Quote from: Tower on April 14, 2012, 08:22 pmQuote from: vlad1m1r on April 14, 2012, 03:09 pmWho gets to choose where the deathdrop is? The buyer or seller?Seller.Quote from: Limetless on April 14, 2012, 03:25 pmDeath/Dead-dropping also has major disadvantages in other ways. 1. You can never guarantee a civilian wont stumble across it. 2. If someone sees you dropping the package with the terror threat in the west people could call the police and the bomb squad will be all over your spot and you. Even if they don't assume that they will assume that something shady is going on. 3. You can never guarantee it isn't a sting, it leaves you way more exposed that if you are having a large amount of product shipped somewhere and then you can stake out the area before the collection from your PO box or you can have it delivered to a bent address which wont matter if it is hit anyway. Just my thoughts on this.1. It's about several hours between the drop and the pick. And the package is very small for most purchases.2. It's not a huge box, but a tiny package. Even bombing-paranoid citizen will not see terrorist treat. :)3. I don't think you can become exposed in really big cities like NY or Moscow by stopping at some place for several minutes. It's not a village. The only exception is London with its CCTV.Quote from: jollymolly on April 14, 2012, 07:11 pmOne major problem I see is maybe scammers ordering once to see where the vendor usually drops then waits there for other people's packages. Or if the vendor doesn't use the same spot then it would be pretty tedious finding a spot for every new customer.I don't think it's very hard to find new spots for really tiny packages. Package for drugs in powder can be made almost invisible for anyone. The only really bulk (and smelly!) stuff is weed.Quote from: dolphinspeak on April 14, 2012, 07:28 pmAh, you beat me to it. This is exactly the point I was going to bring up. Once people know the drop, they can steal other people's orders. Once LE know the drop (ie. after placing 1 successful order), they can stake it out. Also, if nosey neighbours notice a shady character sniffing about to find a unique drop for each order, they might call the police and the vendor might have drugs on his/her person. There are a lot of problems with this method of delivery.No repeating drop spots.Neighbours? I traveled to Moscow, London, NY and SF. Nobody gives a fuck about your actions until you are quiet and dressed casually.Well on the face of it it sounds safer than having stuff delivered to your home address. Indeed if I were LE, I'd ask for the address to obtain proof linking an account on here with their identity.My only worry would be as you say the possibility of a sting, the package being damaged or discovered and the possibility a crooked seller could photograph the buyer collecting the package and try to blackmail them.I have said before I think the best method is to have an address to which you can safely send items like a Post Office or a PO Box in a false name.V.