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Title: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: sambo on April 25, 2012, 09:15 pm
The great majority of posts I see regarding Noriega have to do with people not receiving their goods in the USA. If you have please post here. Also let us know what shipping method you opted for and approx how long it took.

With the amount of people receiving from other Netherlands vendors, it just seems kind of fishy so many people in the USA don't receive their orders. 

**UPDATE 4/30 I received my order from the 4/20 sale today! I apologize for adding to any paranoia about scammer**
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: nirvey101 on April 25, 2012, 09:21 pm
Hey,
I received mine yesterday, ordered on 4/13 with "priority" So 11 days including weekends, and that's too the East coast. Not the most professional pack job but I guess it made it, the #4 is definitely strong as hell though. Well worth the wait.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: sambo on April 25, 2012, 10:08 pm
Thanks for that. Its good to hear some success stories!
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: vxk6969 on April 26, 2012, 01:06 am
had an order ship 4/13 and still yet to receive, getting a little nervous now  :-\
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: ksquizzle on April 26, 2012, 01:40 am
Got a 50% refund after 2 1/2 weeks waiting,  kinda blows, I also ordered two orders neither came
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: oldschoolclubkid on April 26, 2012, 02:08 am
on day 26 and no product to central US?  Ordered this for a friend shipped to his address and all I have been hearing for a week now is its not coming.  Sure hope is shows up so he will shut up!!  Mail in this area is really wacky right now for some reason.  Had a MDMA order from Canada not show been over 2 months, have an order from Australia still in transit over a month now.  And an cheese order from UK which is going to the same address as Noriega stuff on day 16.  Only thing that seems to be getting here is Skyys Mdma but its still taking 16 days were it was taking 6.

So its not just one vendor I have stuff going to two different address from several vendors taking way too long
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: vxk6969 on April 26, 2012, 03:28 am
so what do you guys (gals) think? is noriega legit shipping every order, or is customs just that tough for the US? i know he/she claims 99% success rate.  can that be accurate?
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: a420er on April 26, 2012, 03:45 am
I have only had one packaged seized by border patrol. It was coming from NZ into US back in the day when you could get the T3's OTC. I received a letter from customs that someone had attempted to ship illegal drugs into the country to my address. Yada yada yada, etc. I have heard from several other people with the exact same story. Long story short, if packages are getting seized you should be receiving a notification. If you don't I would be highly suspicious. I am not saying Noriega is running the scam because if he is coming out of NL it could be that someone has an eye on his packages. Regardless, I don't think customs is getting them. Just my 2 cents.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: vxk6969 on April 26, 2012, 03:50 am
thanks for sharing that, did anything ever come of that customs letter? have you received packages since? guess i am a newbie that worries a bunch....
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: yournamehere on April 26, 2012, 04:14 am
I have only had one packaged seized by border patrol. It was coming from NZ into US back in the day when you could get the T3's OTC. I received a letter from customs that someone had attempted to ship illegal drugs into the country to my address. Yada yada yada, etc. I have heard from several other people with the exact same story. Long story short, if packages are getting seized you should be receiving a notification. If you don't I would be highly suspicious. I am not saying Noriega is running the scam because if he is coming out of NL it could be that someone has an eye on his packages. Regardless, I don't think customs is getting them. Just my 2 cents.
iirc, no letter doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't seized.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: toelessJoe on April 26, 2012, 04:16 am
Great topic, OP.

I am about to post a very lengthy (my view and my opinions from speaking to just about 30 H buyers from around the world who never received their orders - and no one has received a letter from customs, strange, no?)

I will post it before the night is out, I hope. otherwise It will be done tomorrow.

It had nothing to do the the orders that were sent to the States and blame it on the USPS. People from the UK, EU, Canada, etc.

I am on my 4th week waiting, and I truly believe it was never sent. I'm not the only one who thinks this.

I will save it for the post in the H thread, Scammer thread and perhaps the Coke thread. I truly believe he is selectively scamming anywhere from 10% to15% of all his orders. I'm sure Team Noriega has a list that they use that lists the screen/user names that they ship to and for the rest it's a roll of the dice if you'll be of the one's picked out to get fucked for 50%.

