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Title: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: music101 on September 15, 2013, 12:35 pm
Just made my first purchase on the site this weekend, and looking forward to getting the product. When you got your first shipment in, were you like "Holy Shit - I just got XXX delivered right to my door [or the mom and pop shop down the street]?"

I still kind of can't believe how easy it was after reading how the process works. Looking forward to being a member of the community.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Mitragyna on September 15, 2013, 01:01 pm
Hehehe, "Noooob"  8) (just joing around man)
Seriously though, there where mail dealers and similar long before SR existed :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: music101 on September 15, 2013, 01:12 pm
Yeah, I have heard that, but never really had access to one. With the exception of weed though, I usually don't find anything else, and I like to avoid walking up to people and asking if they can hook me up with anything else.

But yeah - I am a total noob on here, but looking forward to getting rid of that "stigma" soon. (From what I read on here so far though, the fact that I took the time to learn about encryption, bitcoins, and computer setup to actually get on here puts me at a different level than a lot of newbies on here anyway. Also, I will never beg for coins...so there's that) LOL
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: BTCB on September 15, 2013, 01:17 pm
Nice work! Welcome Music- Keep us updated on your first pack and the feedback....
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: cuttub300 on September 15, 2013, 01:35 pm
Awesome Music101. Yeah my first time was epic, just be sure to remember those famous words from Spider-man. "With great power comes great responsibility"  ;)

Wish you the best of luck with future SR endeavors
 
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: music101 on September 15, 2013, 01:44 pm
Thanks guys - I will certainly post a review on the forums as well once it arrives. I think that being able to research vendors is incredibly important, and the feedback on the main site does not always allow that.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 15, 2013, 01:52 pm
Yeah its ace! Been involved in the drug market on the clearnet for years so its not new to me, and i held off coming to SR cause i thought itd be the same only waay pricier, but the selection here is incredible, was a real shock to me! Signed up last week and made 11 orders so far, 2 of which i'm sure is with a scammer (Dr Holland) but the resk should be here soon, its truely a great system haha

Also 1 thing i was wondering, with this order i have with the guy whos turned scammer, loads of people have confirmed it, when i can resolve in a few days i'll try and get my money back since he wont reply to PMs at all, will this effect my buyer stats? Since i'm pretty new and most vendors doint like dealing with noobs, especially noobs with shittie stats? So would getting my money back through the resolution center effect my buyer stats?

Cheers
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Dougggy on September 15, 2013, 02:24 pm
I got my first order come through the other week, It felt amazing and I couldn't quite believe it ;D
I expect this effect wares off after the first few times, I better enjoy it while it lasts ???
~D
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Dougggy on September 15, 2013, 02:27 pm
Yeah its ace! Been involved in the drug market on the clearnet for years so its not new to me, and i held off coming to SR cause i thought itd be the same only waay pricier, but the selection here is incredible, was a real shock to me! Signed up last week and made 11 orders so far, 2 of which i'm sure is with a scammer (Dr Holland) but the resk should be here soon, its truely a great system haha

Also 1 thing i was wondering, with this order i have with the guy whos turned scammer, loads of people have confirmed it, when i can resolve in a few days i'll try and get my money back since he wont reply to PMs at all, will this effect my buyer stats? Since i'm pretty new and most vendors doint like dealing with noobs, especially noobs with shittie stats? So would getting my money back through the resolution center effect my buyer stats?

Cheers

I believe that If he has not replied to you, or been online and many others have reported the same thing, you should receive a full refund and it will not effect your stats. However, If this is one of the only cases, and he claims he sent them then it's up to the moderators to decide. :)
~D
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: TA on September 15, 2013, 03:36 pm
That feeling you get like a lightning bolt struck the tip of your penis when you open a successfully delivered package of drugs on your kitchen table, thats the feeling of freedom boys!! Bask in its goodness!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: littleitaly on September 15, 2013, 03:39 pm
great! welcome man
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 15, 2013, 03:53 pm
Yeah its ace! Been involved in the drug market on the clearnet for years so its not new to me, and i held off coming to SR cause i thought itd be the same only waay pricier, but the selection here is incredible, was a real shock to me! Signed up last week and made 11 orders so far, 2 of which i'm sure is with a scammer (Dr Holland) but the resk should be here soon, its truely a great system haha

Also 1 thing i was wondering, with this order i have with the guy whos turned scammer, loads of people have confirmed it, when i can resolve in a few days i'll try and get my money back since he wont reply to PMs at all, will this effect my buyer stats? Since i'm pretty new and most vendors doint like dealing with noobs, especially noobs with shittie stats? So would getting my money back through the resolution center effect my buyer stats?

