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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: 357beerdrinker on May 17, 2013, 04:02 am

Title: Be a vendor, not a drug dealer
Post by: 357beerdrinker on May 17, 2013, 04:02 am
With the amount of effort it takes to setup a vendor account, I'm surprised I still experience vendors acting like street drug dealers.  Vendors don't update their own vendor page and yet still expect buyers to be held accountable to their rules.  If you say you ship within "x amount of days" then live up to it.  Shit happens especially when dealing with drugs.  Just communicate with your buyers and let them know what's up, not bullshit them with made up excuses.  If you ran out of product, just say so and ask if they'd like their order cancelled but provide some incentive to keep their business like a free .1 gram or something.  I'd consider to continue doing business with someone that said "hey, we got slammed with a lot of orders and couldn't pull our listing fast enough.  Yours was one of the last and we are unable to fill it at this time.  How about we work something out?"

It's better than pissing off a buyer and getting your vendor rating hurt by a bad score.

Title: Re: Be a vendor, not a drug dealer
Post by: Grass4Cash on May 17, 2013, 04:11 am
You should become a vendor to, because its so easy. And if you run a day behind, give away your product for free if someone whines about why their $20 order isn't getting the hourly update. I wonder why my partner and I have never thought of this before!! Oh wait...
Title: Re: Be a vendor, not a drug dealer
Post by: 357beerdrinker on May 17, 2013, 04:23 am
I have neither the inclination nor ability to become a vendor.  Being on the selling end of this business is far from easy.  I get it, shit happens that you don't expect.  Just be up front with the people you consider your customers.  I don't think proper communication is too much to ask especially when it's one of the things people talk about and rate vendors on pretty consistently.  If I send a personalized message not even asking about where my package is or anything related, at least read it and not send me back some bullshit reply that was just a copy/paste. 

I don't expect any real-time update but if you know there's an issue and have a cookie cutter response ready to be pasted into a message, take the few minutes to put the info on your vendor page.  Some of us will look there to see if there are any updates since this is pretty common practice with vendors.  I'm in no hurry, this is a recreational activity for me but there's still money involved and should be treated as business.

Grass4Cash, I appreciate the products you offer that aren't supported here on the site any longer.   You took the time on another one of your posts to inform potentially interested buyers of your current status.  That's just being a good member of the community and a professional. 

Title: Re: Be a vendor, not a drug dealer
Post by: Grass4Cash on May 17, 2013, 04:48 am
Ideally a vendor should be able to reply to every single PM they get. However when they start receiving 100+ PMs a day, responding to each and every request/message and giving them a personal touch is just unrealistic. Most vendors (My self included) have jobs/business outside of the darknet. Especially on SR's speed, I remember I tried to update my profile on SR and I got booted off of the site after I spent 20-30 minutes typing up new features/updates. Imagine reading/responding to 100 messages.... or 200 messages or more a day! It would take hours just to open all the messages.

Just remember to have realistic expectations ;)
Title: Re: Be a vendor, not a drug dealer
Post by: nenicloud on May 17, 2013, 06:01 am
Is it realistic for someone who visits a Dr. monthly to set up a vendor account just for the sake of getting rid of about 60 adderall a months, or 40 suboxone?  Just curious.  Are you expected to have a large stock of items starting off and throughout vending carreer
Title: Re: Be a vendor, not a drug dealer
Post by: Sooperknot on May 17, 2013, 06:36 am
Is it realistic for someone who visits a Dr. monthly to set up a vendor account just for the sake of getting rid of about 60 adderall a months, or 40 suboxone?  Just curious.  Are you expected to have a large stock of items starting off and throughout vending carreer

Isn't this what they call a "story problem" in math class?