I have a small order, but some of the guys I've talked to had orders of 3 to 5 grams of H never show. 50% refund on that, even a bunch of small ones like mine add up to a lot of money.

One guy in the UK has an order he is waiting on for over two weeks. The NL to the UK should take 3 days  - 7 at most. he'll never get his order, just as I mine will never arrive. Shipping from the NL to another EU country does not get scrutinized like it does when it arrived to the States.

i have read all about how stealthy his packaging is - so why are these orders not arriving?

there are so many stories and examples I will compile for my post about MIA orders from TN.

if you take look at the feedback for TN products for H - none of what I am writing about right now even takes into account the Coke - this is all H - there are ten (10) feedback comments per page. On average there is one "Never arrived" per page - which means a 10% selective scam. More when you take into account the Coke.

When I placed my order and it "shipped" on April 2nd, there were several other guys from the States that ordered at the same time - we all ordered Priority and they got their gear in 5+ days.

Now he says he will not ship too the States any longer. But what about all the orders from the other Countries were their orders never arrived?

And if you are one of the lucky ones that got your order, i am glad for you and can see you saying I'm full of shit just because you got your order. If you were in mine/our place, you'd be singing a different song.

And of course I knew all about Team Noriega 4 weeks ago when I placed my order. I had read nothing but good - to - great things about both him and his product- that's why I ordered from hi in the first place...

This is the 3rd time in a row that I've been let down or scammed by an H dealer in the past month or two,one was AgentMulder - did not FE so I got my BTC back, Noriega - did not FE but I will have to fight with SR to get anything more than 50% of my BTC back, and I don't want to mention the 3rd vendor.

I'm sticking to tony from now on. I've tried enough new vendors for now.

I'll save the rest for later (if you think this is long, just wait to see what I put together for my next TN MIA Orders)
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: chiefrogan on April 26, 2012, 04:30 am
Yea I ordered priority a few weeks ago and it arrived in 5 biz days to west coast usa. I feel for ya toeless, and maybe you're on to something, but it looks like he won't be sending to usa anymore and that's probably for the best for everyone. I will also say that the delivery wasn't really all that stealth but hey it made it, though I could see it getting intercepted other places especially with the NL postmark.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: jasonstatham on April 26, 2012, 05:32 am
I've got two orders, one shipped March 30th and the other April 10th, and neither have arrived nor have I gotten a love letter.  I really really hate to scream scam yet, but this would be the first order of mine that has never arrived, international or otherwise.  I've been ordering drugs overseas for two years now from SR and other sources and I have never had a problem until now. 

I'm still holding out hope that at least the second order will arrive but it doesn't seem likely.  I even have had another international package from a different source arrive, and THAT was shipped on April 9th.  They either are selective scamming, or they really need to work on stealthier packaging, it shouldn't be too hard to get stuff to me as I have had some really sketchy packages shipped through customs to me. 

Noriega, If you really are legit then I am sorry I doubted you. But if your shit is getting seized left and right, work on your packaging man.  Take a little extra time to ship if it's what it takes to make it stealthier, if you have it packaged reasonably well then 99% of orders should make it through.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: vxk6969 on April 26, 2012, 05:47 am
hopefully will receive in a few days!!! think SR can be something fantastic and hope it all works out  ;D
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: ksquizzle on April 27, 2012, 12:23 am
I have given up and have moved on to other vendors, I don't believe a word I hear, proof is in the pudding, and I do not have any pudding to speak of from NL.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: jackintherox. on April 27, 2012, 12:48 am
Yea I ordered priority a few weeks ago and it arrived in 5 biz days to west coast usa. I feel for ya toeless, and maybe you're on to something, but it looks like he won't be sending to usa anymore and that's probably for the best for everyone. I will also say that the delivery wasn't really all that stealth but hey it made it, though I could see it getting intercepted other places especially with the NL postmark.

You are lucky. I am on the west coast and still waiting after 21 days, even payed priority shipping. He was in contact though and offered to deal with a resend tomorrow but due to the difficulties I'm not sure I want to risk it. However a lot of packages haven't been coming in from many vendors recently so I don't know where the weakest link is...even vendors that I have had 100% success with in the past for multiple orders.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: Fred Flintstone on April 27, 2012, 01:05 am
I've had luck with Noriega in the past on a number of occasions but my last order (about a month ago) never showed up. He offered to do a resend about 5 days ago and I'd be surprised if it even shows up. Very disappointing as his product, prices and shipping speed were so good in the past! Every other order I made with him arrived in exactly 7 days to mid US.