Cheers

I believe that If he has not replied to you, or been online and many others have reported the same thing, you should receive a full refund and it will not effect your stats. However, If this is one of the only cases, and he claims he sent them then it's up to the moderators to decide. :)
~D

Thanks alot (+! :))! Yeah hes def turned scam, loads of info on his page saying people never received, surprised he hasnt been banned yet (Dr Holland). Just glad it wont effect my stats because some of the best vendors understandably wont work with noobs who have shitty stats
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: bouncetobass on September 15, 2013, 09:01 pm
Congrats on your first purchase and welcome :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Occams razor on September 15, 2013, 10:38 pm
Awesome, I'm right there with you.  :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: anontoker on September 16, 2013, 12:53 am
Nah, there are vendors that will deal with low stats and they have good reputations for product, honesty and stealth, check their vending rules and ask them questions, I've never gotten a dishonest answer yet.
I finished my first few orders on Friday so I am really excited. :)
Especially finally getting my hands on some of  caerus's Fire OG (even though the photo of Grandaddy Purple was tempting, the reviews of the OG won me over).
I ordered them on the same day so its sort of a competition to see who delivers first. ;) With myself of course.
Both marked in transit around the same time. ;) Neither I nor they asked any questions so let the good times roll!
Fuck the man! Never FE! Read the reviews! Ask questions!
Edit: Caerus won the shipping challenge! Had to edit my post because it was not agreed to. :)
Enjoy!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Bridge on September 16, 2013, 01:38 am
I've dabbled with RC vendors on the clearnet prior to taking the plunge into SR, and I have to say SR is eons better. It seems that the initial requirement of needing to download the Tor bundle, figure out PGP, and utilize bitcoins manages to screen out a portion of the types of individuals who were present in RC clearnet communities. So far that I've seen, the majority of the community on here is reasonable and careful. I really like that there is a drug safety section here that's stocked with information and discussion.

My first purchase was also rather exciting to go through. I thoroughly respect that vendors take the time and effort to appropriately stealth their packaging and keep customers safe.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: bluebossa on September 16, 2013, 03:31 am
Man, this is bringing back memories of my first purchase (not that it was all that long ago...I just seem to have spent much of the intervening time intoxicated, shockingly, so my sense of time may be just a little skewed...).  It took me days to work out the whole system, learn about Tor, get BTC, have them transferred to my account, contact a vendor and place an order, so forth--each step becoming more convinced that something was going to go horribly wrong and I was going to be burned out of my cash (or worse) as punishment for letting myself get suckered into world that seemed to violate so many long-held notions of the way things "have" to be.  Even after ordering, I mentally prepared myself for a LOOOONG wait (if my order even showed up at all, which I was doubtful it would).  I readied myself for many days of disappointment from the repeated opening of an empty mailbox, and imagined with dreadful anticipation writing a message to the vendor with whom I'd placed my order, in which I'd bashfully mention that my order never showed up and ask with supreme helplessness what he suggest I do ("fuck off" being my anticipated answer, since I had FE'd in order to get my order accepted in the first place).

And yet, only two days after pressing that order button for the first time, I opened my mailbox and gasped when a small padded envelope sat there.  Couldn't believe my eyes--not when I opened the mailbox, not when I tore apart the package and five beautiful tablets were revealed inside (underneath layers of stealth, of course), not when I Googled the imprint to confirm their authenticity...but I couldn't HELP but believe them when my vision finally started to blur with the warmth of intoxication, and I knew that I had found a place that was very unique and very, very special.  That moment will, of course, always be amongst the best of my highs, because it was about so much more than taking the drug itself (a drug which I had previously desired, but never had access to); it was about the validation of the effort--minor though it may have been--to discover the Silk Road and join the ranks of its buyers, and the thrill of discovery of a world that may very well defy the way things HAVE to be, yes, but that has instead captured with remarkable consistency (despite the flaws and imperfections that we all know exist) the way things SHOULD be--and CAN be, thanks to the efforts of enough like-minded individuals. 

