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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: hairgelman on September 18, 2012, 11:49 pm

Title: Gelman MIA
Post by: hairgelman on September 18, 2012, 11:49 pm
Gelman has mysteriously disappeared and several orders have not been delievered after a week of waiting.  Normal ship time according to reviews is 2-3 days.  Gelman hasn't logged in or replied to e-mails in a week.  http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=35196.435
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: AnimusVox on September 19, 2012, 12:01 am
I would be hesitant to see this as an incident of scamming considering he uses escrow, and perhaps something a little more complicated.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: MollyMarley on September 19, 2012, 12:07 am
He said in his thread a couple weeks ago that he was going to be running out soon and probably would not return until like November or something like that, but I'm not sure about the orders that have not shown up. I know someone that received theirs last week.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: redfunguy on September 19, 2012, 01:27 am
I know I saw in another thread that he and RainbowVomit got their Molly from the same source, or so said the supposed source.  Both of their pics looked the same.  I got an order from RV that was good stuff, was going to grab more from Gelman cause he had it considerably cheaper but then he ran out I guess.  Took a week for me to get my order from RV, not that that helps at all.  Hope all the orders come!  I would hate to hear they dont, especially since I was going to drop a G with him.  Thinking of buying molly from europe but am sketched out about customs.....
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: le botbahn on September 19, 2012, 01:44 am
I'm leaning towards either something more complicated. That or he was serious about not coming back for a while after the final orders went out. The guy is all business and obviously very careful from what I've seen.

There were a couple times where he shipped a day or two later than announced due to some things that came up, and I wouldn't be surprised if that might be the case with the late packages. One thing that does concern me with these late delivery concerns is that he announced 2C-B and MDA in the near future. I hope that things didn't somehow go awry through that pursuit.

Like others, I just can't see this being scam attempt provided that these transactions were in escrow and his T&Cs provide a DCN on all orders. There's no way you'd have to eat this as a buyers. He's also been far too generous ime to fit that profile.

It might be worth contacting FredFlint, as someone else mentioned. Possibly Dominatrix as well (both acknowledged same source).

All the best to those of you waiting and to Gelman if he's caught up.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: spinbox1 on September 19, 2012, 03:06 am
Gelman only ships once a week.  All the orders from the previous week go out on Monday mornings if I'm not mistaken.  My domestic order took 8 days from him.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: dafantasylife on September 19, 2012, 05:59 am
im probably one of the last few orders that went in as well.. right after my order hit transit, gelman had pulled all his listings and mine was just for a gram.. guy definately accomodate.d. i made the mistake of sending my address direct on SR and thought he'd cancel it.. but i also used PGP to email him it and he still fulfilled.. I got my order in by Saturday the 9th last week and it shipped out Monday from the east coast and arrived to the west coast by thursday (4 days).. i was sorta surprised that USPS priority took alot longer than it usually does but it did have DCN sticker on it as well.. as for the rest, all I can possibly think of is that he ran out and sold more than he could actually fulfill or he probably just shipped out his last batch this past monday (despite having it show in transit).. id wait till this weekend before concluding perhaps..  hope the guy comes back around.. his stuff is clean..
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: fredflintstone on September 19, 2012, 03:10 pm
Gelman is fine.
Talked to him a few days ago.
Busy with school... he only shipped once a week from a remote location ... so miss a shipping day, it becomes 2 weeks.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: painbow on September 19, 2012, 05:24 pm
Gelman is fine.
Talked to him a few days ago.
Busy with school... he only shipped once a week from a remote location ... so miss a shipping day, it becomes 2 weeks.

How did you talk to him when he hasn't logged onto SR or the forums for the past week?

Plus, it's rather weird that he's gone complete MIA with money sitting in his account.

I do not think he's a scammer and I am worried that something may have happened to him.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: fredflintstone on September 19, 2012, 05:46 pm
we are close, i have alot better ways to talk to him than SR forums.
he is fine, legally and all that.
just swamped.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: painbow on September 19, 2012, 06:15 pm
we are close, i have alot better ways to talk to him than SR forums.
he is fine, legally and all that.
just swamped.

Can you then tell us why he couldn't even afford 10 minutes to log onto SR to proceed with remaining orders and collect the money sitting in his account for an entire week?
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: fredflintstone on September 19, 2012, 11:42 pm
from what i understand ... all things related to SR are kept off site.

he has seperate private key and all.

so ... if he doesnt have time to collect money and ship order, chances are he doesnt have time to reply to SR emails.

sorry you guys are jammed up, just letting ya know he isnt pinched or anything.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: eclipsin on September 20, 2012, 01:35 am
from what i understand ... all things related to SR are kept off site.

he has seperate private key and all.

so ... if he doesnt have time to collect money and ship order, chances are he doesnt have time to reply to SR emails.

sorry you guys are jammed up, just letting ya know he isnt pinched or anything.

Good to hear that.  Really wanna order from him soon. 
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: sammysoon on September 21, 2012, 01:44 am
Wondering what the explanation becomes when its now been 13 days since I put in the order and 8 days since the status was put into in transit....

this is seriously ridiculous, don't know why anyone would fuck around like this.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: painbow on September 21, 2012, 03:13 pm
from what i understand ... all things related to SR are kept off site.

he has seperate private key and all.

so ... if he doesnt have time to collect money and ship order, chances are he doesnt have time to reply to SR emails.

sorry you guys are jammed up, just letting ya know he isnt pinched or anything.

is there any way for you to convince him to log on give us an explanation for the piece of mind and pending orders?

I know he's got his own life and all, but still it's not fair to leave dozens of customers in dark.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: fredflintstone on September 21, 2012, 08:49 pm
He updated that he was in a car accident before he dropped any orders on the 12th.

He wont be vending online for a while, and I assume orders werent sent out.

Sorry guys.
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: dafantasylife on September 28, 2012, 02:24 am
anybody notice what is going on with Gelman's account? It seems like its no longer a vendor account.. there's no feedback rating at all now.. anyway, I rec'd my order (was one of his last) but im anxiously waiting another order (intl) that was expected to come earlier this week and is taking a bit longer than usual.. and i notice i did not get a single piece of mail yesterday (just adverts/flyers) and today only one piece of parcel came in from a well know etailer.. i hope im not buying into the paranoia that gelman's acct has been compromised and our buyers addresses have been flagged?
Title: Re: Gelman MIA
Post by: MollyMarley on September 28, 2012, 02:57 pm
anybody notice what is going on with Gelman's account? It seems like its no longer a vendor account.. there's no feedback rating at all now.. anyway, I rec'd my order (was one of his last) but im anxiously waiting another order (intl) that was expected to come earlier this week and is taking a bit longer than usual.. and i notice i did not get a single piece of mail yesterday (just adverts/flyers) and today only one piece of parcel came in from a well know etailer.. i hope im not buying into the paranoia that gelman's acct has been compromised and our buyers addresses have been flagged?

You are being paranoid. First, domestic orders are rarely ever an issue. I cannot recall a single occurrence, in which a domestic order was discovered and seized (although, I am sure it has happened plenty of times with careless packaging; it's just not that common). Second, Gelman's packaging was plenty discreet and I really can't imagine there being any issues with domestic orders. A while back, Gelman said that he would not have any more product until November or later and he was known for being very cautious. He is just off the grid at the moment.