
Communication -- fantastic, theabsolutefinest clearly made an effort to communicate effectiveley with the first batch of buyers.

stealth --good enough and theabsolutefinest tells me it should be upgraded soon, which will pull it up to the standard SR stealth. I wouldn't worry about their packing job at all.

shipping time -- impossible to pin down, as theabsolutefinest got overwhelmed by the process of mailing the enormous stockpile of orders taking advantage of sale pricing and marked my order in transit before it was actually in the postal system. I've been assured that theabsolutefinest will be more careful with when packages are marked shipped from now on.


It's great to have you theabsolutefinest, you have some truly amazing product, keep it up and be a little more careful about when you mark things in transit and you will have lots of repeat business  :D

+1 as soon as I can! :)
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest vendor review thread
Post by: b0lixtrader on June 13, 2013, 11:16 pm
Thanks for the review.  He definitely didn't seem like a scammer from the beginning.

Awesome prices too. $25 8ths and $200 oz for dank!
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: soudrugs on June 14, 2013, 01:26 am
I promised some pictures so here they are, I'm no photographer and wasn't using the best camera but I think they came out pretty good anyway:

http://xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/qicpic/files/18b.jpg
http://xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/qicpic/files/187.jpg
http://xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/qicpic/files/181.jpg
http://xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/qicpic/files/184.jpg

They do a pretty good job of showing how dense, well trimmed, and frosty the bubba kush is. I wish there was a way I could share the smell, its unreal.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: b0lixtrader on June 14, 2013, 04:33 am
Thanks for the pictures.

I would definitely have jumped on all of his $25 eighths if I had the money.

Really wanted to try their grapefruit, fruity thai, and heroijuana
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: TheGhosst on June 14, 2013, 09:22 am
Thanks for the pictures.

I would definitely have jumped on all of his $25 eighths if I had the money.

Really wanted to try their grapefruit, fruity thai, and heroijuana

Same here, so I went ahead and ordered a QP of 5 different kinds: Sour D, Sour Flwr, Plat OG, Fruity Thai, and Herojuana. Only grabbed an ounce of the Grapefruit, but that was intended for my head stash anyway; so... After seeing these pics of the Bubba I'm super excited to get that 5 qp pack!

Anyone have a good program for removing metadata tags? My version of photoshop won't let me do it the "Easy" way; and there are too many spam programs out there. I just never gave it a whirl til recently and noticed a lot of the programs flag anti spyware and antivirus software, and firewalls. So, point me in the right direction and I will post HD images of all 6 Strains I ordered, as soon as I receive them.

God damn it, I'm so excited I might've just pooped meself a bit...  ;D
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: b0lixtrader on June 14, 2013, 09:43 am
oh yeah forgot about the sour flower, always wanted to try that strain too

Wow you must be excited haha.

As for the exif erase.

All you have to do is open up the picture, take a screenshot of it.
Open up paint, paste the picture.
Crop if needed and save as jpeg.

Then it's a totally new photo with no exif data.

Please post pics!
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: qwerfdsa on June 14, 2013, 12:52 pm
Hey great news!  Glad everything ended up working out.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: Jarno9 on June 14, 2013, 01:03 pm
Does anyone remember if he was shipping worldwide or only to the States?
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: TheGhosst on June 14, 2013, 04:07 pm
oh yeah forgot about the sour flower, always wanted to try that strain too

Wow you must be excited haha.

As for the exif erase.

All you have to do is open up the picture, take a screenshot of it.
Open up paint, paste the picture.
Crop if needed and save as jpeg.

Then it's a totally new photo with no exif data.

Please post pics!