I know I'm getting a little lyrical about an entity that many would still condemn, but, in all my experience, I've never seen a place (physical or ethereal) where the facilitation of drug use was accompanied so thoroughly by attention to safety, equanimity, and community.  And so, welcome to the Road--hope it treats you as well as it's treated me, and that you do your best to sustain it as the kind of place we all hope it can be, with all its promise fulfilled.

Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Pressed Rat on September 16, 2013, 03:34 am
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: music101 on September 16, 2013, 03:51 am
Thanks for the kind words and the stories. I totally have in the back of mind - I'm not gonna get it...I'm not gonna get it...not because of anything from the sellers page or his feedback, but just because I am new here. I am looking forward to being wrong though, and my envelope getting here soon!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Pax on September 16, 2013, 05:02 am
Welcome man and nope that's not the drugs that camel really is green  8)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 16, 2013, 09:00 am
I went a littttlle but overboard, and although i havn't received any of my purchases yet i've made 14 in the last week. I hope some will arrive today!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: drinkNlove on September 16, 2013, 09:23 am
I made my first two orders late Friday night. one of them was marked in transit the next day. The other is still processing, but they're a very popular vendor that might not send packages out on Saturdays.


I'm expecting the high from actually having the package in my hands and opening said package to see my drugs in all their glory to be a more extreme euphoria than what I'll experience from the drugs themselves.


Not that is gonna be true at all (hopefully, haha)...but I will probably flip my shit when I see the letters in my mailbox.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: romoisahomo on September 16, 2013, 10:57 am
good luck dude
we all gotta start somewhere
i am yet to take that step
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 16, 2013, 12:25 pm
Indeed DrinkNLove, the buzz waiting for the postman is almost as good as getting the drugs (well not really but still). Postman just came, the disappointment when the drugs didn't come with him is equal to the comedown off a high haha :(
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: hamnana on September 16, 2013, 12:32 pm
I am only a few days ahead of you, OP.  It's worth the wait.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: drinkNlove on September 16, 2013, 12:44 pm
Indeed DrinkNLove, the buzz waiting for the postman is almost as good as getting the drugs (well not really but still). Postman just came, the disappointment when the drugs didn't come with him is equal to the comedown off a high haha :(

That's totally why I'm just not gonna check my mailbox. My roommate ALWAYS checks it at the time the dude delivers it everyday and ALWAYS places anything addressed to me in a certain spot. He never opens anything of mine as he respects my privacy.

So, I guess I'll just be disappointed when I see that it's not in my mail spot on our coffee table. Bahah.

In all seriousness, though, since this is my first time using SR, I'm being pretty damn patient about it. Mainly because, after the hassles I had acquiring my first bitcoins, I'm used to things not arriving when I expect them.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: tik-tok489 on September 16, 2013, 02:57 pm
made my first purchase last week and awaiting for its arrival. should be coming shortly and am very excited. i tend to do a lot of research before making a purchase so i am currently scoping out my 2nd
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Cornelius23 on September 16, 2013, 08:19 pm
I went a littttlle but overboard, and although i havn't received any of my purchases yet i've made 14 in the last week. I hope some will arrive today!
I've made six over the weekend and am tempted to make two or three more :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: pair0monkeys on September 16, 2013, 08:35 pm
Oh man, you're going to be so stoked when you get your drugs, the only thing cooler than getting drugs off the internet, is doing drugs that were delivered to you by the postal service. Your tax dollars at work :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: anontoker on September 16, 2013, 08:40 pm
Oh man, you're going to be so stoked when you get your drugs, the only thing cooler than getting drugs off the internet, is doing drugs that were delivered to you by the postal service. Your tax dollars at work :)

Caerus came through. It is the weirdest fucking feeling in the world. I'm so anonystoned right now!
The pictures do indeed show actual product. Yum. Should have seen the buds fluf- pop in the jar when I took them out. Wow.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Pressed Rat on September 17, 2013, 08:30 pm
***
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Cornelius23 on September 18, 2013, 10:18 am
My first delivery has arrived and I'm delighted, excited, confused and frustrated, the last two due only to my own silliness.

