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#vendor-talk 2024-09-29

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Highlights from this day
  • ferrous_ash — how do you tell a synthesis house from somebody with a sticker printer 13:47
  • ferrous_ash — i keep three suppliers on rotation so a stock gap never becomes a problem 13:49
  • ring_size_down — sorry to jump in does factory direct actually mean anything 14:24
  • tail_factor — first order from BCH, anything i should know 16:02
FA

the same 50mg at 185 with free shipping is 3.70 per mg. cheaper, and i still ordered the first one

FA

coming back after 4 months, who has changed for the better

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update on the earlier thing no sourcing requests by private message. not from members, not from suppliers, and we report anyone who tries

thats a reseller

FA

cheap per mg is not the same as good value. i have paid more twice and been glad both times

PN

a reseller relabelling a synthesis house is a different risk profile from the synthesis house, happy to be corrected

FA

how do you tell a synthesis house from somebody with a sticker printer

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i keep three suppliers on rotation so a stock gap never becomes a problem

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ask who actually makes it. about a third of suppliers answer honestly and that answer is worth a lot

TO

lead times stretch badly around chinese new year. order early or wait it out

RS

the room does not rank suppliers on price. it ranks them on whether what arrives matches what was described

TO

cold packs are not standard everywhere. ask explicitly and it usually costs nothing, n of 1 obviously

14:21ferrous_ash pinned a message

sorry to jump in does factory direct actually mean anything

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ask for a cold pack

TO

minimum orders push people into buying more than they want, which is a real cost nobody puts in the per mg number, i could be wrong

TF

a supplier who tells you something is out of stock rather than shipping late is doing you a favour

PS

my first order from KP was fine and my fourth was better. they have improved

TF

first order from BCH, anything i should know

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PS

prices move without announcement more often than people expect. screenshot your invoice

TF

slightly off topic but what packaging have people had from QST

PS

TFC has been consistent for me across 7 orders which is what i actually want

PS

follow up i have never had a problem i could not resolve with SWB, which is a low bar and a lot of suppliers fail it, someone check my working

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TF

support answering in two days is good. answering in nine is a data point about the whole operation

VB

Digest for the week of 2024-02-29 has been published.

TF

coming back to this a 10mg vial at 38 in a pack of five, plus 25 shipping, is 215 for 50mg. thats 4.30 per mg