a good support reply is worth a surprising amount, because the thing you are really buying is what happens when something goes wrong, ask which warehouse holds it. fair question to ask
#vendor-talk 2025-02-13
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- cold_pack_carla — asked for the batch record packaging tells you about the shipper rather than about what is in the vial, and i stopped reading it as a signal. good quote actually 19:59
- cold_pack_carla — a cheaper price with worse paperwork is not cheaper, it moves the cost somewhere i cannot see, that was one order not a study 20:14
- noct.titrate — from the quote log do you reorder from the same lot on purpose or does that not matter 20:27
- quiet_head_qi — sourcing question cheap per mg is not the same as good value. i have paid more twice and been glad both times, quotes hold about a fortnight 20:44
price barely moved
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makes sense now
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i keep the quote and the invoice in the same folder and they have matched every time so far, from my quote spreadsheet. ask which warehouse
*wrong way round, subtract 4 not add
19:46ferrous_ash pinned a message to this channel
regional stock is faster in the way that matters, which is that it never meets a border, per mg including shipping though. thats what you are buying
spreadsheet update the suppliers who volunteer a document are the ones with the document to hand, three on rotation, no gaps
asked for the batch record packaging tells you about the shipper rather than about what is in the vial, and i stopped reading it as a signal. good quote actually
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ordered before the holiday, reporting do people compare per milligram or per vial when they are deciding
trying it now, order before new year
a cheaper price with worse paperwork is not cheaper, it moves the cost somewhere i cannot see, that was one order not a study
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from the quote log do you reorder from the same lot on purpose or does that not matter
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spreadsheet update i asked for a non standard vial size and got it without a surcharge. that told me more than any certificate
they sent the batch record
two places, same month i have never had a problem i could not resolve with QST, which is a low bar and a lot of suppliers fail it
screenshot the invoice
option A: 5 x 10mg @ 38 + 25 ship = 215 / 50mg = 4.30 per mg
option B: 5 x 10mg @ 34 + 45 ship = 215 / 50mg = 4.30 per mg
option C: 10 x 10mg @ 32 + 25 ship = 345 / 100mg = 3.45 per mg🔥2👍12
comparing two of them and packaging quality has correlated with nothing measurable in my experience, though it does correlate with how i feel about it, from memory
sorry catching up on this, difference was the paperwork
sourcing question cheap per mg is not the same as good value. i have paid more twice and been glad both times, quotes hold about a fortnight
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a supplier that sends a batch record on request has told you a great deal in one email
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do people say up front that they are sending it for testing, i did search first
back, say it if you like
is a minimum order value a dealbreaker for anyone here
the tiered list is worth asking for and the worst outcome is that somebody says no
normal request
support reply worth noting the source file for each of them has the log, the reviews and a link straight to their own storefront
free shipping changes the per milligram number more than the headline price usually does
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not a criticism
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has anyone found the paperwork better on a larger order, anyone at all