Word! I'm surprised I didn't think of this tbh. lmfao

Thanks a bunch. Probably the easiest method I've heard --that makes the most sense to someone who started using a PC in 1989. :P
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: nightelf on June 15, 2013, 03:17 am
Seven days and counting for me and he/she has not replied to my message/inquiry. Not exactly what I have come to expect from a vendor here on the road.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: nightelf on June 16, 2013, 11:21 pm
I got a reply the next business day and the order had never shipped. I asked for a refund and received one promptly. Vendor is legit and not a scam, however I would recommend waiting until the vendor gets all the kinks ironed out before taking the plunge.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: supergirlboy on June 18, 2013, 04:43 am
I ordered a qp of platinum og. Actual shipping time was 3 days, but wasn't shipped until  3 days after in transit. Weight was right on at 113g. I'm very satisfied, this is great quality weed for a 700 qp. The weed has a great heavy high and is pretty potent. The high lasts long as well. Stealth was interesting and sufficient! I definitely hope for more 700 qps from TAF. I am a very satisfied customer that will definitely return.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: pitbully2000 on June 23, 2013, 06:15 am
Hi,
 I got an lb of heroijuana...
Besides being a way cool guy, this is one of the BEST deals on SR right now! I've been doing a LOT of work lately and even though I dealt with 4 other vendors this week alone, TAF has scored himself a bulk customer for life!
 Cut me a real good deal on the lb, it was spot on, all nice big nugs..it's GH but if it was more dense it would pass for indoor all day long, and this is the LEAST caliber of what he gets?
 Shipping is STELLAR, and he introduced me to a few new VERY good ideas that I think more vendors here could learn from...not yer regular vendor here, this guy KNOWS what he's doing..obvious he has been shipping MJ for a lot longer then his time on SR :) HAD BOTH of our safety in mind!
 The bud was sticky, had an earthy smell, very pungent, all bud, no shake and the manicure was as good as I'd hoped for!
Not a seed to be found, when I inquired about any seeds he just laughed, and righteously so! It is a PLEASURE to be working with such a professional...I'm not tryin ta be up on his jock but I got EASY flip lb for decent price...he is more than willing to come down on $ for larger quantity and I really think I found my TOP GUY! sorry, dosent mean I'm not still playin the field, but right now he's gettin all my money, I NEED to see what else TAF has in store for me :)
 As far as GH goes, this is the best I've had on SR, and that truly IS saying something!
 when I say "for the price" at the end of a review, I mean it! it was a good deal for the money, but THIS product is MORE than I expected "for the money"..comms are sublime! not just keeping me worry free, but I would go as far to say as I think we would really kick it off IRL. I have met LOTS of cool people here on SR, but this guy really helped me out through some heavy shit..LMAO counselor AND tasty bud!
 Can't wait to do more business with TAF..I see a few of you were worried about delivery, and it also looks like everyone got theirs and every one is pleased! Add me to the list of satisfied customers, his whole shipping issue was obviously due to getting slammed right at the gate, and our patience has been rewarded.
 I will be back for more, again and again and if he can keep this up, I'm pretty sure that after months of searching, i found my MAIN MAN!
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: heavyreader on July 02, 2013, 06:17 am
placed an order for 7g of blue dream shatter and 7g of green crack shatter..  really nice guy.  very accommodating.. it should be here soon so i'll give a full review when it arrives, but just from the pics he had up, i've got a feeling i'm gonna be pretty fucking satisfied to say the least.  good prices as well..  he says his concentrates are a world apart from any of the other BHOs on SR, so i'm super excited to dip into these goods...  will let yall know when the eagle has landed
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: ShamuTheOrca on July 02, 2013, 02:56 pm
The easiest way to remove metadata is to right click on the jpg, click "Properties," go to the "Details" tab, and click "Remove Properties and Personal Information." No need to go through programs or anything like that.

Onto TAF himself, this is good news! Asked about a custom order for a pound, and he has been nothing but helpful!
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: heavyreader on July 02, 2013, 06:02 pm
The easiest way to remove metadata is to right click on the jpg, click "Properties," go to the "Details" tab, and click "Remove Properties and Personal Information." No need to go through programs or anything like that.

Onto TAF himself, this is good news! Asked about a custom order for a pound, and he has been nothing but helpful!

