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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Shm0keand@Panc@ke on April 27, 2013, 09:18 pm
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Post your first time buying experiences, whether you got ripped off or not, how did it go? How did it feel?
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Ive never been ripped off on SR, and i think a big part of that is because i have never FEed either.
My first purchase was some of the best MDMA i have ever had, and it felt awesome
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I have yet to be ripped off but I have to admit that my first purchase had me pretty anxious. I wasn't worried that I would lose money because I trusted the escrow system but the order took much longer than I or the seller had expected. Overall however I think it was a great transaction, the vendor was very courteous and answered all my newbie questions. It has had had me hooked on SR ever since.
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First two went fine (FE'd early).
The second two I'm having issues. Neither I FE'd early and neither I have received.
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I am unsure why we have these two conflicting approaches here:
- finalizing early
- not finalizing early
As far as I understand, the escrow system is meant to keep the buyers safe - so why on earth should a buyer finalize early?
Of course I understand that this puts more risk on the vendor side, as they can never sure whether there are scamming customers around. That also seems to be a reason for some sellers to only accept purchases from buyers with more than x successful purchases.
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Ive never been ripped off on SR, and i think a big part of that is because i have never FEed either.
FE is not something that exists for vendors to burn customers.
If the vendor is reputable, handling a great volume of transactions, they aren't going to be ripping people off just like that. Even on the street but especially on SR, success is an indicator of good business practice: burning customers isn't going to get you more, especially when they write a nasty review.
As far as I understand, the escrow system is meant to keep the buyers safe - so why on earth should a buyer finalize early?
You should always read a vendor's page before placing an order with them. Some require early finalization with certain types of transactions. Even if not, a buyer may not need to finalize early, but it is a sign of good-faith and may expedite and improve your service by helping the vendor out in this way. Read the profiles.
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Bought from a domestic vendor just to be on the safe(r) side and within two days my package arrived. That said, i did have some issues with the packaging which i was reticent about bringing up with the vendor. He sent a piece of hash wrapped in an old piece of toilet paper that looked like it was in his pocket for a week inside a tp tube which was inside a professional looking little mailing box. The addy was scrawled on the box.
For me, the key thing is how well the vendor packages.
My second purchase was better, company envelope sent from EU. I thought the bulge in the envelope a little conspicuous but it made it to me all the same.
Still looking for the vendor that can impress me ...
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i just received my first package yesterday. i made 3 orders from 3 different vendors early friday morning and received the first letter in the mail yesterday (he did say he lived somewhat close to me, so it makes sense that it would be quick, but still, that's better speed than amazon can offer!)
haven't tried the product yet but it looks like good white mdma-- will be trying it as soon as my other orders come in and i have something to offset the comedown with ;)
so far, so good! and actually that order was the one i was most concerned about-- he was a new seller with only 2 feedbacks so i was a little nervous, but the price couldn't be beat, and in the end it worked out beautifully!
still can't quite believe this place exists ::). only wish these fucking attackers would stop with their BS so I could get on and finalize the order-- I feel bad that I have the product and his money is still tied up in escrow. nothing i can really do about it though right now-- i got on for a second just now, but when i went to click on my orders, it went back down again. sigh.
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Ive never been ripped off on SR, and i think a big part of that is because i have never FEed either.
FE is not something that exists for vendors to burn customers.
If the vendor is reputable, handling a great volume of transactions, they aren't going to be ripping people off just like that. Even on the street but especially on SR, success is an indicator of good business practice: burning customers isn't going to get you more, especially when they write a nasty review.
As far as I understand, the escrow system is meant to keep the buyers safe - so why on earth should a buyer finalize early?
You should always read a vendor's page before placing an order with them. Some require early finalization with certain types of transactions. Even if not, a buyer may not need to finalize early, but it is a sign of good-faith and may expedite and improve your service by helping the vendor out in this way. Read the profiles.
How do you explain tony76 or Enterthematrix then (just to name a couple of the bigger scammers)? A new account is only 500$ and a vendor can make tens of thousands with a FE scam. Both tony76 and ETM had great stats before they went rouge.
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I'll report back..
I made my first order after the site came back online.. Tessellated replied back quick that I needed to redo my order ...newbie mistake..ah...dumb me... he seemed kind and as professional as others have noted..
Now I'm just waiting for my new order to be put into transit and we'll see if everything comes properly with my shipping situation. if and when the site come back...
WOOO and ahhhhh
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All Of my buying experiances have gone well.
Ordered over 5 different packages now. All of them arrived promotly. The only person I have ever FE for is Frankmatthews and his package arrived within 5 days to the UK.
Perfect
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Really smooth transaction, i bought a couple of xtc pills and they arrived very fast, 3 days to my door. The vendor was very nice, and answered all my questions. Cant really complain for my first time
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I was nervous as hell. But everything went a-ok. At least, I got my package and I didn't get caught.