After having good success from him in the past I hate to think he would scam anyone, but it doesn't make sense that this many packages would be seized all at once when others have no trouble getting here. I would venture a guess (purely speculation) that he is not sending some of the packages in the first place. Not trying to bash on him, just basing this on my observations. I really hate to say it and hope very much that I am proved wrong. If the resend happens to arrive I will be sure to post.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: MinisterOfAesthetics on April 27, 2012, 02:44 am
i booked an order with c63amg on the 11th.... he had some issues around that time and wasn't able to get it in the mail until the 13th... since than, i have yet to receive anything.... since just about everyone who ordered from holland at that time is having issues, i balked at his offer to reship.... but, i nothing if not stubborn, so i agreed to let him reship... he even offered to give me a full refund... i thought that was pretty stand up of him.... in spit of this, i'm going for the reship... i'll keep ya'll posted...
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: a420er on April 27, 2012, 03:02 am
thanks for sharing that, did anything ever come of that customs letter? have you received packages since? guess i am a newbie that worries a bunch....

I wouldn't know if it did. I was traveling at the time and in and out of hotels every few weeks. I used the hotel address. I have heard from several other people and nothing ever comes of the letter. my guess is, anything considered personal use they won't fuck with. if it had been 500+ I would have probably woke up to cold steel on my forehead. Best of luck. If you are worried about customs, try and stick with stateside vendors. no problems with customs at all. I will say i have ordered seeds from the UK dozens of times with no problems though so I guess it depends on the location. I gotta believe almost anything coming out of the dam is gonna be highly fucking scrutinized. it is not like they are well known for much anything other than drugs and whores. although I have been there and they do have some kickass museums, nobody is exporting that. green karma sent.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: toelessJoe on April 27, 2012, 11:39 am
I've had luck with Noriega in the past on a number of occasions but my last order (about a month ago) never showed up. He offered to do a resend about 5 days ago and I'd be surprised if it even shows up. Very disappointing as his product, prices and shipping speed were so good in the past! Every other order I made with him arrived in exactly 7 days to mid US.

After having good success from him in the past I hate to think he would scam anyone, but it doesn't make sense that this many packages would be seized all at once when others have no trouble getting here. I would venture a guess (purely speculation) that he is not sending some of the packages in the first place. Not trying to bash on him, just basing this on my observations. I really hate to say it and hope very much that I am proved wrong. If the resend happens to arrive I will be sure to post.
re. Noriega and selective scamming:

it's NOT just the US and the USPS - I have tons of PM's from people in the UK, Canada, Europe, etc. that never received their orders in the past 4-6 weeks.

I thought perhaps he decided to selective scam 10%+ of his buyers for 4-6 weeks, tops, and then go back to business as usual. Even 10% of his total orders adds up to be a lot of free money.

And dealing with SR on this - as Noriega will not budge from his 50% Refund offer (perhaps if he did he thinks it might make him look guilty)  -  proving someone is selective scamming is a hell of a lot harder than when Agent Mulder was here and he was a full-blown scammer - and that still took us days. almost a full week before he was banned - and for that whole time SR let him sell/operate, people were still placing orders with him and FE for their 20% Extras.