+1 shamu..  i had no idea it was this is easy!!  i've always held off on putting up pics for reviews because of the whole metadata thing but now i'm definitely gonna get some pics of the shatter up for all of yall to see.. 

btw not trying to derail this thread but do you know if it's possible to remove all the personal data from a mov or mp4 clip??  i'd love to be able to show some people how the dabs react when they hit the Ti, so people know there's no fireworks, sizzling, etc and that it leaves no residue.. 
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: MC Haberdasher on July 04, 2013, 08:21 pm
I'm looking to cop some of the Blue Dream wax sometime soon, so any new reviews or experiences with this guy would be much appreciated. 
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: heavyreader on July 04, 2013, 09:44 pm
I'm looking to cop some of the Blue Dream wax sometime soon, so any new reviews or experiences with this guy would be much appreciated. 

i've got a nice fat pack of BD and GC shatter comin my way thatll be landing in the early AM tomorrow...   super fast response times, shipped it out ASAP, was more than happy to customize my order and really friendly, also i had some special requests in regards to shipping he was totally cool with that a lot of other vendors would've prolly just ignored..  so far a good experience, i will let u know how both of the shatters are fam, that should give you a decent approximation of how strong the wax is (the pricing seemed to reflect that the shatter is more potent than the wax but it should still be a good reference point).  his concentrates are definitely on the pricier side, but if they're as strong as they are gorgeous then it's def worth it...
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: TheGhosst on July 05, 2013, 06:39 pm
To the guy wondering about the Blue Dream wax: I bought an ounce of it 4 days ago. A day later, I was inquiring about more.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: MC Haberdasher on July 05, 2013, 07:33 pm
To the guy wondering about the Blue Dream wax: I bought an ounce of it 4 days ago. A day later, I was inquiring about more.

Before that I bought 5 QPs(greenhouse) when everyone was freaking out about how long it was taking. I was so impressed with that "greenhouse", I couldn't wait to see his indoor.

I currently have an order in w/ Absolute for:

2 Lbs of Indoor, 1 ounce of wax, 1 ounce of shatter, and 1 ounce of bubba kush from his last batch(the only one I didnt get last time).


Will let you know how it goes, but I already know this transaction will be flawless.


Third transaction with this vendor, for a grand total of nearly 15,000 spent on TAF's goods. :)

Word..  Thanks for getting back to me on this you two.  Now all I have to do is find a safe place to get coinage!!  Can't wait to try this wax and hear more about heavyreader's order.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: TheGhosst on July 05, 2013, 07:43 pm
To the guy wondering about the Blue Dream wax: I bought an ounce of it 4 days ago. A day later, I was inquiring about more.

Before that I bought 5 QPs(greenhouse) when everyone was freaking out about how long it was taking. I was so impressed with that "greenhouse", I couldn't wait to see his indoor.

I currently have an order in w/ Absolute for:

2 Lbs of Indoor, 1 ounce of wax, 1 ounce of shatter, and 1 ounce of bubba kush from his last batch(the only one I didnt get last time).


Will let you know how it goes, but I already know this transaction will be flawless.


Third transaction with this vendor, for a grand total of nearly 15,000 spent on TAF's goods. :)

Word..  Thanks for getting back to me on this you two.  Now all I have to do is find a safe place to get coinage!!  Can't wait to try this wax and hear more about heavyreader's order.

It's very fine crumble-wax. Has that obvious Neville's Haze smell, you only get hints of the blueberry on the toke, mainly the exhale. SUPER smooth stuff, right on par with DankBank's Crumble waxes, maybe even a little cleaner.  It was obviously purged via low-temp hot plate, ontop of the standard vac.  Honestly, it barely looks like wax. Looks more like blond pollen hash, until it gets close to heat and instantly turns to dark brown liquid.  It's awesome shit. 