I ordered a number of different whitish crystalline powders, some being substances I've never tried before, so I'm not quite sure whose order reached me first. It could be a full (overweight) gram of some orders or half of another order. The lack of country on the address suggests that it was sent domestically, so that might slightly help in narrowing it down. I have to go out soon so tasting and other testing will have to wait for later. I just wish I knew enough to be able to finalize immediately (unless it's something that I've FEed for).

Perhaps if I do similar in future I'll add a different middle initial to my name for each order to aid identification.

Silly Cornie :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: prettyshroomgirl on September 18, 2013, 12:13 pm
i made mine with out knowing half what i know now
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 18, 2013, 12:16 pm
Come ooon postman, i've recieved 1 order so far, waiting on a load of other, surely 1 or 2 must arrive today? Got back about 12ish so dont think i missed him, i'm waiting on him now and he normally arrives round this time, i don't think i can handle the suspense man!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 18, 2013, 12:27 pm
I SEE HIS VAN

I SEE HIS VAN!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 18, 2013, 12:30 pm
Fuck. Nothing. Ah fuck this im gonna buy some crack lol

Edit: I think the posite might be stealing my drugs yaknow :O
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Cornelius23 on September 18, 2013, 05:15 pm
Yay for second post!

Two more things arrived, one being the two-gram order. Although I can discern no particular smell, the crystalline structure, chemical taste and domestic address lead me to conclude that the first arrival was Symbiosis's mephedrone :)

And such a variety of packaging and stealth methods...
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Cornelius23 on September 18, 2013, 05:17 pm
Oh, and there was a nice Thank You letter with the hash from Spain :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 18, 2013, 05:26 pm
lucky sod :(, i'm hoping there's a local backlog and all mine will come at once, i'll be like a pig in cocaine infused shit!

If nothing turns up it has to be the postman, no way i've been ripped off by a load of trustworthy vendors, and i recieved one order next day!
 i'll have to start paying for recorded with everything..

..or, i could buy some pure fent or bromodragonfly, is murder (maybe manslaughter) a little bit far for a light fingered postman? :D
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Cornelius23 on September 18, 2013, 06:55 pm
Well... That's three good transactions out of seven so far, which already compares well with my track record dealing with total strangers on the streets :)

..or, i could buy some pure fent or bromodragonfly, is murder (maybe manslaughter) a little bit far for a light fingered postman? :D
Not if he self-administers without your 'knowledge' ;)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: isallmememe on September 18, 2013, 07:07 pm
Also, I will never beg for coins...so there's that) LOL

i always said that until one day i bought the exact amount to cover my purchase and then the btc price rose while the funds were clearing in sr, leaving me 9p short to make the order. obviously you're not going to go and buy 9 pence worth of btc and i only had like a pound or so left in the bank anyway. so i asked in the spare coins thread. no one sent me it tho, but thankfully the btc price dropped again just in time to make my purchase and get it in the mail for that day. so it was all good in the end, but never say never.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 18, 2013, 09:19 pm
Ask me if it happens again, happy to help out a little bit to people who contribute to the forum community. And thats not an invitation for a shitload of twats and scammers to spam my inbox :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: music101 on September 20, 2013, 08:26 pm
So - it came! I ordered up a few pills from Apollonian - and the postage was upgraded to priority for me - not sure if it is cause he was on vacation or if he was just being cool since it was my first order.

But yeah, it got here, and I flipped on last night - so much better than the shit I tried like 10 years ago (I'm in late 20s). I am gonna try and make up a trip report at some point, but it was the real deal!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: gn0ssos on September 21, 2013, 12:35 am
I know that feel bro! Just made my first purchase as well, after like ten months of lurking and researching and wanting to order I finally worked up the nerve. I decided to start small with blotters so it'll just look like a regular letter. Sampling some of Righteous' 25i for the first time. Was gonna go with IndigoChild but Righteous' had the right price. I'm trying to make some money off it when I go to this festie in October. Anyone have any experience with him?

Also I didn't realize the final price is related to whatever the BTC rate is at the time you finalize. That's kind of a bummer since the rate has been dropping every day. I might be hitting you up in a few days, CLK. :P
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CannabisCup on September 21, 2013, 12:42 am
Congrats!
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: green411 on September 21, 2013, 02:13 am
Congrats man, that's awesome.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: General Gao on September 21, 2013, 02:18 am
Awesome man!
My first time I was (groundlessly) scared shitless that it was a sting of some sort. After all who had ever heard of buying weed on the internet as easily as buying shit off Amazon? Now all I worry about is the package accidentally getting delivered to the batshit crazy old hag of a neighbor I have.

