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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: buttco1 on May 18, 2013, 12:19 am

Title: Great Vendors
Post by: buttco1 on May 18, 2013, 12:19 am
Hi Everyone,
I am a newbie here in the forums but not to smoking. Just wanted to tell everyone about a great vendor with good communication and some great prices "Emerald". It took 8 days to get some pretty good hash but it made it here and was a very decent count. I have recently ordered some more and it is in transit as we speak so in 8 more days I will be enjoying another batch of better hash. I am definitely a return buyer. Keep up the great work Emerald.

Buttco1
Title: Re: Great Vendors
Post by: Burning Babylon on May 18, 2013, 02:43 am
I'll go in and kind of steal your thread here since there's no other answers yet and the title is already done. :D

These are the criteria I would rate a vendor by:

* Product Description: How accurate the description and image is of the product compared to what the customer is getting. For example someone ordering 2 grams of heroin ending up with 1.2 grams of heroin laced with 0.4 grams of caffeine is not a very accurate description. Bonus points for (truthful) lab analysis of any product.
* Product Quality Versus Price: Is the price fair to the type of quality ordered? For example a product of bad quality which is extremely cheap could still rate high. Shipping Quality could to some extent be built into this criteria if it's exceptionally well done.
* Swiftness: How quick the vendor is in dispatching your order into the mail system (without lying). A vendor which ships two days per week would not stand up to someone who ships every day.
* Stealth: Using PGP for encrypted addresses is pretty much a given so I'll leave no further comment on that aspect. What it should primarily be about is the amount of work put into what's being sent in the mail to decrease the risks of customs intercepting it. This could be summed up in a few sub-levels:

Stealth Level 1: No Stealth at all, the product is simply in the package without any padding/protection at all and can easily be smelled and sensed by touching the package. Might get through if there is no one inspecting the package.
Stealth Level 2: The product is covered in something which hides the product from direct view if the package is opened by accident. Will possibly block some of the smell, sometimes enough for a human not to notice it but never enough for a dog on duty trained for that specific product.
Stealth Level 3: The product is packaged in atleast one type of Moisture Barrier Bag. Will not be singled out by humans or dogs as there's no smell but will not withstand a direct inspection or x-ray.
Stealth Level 4: The product is packaged in multiple layers of which one is a Moisture Barrier Bag. The product is hidden inside some kind of item which would be hard to disassemble. Bonus points for making the product look natural to the disguised object if it were to go through an inspection or x-ray.

* Resolution: The ability to handle problems in terms of solving them and communicating this to the customer. For example if a vendor runs out of product unexpectedly he will quickly be able to inform the customer of the situation and try and resolve it as fast as possible. This criteria also includes answering questions in a timely manner customers might have in general about some product or such.
* Trust: Basically if it's a well known seller with lot's of completed transactions. A seller with 500 completed transactions is almost always going to be favored over someone with 20 completed transactions if everything else is equal between them.

If anyone have any suggestions on something I've missed or if you (don't) agree please post. :)
Title: Re: Great Vendors
Post by: PoundsOfGreen on May 18, 2013, 03:11 am
If i open up a vendor account I'm going to be an excellent choice. I want to provide the highest quality buds, in bulk only, with good prices, and top notch service. been a buyer on sr for over a year and thinking bout moving into the vendor role now. i def. have pounds of green.
Title: Re: Great Vendors
Post by: sasha0785 on May 18, 2013, 10:22 am
My favorite venders are MIMM and Super trips.
Title: Re: Great Vendors
Post by: Countdown2013 on May 18, 2013, 10:48 am
We are a new vendor operating in Newzealand (getting bond back tuesday) all is going well so far with all 5/5 , so much info on the forums its great!

Really nice post there Burning Babylon.. We use MBB but are moving to vac seal inside MBB aswell as no longer using the ziplock type of MBB.

Main thing from here out is to perfect out 'open letter stealth' sure its only domestic but still more to learn!

Peace out
Title: Re: Great Vendors
Post by: mary666 on May 18, 2013, 11:11 am
Everything Burning Babylon said  ;D ;D ;D