Definitely some of the "absolute finest" wax I've had, and @ $800 an ounce, where can you go wrong? 
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: MC Haberdasher on July 05, 2013, 07:48 pm
Shit, man..  I can't wait to get down with some of this stuff.  I just got into concentrates recently, so it's reassuring to know I am headed in the right direction going with this vendor.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: heavyreader on July 05, 2013, 08:27 pm
so um yeah this arrived today and both of these shatters are fucking AMAZING.. people are blowing up my phone and ive gotta turn em down cuz i wanna keep this shit all to myself..  the taste is incredible, all of the terps preserved, beautiful slabs, super smooth and the GC was so strong it made my younger bro (who just smokes border weed like once a week) barf everywhere...  this shit is dank as fuck..   people are offering me 80 a g for it!!  i can only imagine that the wax is also of excellent quality, and is definitely worth the price..  so smooth, too, i have yet to find a limit with how much i can dab at once..  a world apart from all the other concentrates i've gotten on SR..  also he has excellent comms and customer service in general.   i've been shopping around with concentrate vendors since i first purchased here and i think i have finally found my guy, i can't think of anything more i would want..  also he sent me a really really good edible, it was like a little caramel chew, tasted really good and a little errly (in a good way!).. i dont usually get very high off of edibles but i def caught a good buzz that i'm still riding..  i am probably gonna order quite a few of those in the future as well..
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: TheGhosst on July 08, 2013, 05:14 pm
so um yeah this arrived today and both of these shatters are fucking AMAZING.. people are blowing up my phone and ive gotta turn em down cuz i wanna keep this shit all to myself..  the taste is incredible, all of the terps preserved, beautiful slabs, super smooth and the GC was so strong it made my younger bro (who just smokes border weed like once a week) barf everywhere...  this shit is dank as fuck..   people are offering me 80 a g for it!!  i can only imagine that the wax is also of excellent quality, and is definitely worth the price..  so smooth, too, i have yet to find a limit with how much i can dab at once..  a world apart from all the other concentrates i've gotten on SR..  also he has excellent comms and customer service in general.   i've been shopping around with concentrate vendors since i first purchased here and i think i have finally found my guy, i can't think of anything more i would want..  also he sent me a really really good edible, it was like a little caramel chew, tasted really good and a little errly (in a good way!).. i dont usually get very high off of edibles but i def caught a good buzz that i'm still riding..  i am probably gonna order quite a few of those in the future as well..

Fuck. Now I'm ecstatic that I'm getting an ounce of that shatter tomorrow, haven't heard much reviews on it other than TAF himself talking it up. lol

Though, he and I just had a conversation on taking breaks from dabbing in an attempt to lower our tolerances, and making fun of dab-heads in Colorado and SF who zombie the fuck out. :P
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: MC Haberdasher on July 08, 2013, 08:21 pm
Can't wait to get my coins and get down, man..  Hopefully in the next 24 hours I'll have my order placed.
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: pitbully2000 on July 18, 2013, 08:51 pm
So, NOBODY has heard from TAF recently?
 I have sent several pm's and no response...anyone know what's goin on?
~PB2k
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: TheGhosst on July 23, 2013, 03:19 am
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Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: pitbully2000 on July 23, 2013, 08:23 am
So, NOBODY has heard from TAF recently?
 I have sent several pm's and no response...anyone know what's goin on?
~PB2k

Now that I'm finally back around to dedicate my time to getting to the very bottom of this, I will speak my side of what is going on with Absolute Finest... and if he wishes to dispute or deny any of what I am about to tell you; well that will be the first I've heard from him also... since giving him all of MY money.

Without going into fine details due to the sensitive nature of things, this pretty much has to do with a large order I had with TAF....

Long story short, and rounding numbers to further avoid spilling specifics...

There was a tight schedule I was *trying* to abide by, and TAF said he "had my back" from the very beginning. He was very eager to do more business with me again, since I made up about half of his over-all sales during his first (epic slow) run... I seriously thought we were getting tight and moving up to a smooth and exclusive business endeavor with TAF, so we made the purchase... in escrow... used the fastest method available, and then waited... guaranteed dates came and went... clearly something was wrong.

Well, I was a bit upset about it... and TAF seemed to think it "was probably nothing" and "let's wait and see" ... Not that I had the time to waste, but okay... benefit of the doubt...

We waited and waited, no updates on track... got snagged, right?  Definitely.

I've never ever, EVER lost an inbound package from any vendor or non-vendor on SR, so to me... this was definitely not any fault of my own. The order was split up into multiple packages... none updated. All of my drops are spotless... so I was really at a loss for words.

TAF was like "Oh man, you have my word I will replace it 100%" ... and a few days went by where he, again, wanted to "hope" and "wait and see" ...

Nothing came, and I heard nothing from TAF for a few days, til I eventually messaged him bugging out like "Dude, I'm definitely running out of time for this to line up with what I needed it too (this was 11 days in)... and he response all super emo-like, telling me how "he can't afford to take this hit" and guilt-tripping me. We went back and forth and we both came to the conclusion that we needed to remain positive and continue with business.

I provided him with a NEW drop, completely unrelated to the others(now burned). He assured me he would get it out ASAP... but then he gives me a speech about how it would make his business partner and him feel easier about everything if I Finalized...