It's an uphill battle. that is for sure...
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: Fred Flintstone on April 27, 2012, 06:31 pm
That's really fucked. He was always so good in the past, hate to lose such a good vendor. Why is he still at 98% rating if he has been scamming people?
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: brianbertz on April 30, 2012, 02:59 am
this really worries me hearing bad stuff about noriega all of the sudden. i just placed a couple hundred dollar order with him and a few smaller orders from other people for the 420 sale. most of my money went to him and i had to FE... im depending on that order arriving. he has not been very good with communication either. really worried. hopefully it will show up and all will be good.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: ksquizzle on April 30, 2012, 03:40 am
First Noreiga and now Tony what the fuck if all of this shit turns out to be true, I am pretty sure I am done with SR, ill just go back to driving to the city, fuck it.  At least if I get robbed there I have an interesting story to tell,  This is just a bunch of fucking bullshit.  And SR by design offers no way for revenge physical or otherwise to be exacted, which is way to far out of my realm to accept on a regular basis, which is what it is turning into on here.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: slappy411 on April 30, 2012, 08:28 am
one thing Ive been wondering, how come both AMG63 AND Noriega stopped delivering to the US at the same time? I read somewhere that the Netherlands have their own private delivery service so Im wondering if maybe they have been snagging packages here and there. I spent around $350 and its been about a week, whats strange is that Noriega didnt ask to FE until it was about to be shipped. Which I thought was odd. I thought about not  FE, but thought maybe it wouldnt get sent at all. If the packages were getting taken in the NL, that would explain why no love letters show up. Ill let everyone know if it shows up. Its always been here in 4-5 days priority.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: slappy411 on April 30, 2012, 02:53 pm
Yehh it really sucks that Noriegawont ship to the US anymore actually. He had some damn good product...makes me want to move to the NL!!!!
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: bp on April 30, 2012, 03:30 pm
Ordered from him same day as Tony...4/19.  We'll see I guess.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: oldschoolclubkid on April 30, 2012, 04:31 pm
he wont even respond to my mail either
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: fasttrip on April 30, 2012, 04:55 pm
You guys from US are worried about Noriega's order not showing yet... We in EU are also still waiting!
So I guess, that when (if) we in EU start to receive our orders, then in 1 week you will get your's.
I didnt loose my hope yet, but Im start........
Hope all turns OK, and we all get a big lafing after that.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: jackintherox. on April 30, 2012, 07:26 pm
Well mine never showed up now after 23+ days and now he won't answer my PMs and won't give a refund. What a bastard. After all this tony and TN stuff I have learned my lesson about FE!
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: sambo on April 30, 2012, 08:09 pm
So it seems the general consensus that Noriega has gone AWOL..... Looks like two top sellers just fucked off in the same week with everyones money....
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: oldschoolclubkid on April 30, 2012, 11:29 pm
little over a month now to central US and vendor will not respond to very polite emails so I am guessing that this will not come and he is out scamming people.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: sambo on May 01, 2012, 12:33 am
I am delighted to report my order from the 4/20 sale arrived today! Thanks Noriega.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: e879281 on May 01, 2012, 02:07 am
Are you in the US? What part? I am in the south... I ordered on 4/20 and have not received anything yet, but I am still holding out hope...

I am delighted to report my order from the 4/20 sale arrived today! Thanks Noriega.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: slappy411 on May 01, 2012, 03:35 am
Yeah I was wonderig that too. Im on the west coast, and once my order took 4 days, the second five days. (priority) I know quick!!!  I ordered on 4/20 now its April 30th, ten days. Not looking too good.....could be because I know they were busy. but we will see. Ill update this if and when I receive it....good luck everyone!!!
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: sambo on May 01, 2012, 01:54 pm
Yes Im in the Midwest USA.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: brianbertz on May 08, 2012, 05:46 am
Yes Im in the Midwest USA.

well wtf. im also in the midwest and i dont have shit. i think sr needs to make it so vendors can never require you to FE. they say they dont reccomend it so why not ban vendors from requiring finalizing early??
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: bp on May 10, 2012, 12:38 am
Oops, didn't update this one. There are so many threads.
Yes, arrived Monday.
I had just PM'd a sarcastic note to him. Went back and apologized. neither have been read.
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: jpeg4pic on May 10, 2012, 04:02 am
OMG I got my order for 7.5 G of #4 china white H from the 420 sale with Nori. I had totally written it off and purchased thru domestic (enterprise and hatter) vendors when I check the mail today and along with enterprises half g is ALL 7.5 G's!!! I'm in the USA west coast and I FE'd. If he was scamming selectively (and I don't know that he isn't scamming) I think I would have been a prime target. large-ish (640$) FE going to USA where he is no longer gonna be shipping anyway....
Any ways hope everyone else who is still waiting on him gets the same pleasant surprise I did
Title: Re: Sound Off! Anyone in USA receive an order from Noriega?
Post by: smokeweed420 on May 10, 2012, 07:25 am
my order from 420 arrived on may 5th, 15 days after i finalized early! im in the nw usa. it was a fire half gram of some china :) very happy