Keep ordering from good vendors (which is most of them) and you will continue to be elated.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Synesthesiamnesia on September 21, 2013, 02:26 am
Congratulations, man! I hope to do that by this week or the next depending on how long it takes for my bitcoins to come in. I bet it feels fucking amazing that first time opening up that packet and knowing you truly can do anything you want if you just find a way ;D. Just be weary of scammers and what not, but considering that you seem to be doing things the right, I'm sure you'll do fine.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: music101 on September 21, 2013, 04:39 am
Yeah - thanks guys and gals. It was fucking amazing to.

And I think I am doing everything right - Reading feedback on all the vendors both on the forums and on their pages - refuse to finalize early - finalize and feed bac as soon as the product arrives. Seems to make everyone happy/
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: gimmedanger on September 21, 2013, 07:11 am
Just made my first purchase as well. I'm kind of surprised how confident I feel about this, it probably has to do with the fact that what I'm ordering is decriminalized in my state and the most LE can do is write me a ticket. Fingers crossed for the arrival next week.
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: CLK on September 21, 2013, 02:41 pm
3 orders arrived out of 10 made, i have pretty bad luck! Had to cancel 3 because they were unresponsive, 2 are now in the resolution center because hes a blatent scammer,1 i made yesterday, 1 i've been waiting for over a week domestically and the other 3 came and were great!

3/10 aint great so far though, apart from the first 2 i did my research too! Just bad timing/luck i guess..

@music101 yeah sounds like you got it :)

And guys remember, in the extremely unlikely event of you getting a call from some unwelcome visitors, you have no idea at all, 'drugs? to me? what are you talking about?'. Its not your fault if some prick who doesn't like you tries to get you into trouble by sending you drugs! Stay safe guys :)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: BTCB on September 22, 2013, 12:09 am
I went a littttlle but overboard, and although i havn't received any of my purchases yet i've made 14 in the last week. I hope some will arrive today!
was these 14 orders your first? all domestic?
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: BTCB on September 22, 2013, 12:10 am
I made my first two orders late Friday night. one of them was marked in transit the next day. The other is still processing, but they're a very popular vendor that might not send packages out on Saturdays.


I'm expecting the high from actually having the package in my hands and opening said package to see my drugs in all their glory to be a more extreme euphoria than what I'll experience from the drugs themselves.


Not that is gonna be true at all (hopefully, haha)...but I will probably flip my shit when I see the letters in my mailbox.


you get em?
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: BTCB on September 22, 2013, 12:11 am
I went a littttlle but overboard, and although i havn't received any of my purchases yet i've made 14 in the last week. I hope some will arrive today!
I've made six over the weekend and am tempted to make two or three more :)

whatd u get?
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: BTCB on September 22, 2013, 12:13 am
Must be a great feeling guys, i think its my turn to try:)
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: BTCB on September 22, 2013, 12:15 am
Oh, and there was a nice Thank You letter with the hash from Spain :)

thank u letter?
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: DaTherapist on September 22, 2013, 01:04 am
Congrats on your first purchase!  I am fairly new to SR but have been both buying and selling via mail delivery since about 2002.  It can be quite nerve wracking, but also very exhiliarating at the same time! 
Title: Re: Just Made My 1st Purchase
Post by: Cornelius23 on September 25, 2013, 04:08 pm
Well... That's three good transactions out of seven so far, which already compares well with my track record dealing with total strangers on the streets :)
Update: Six out of seven by the end of last week :)

Also I didn't realize the final price is related to whatever the BTC rate is at the time you finalize. That's kind of a bummer since the rate has been dropping every day.…
I think that some vendors have their prices pegged to USD and others don't. Our Account pages show separate escrow columns for each currency, which probably reflects this.

whatd u get?
Oh dear, I feel a little embarrassed to type the list. Ah well...

Cocaine HCL, cocaine freebase, methamphetamine, mephedrone, black hash, pollen hash and cialis. Of course, it's the least illegal of these that has yet to arrive :)

Oh, and there was a nice Thank You letter with the hash from Spain :)
thank u letter?
Yep. A "thank you for ordering from us"-type note followed by a little article about The History of Weed :D

CLK: Please tell us you've at least made 5/10.