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How to avoid vendors "bait and switch" (pharmaceuticals)? : DarkNetMarkets | Torhoo darknet markets

This has been happening a lot to me recently - vendor will advertise pharmaceuticals by a well-known company, complete with picture. I usually even ask if this is the specific brand they are currently shipping before ordering. Invariably what I actually get is some crappy generic from India instead. When I message the vendor they will then say "it's good stuff bro! really! also I'll offer you a discount on your next order!"
I only order from highly rated vendors. But still this happens. Am I just unlucky? Would you go so far as to leave bad feedback? I've been avoiding it but I'm starting to get fed up with this bait-and-switch tactic, I understand supply changes but then they should edit their listings accordingly.
/u/cognac
2 points
3 months ago
You should dispute those orders. That's the only way they learn. And report it to the market.
/u/TonyYayo P
1 points
3 months ago
For these situations you should ask a refund no doubt.

If you clearly asked and they lied to you it's worth a dispute.

You have to understand that most of these vendors supposedly selling "real pharmaceuticals" are full of shit.

It's very hard to get a steady supply in bulk of original medication. 9/10 vendors just sell generic shit.
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago
Yeah good luck with disputes.
/u/Octopus
1 points
3 months ago
Not quite the "highly rated vendors" after all...
The best solution is to make them "lowly rated vendors".
If that wasn't clear enough: give them a negative and warn others!
/u/themaverick23
1 points
3 months ago
Same has happened to me lately, and I am new to all of this! I was recently scammed by an international dealer who had excellent reviews and was ranked a top vendor. How they get away with this, I have no freaking clue! With my few orders, I have only received one order that was actually correct, and it was a pharmaceutical that is considered similar to Tramadol, not even as potent! As it relates to other drugs, I have received presses that contain who knows what, even sending me into major withdrawals for a week. I have come to the conclusion, trust nobody, many dealers are nothing but SCAMS! Good luck, I hope one day you find what you are looking for, but it would have to be a very well known trusted individual.
/u/BenefitsCheat
1 points
3 months ago
Loads of UK vendors were sending out Tramadol that was branded as Xanax a while back, wedinos was full of them
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago
Your feedaback is just going to be burried under a ton of new positives. I went this way a while ago. DNMs just suck it this matter.
/u/jedi_knight_errant
1 points
3 months ago
That's why you blast them here. Also take screens of conversation if people don't believe you can post those too which proves the vendor's scammy lack of professionalism.
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago
I gree with that for all non dnm use cases.
But for here it is too much efforts with 0 short turn positive result. Arguably a simple one by one picking approach is better for dnms.
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago*
Nonsense.

Do you mind sharing a way to screen a PGP conversasion that will be make sense to post? PGP converastions are a walls of encrypton text, they don't seem to be readable for anyone not having the right private PGP key to decrypt those walls. And taking screens of self decrypted messages to make them radable to post here, what proves it is the actual message from vendor? and was not just typed by complaining buyer?

Or do you smart ass advise to post that convo along with private PGP keys as proof the vendor's scammy lack of professionalism? for to be able to decrypt all other encrypted stuff and then to convince the complaining buyer?

Looks like only you here lack professionalism.
/u/jedi_knight_errant
1 points
3 months ago
Lol I'm referring to market conversations. Tbh most people don't PGP convos on markets unless it has address or names. TOR has screenshots homie. Then you remove exif data and post to dumpwei or whatever it's called and post links here.
Other than that go to a library or the lake, seems you need to relax a bit.
✌️❤️💯
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago
Cheers man! I really didn't know that most don't do full PGP of convos on DNMs. And appreciate your tips on exif cleaning and image hosting.
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago
There is no special 'how' for this on DNMs. the only way is to keep trying them one by one, and maybe(maybe before you're out of funds or dead from some unknown shit pressed in) you find a good vendor. Then use them until they're available, and then back to 1.
/u/jedi_knight_errant
1 points
3 months ago
Leave a bad review. Fuk em, what are they going do? You could even make a new account and continue with that so they can't smear your name after said bad review.
Fuk these shit bags. You gotta think at least half the vendors are not great people.
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago*
that's the thing, they won't do shit !
Not to the buyer who posted a negative feedback, they won't do shit at ll! Cause they dont give a fuck about buyer and their negative feedback. Why would they waste time on each bad feedback doing something to that single buyer(wether it be a violent fix or an honest reship/refund) when there is a tactic to devaluate all negative feedback with one move? Think about it as a vendor - a business owner.

Never got shitty quality stuff from a top rated vendor with nearly 0 negative feedback? then your experience is exceptional here, my congratulations with such luck!

2 approaches to improve the positive/negative feedback ratio:
1.to lower the quantity of negative feedbacks by honestly fulfilling vendor's liabilities. Profit in positive/negative ratio.
2.to explode quantity of positive feedbacks, and don't really care about the buyer's negative feedbacks. Profit in positive/negative ratio plus cut expenses on restocking by lowering quality (since not giving a damn fuck about it as well as the buyers experience and feedback - will be burried under a thousand of positive feedbacks)

Plus there is an army of dumb ass buyers who don't know shit or/and fear to openly speak - this by itself generates huge base for option #2 from above. Just business, nothing personal.

Sad bad truth.

Get it?
/u/jedi_knight_errant
1 points
3 months ago
Lost me after a few words bc I don't give any fuks tbh.
This is the only social media I use and don't care about any of your views. 😁
/u/capx
1 points
3 months ago
Excuse my rudeness pleaase. It's the negative of many scams and iI shouldn't have been thrown at you,
/u/jedi_knight_errant
1 points
3 months ago
I appreciate the apology. I do wish you the best in all areas of your life!
✌️❤️🥦
/u/BabblingGambit
1 points
3 months ago
Good post!
Seen lots of "rx" vendors and a majority of their product turns out to be weak and old.
Technically you could dispute but it's your word (buyer) against theirs (vendor)
More times than not the admin will side w vendor's word bc what are you going to say?
"Product is not as advertised? Product weak af?"
Just recently expierenced this for the first time in a while and just held the L.
Never shop w vendors w/o research