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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: GQHustle on February 09, 2013, 03:19 pm
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Hey, sorry if this is posted in the incorrect section. Newb vendor here. I have been using SR for about 8 months as a customer and about 6 months as vendor.
So far it blows that mind that this is going on. A little about me is that before SR, I was in a time in my life with no connects to get anything, I was hitting people up on craigslist (US public advertising site) that claim they're selling something (E or xannies etc) and then be shit scared to death about meeting up w a narc, and so I would always set it up then get really paranoid and call it off. Before that I was getting research chems of ebay and browsing topix. So you can only imagine how excited I was to find SR.
I can't believe that this is going on and is so impenetrable. Against entities like the US government which has a great deal of resources,, and at the moment seems like they can't do anything about it. To me, it's like a hustler on the corner that LE can't touch even though they're right next to him. Except SR vendors are doing this on a much much grander scale to say the least, so it definitely baffles me.
Can anybody estimate how many people it would take to organize something like SR? I know one person can be more intelligent than 1000, but what I'm asking is how do you picture SR? My first newb impression regarding how organized and air tight this operation is, it seemed to me like it's some type of huge mafia or cartel operation with a beautiful yacht and a satellite connection, like a well funded large organization. But then I look at sites like Black Market BMR with it less organized appeal and it seems like maybe, just maybe one person could have created this. Although i highly doubt it.
Do you think it is a coincidence that bitcoins happen to be around and so effective at pulling this whole thing together. I mean what other organization would come close to making bitcoin the type of profits that SR brings in, or am I wrong?
Do you think Bitcoin and SR are related, or just a coincidence? Seems to me and my limited knowledge that the two entities would be nothing without each other, right?
Thanks in advance for all your input.
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naked, alien, floating above the atlantic
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I feel like SR is a few really really smart people sitting around on stacks of money laughing. When I think of the SR I cant help but think of Anonymous. Although I certainly wouldn't call the groups affiliated, I would say they preach a similar message. This is our internet! You can't hid from us. As far as bitcoin and SR being related I doubt this. Although, id think they must have some sort of deal with each other. SR takes a lot of money in commission, and I bet they'd like some of that dough in USD or some tangible currency. To do this they would need to use mt gox or another exchange. That exhange must realize that there is one person who never buys any bitcoins and is selling a million dollars worth of them every month. But hey, they are making each other money :DDD
I don't think this is a big organization, and honestly I wouldn't be that surprised if some of the SR people didn't even use drugs. I do think, the dread pirate is probably a group of people acting as one.
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and honestly I wouldn't be that surprised if some of the SR people didn't even use drugs. .
I know if I owned SR, my life expectancy would be AT BEST 2 months. I would feel too smart and powerful, and then over indulge like the world was endin'