2-3 more hours of debating about it, and I fucking fell for it, and Finalized. He even continued to 'chat' with me for an hour after that, again, reassuring me the whole time that he was going to be re-shipping my lost order that day.

That was the VERY LAST time I heard from Absolute. He did not log back in for 4 more days, and when he did, he did not read my messages. I eventually dropped all 5 of my previous ratings down to 1/5, and sent him a message entitled "1/5's til you give me the respect of a response" to which he opened (read) but still has no response for...

I wanted.. .and still want to believe that there is a good person in this vendor, and that he's not a total scumbag... but as of right now, I have a sickly girlfriend with medical bills, and impending monthly bills rapidly approaching with the end of the month, and TAF has my only/last 9,000 and is 5-finger fucking me in the ass and splitting me all the way up my spine.

We can't even afford to eat in about a week's time. Like, we're totally fucked...

So, if he's not a scammer... he's still a fucking piece of shit for doing this to his best, highest paying, highest volume costumer whose been here for 2+ years. Really fucking depressing that it has come to this.

OMG dude...I was in constant contact with TAF for weeks..hads many long talks...WAS going to pull the trigger on 5. It also was a 1/2 FE deal...he could have got me, and didn't...of course, I did a 3lb deal with "darithless1" and he got me for 6k, then like a COMPLETE moron, I did another 1/2fe with STRONGHOLD, she sent me a message about domestic issues and I was understanding, then I realized she/he/whoever wasn't coming back..I feell for the SAME GODDAMN THING twice in under 2 weeks, and like you..MY wife got pinched out of state with a large quantity of durbin and my raodie was with her..so now I got bail, court fees, the lawyer fines (x2) AND I lost the product! BOTH of these "vendors" knew what I was going through and STILL fucked me.
I fell for ya buddy, I'm out 9-10k...and I really wanted to like TAF..he sold me an lb a couple months ago and it was cheap and fantastic herb! DR! had 7 months good feedback a 100 score and good forum presence. SR HAS banned his account and I did send all transaction etail to the "report" station? hope they can do something..I know I fucked up..I broke rule #1 and I'll NEVER EVER do it agian..just wanted to let you know, while we may have got stuck hard..I'm the dumbest one..I fell for it TWICE!
 Wish I could help ya in any way bro..pm me and I cana give ya 2 vendors that I can vouch for, but that's it..can't beleive this place has changed so much in 6 months :(
fuckin TOPIX type shit


"Woulda coulda shoulda" doesn't help anyone either folks... FE'ing was stupid on my part; I should have just brought this fuckwad to resolved and gotten the virtually guaranteed 100% refund; but this is what you get for 'believing' or 'trusting' strangers on the dark-web. Even one's you've done 30k in business with in 30 days. Apparently pennies mean more than dollars to TAF, and clearly the lives of others mean absolute-dick to him also.

I agree, no help with hindsight lol...but wow..I mean TAF was doing FANTASTIC as far as I saw..why rip your best income when you can make plenty by treating him right?
Like owning a great nightclub and risking serving a minor for an extra $10

So... that's all I got to say about that.

I hope, right now, his guilt is tearing him apart even half as bad as karma will eventually if he's really doing this to us.

--I've contacted DPR and Inigo, as well as reported him. No one has made contact with me thus far. Regardless of if I never see my money again, it would be nice to know that someone is actually looking into this and not just letting this slide. As far as I can tell TAF is still actively vending.

VERY sorry ta hear bud...and I hope you CAN bounce back from this..I'm juggling all kinds of shit now..haven't been this broke in DECADES!
THANKS ya fuckin SHITTERS!!!

Be cool man, and I now it sucks but money can me remade..
~PB2k
Title: Re: theabsolutefinest Vendor Review Thread
Post by: TheGhosst on July 28, 2013, 10:43 pm
I have retracted my accusations and am giving TAF a chance to redeem himself to this community.  Perhaps one day he will look back on this and understand what he put us through.  But, we're strong people, and we believe in Karma very much.

Lesson learned, don't Finalize for anyone if they lose your shit in the mail, and claim to need the money to cover the re-ship. 

I forgive you, TAF, for taking my $9,000 and running scared.  Get your shit together.