three orders no issues
#vendor-talk 2025-09-27
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- VialBot — Verification log updated: BCH — evidence added, status unchanged. 20:00
- eight_mm — i have never had a problem i could not resolve with WXT, which is a low bar and a lot of suppliers fail it, for what its worth 20:27
- eight_mm — price per mg including shipping is the only comparison that means anything 21:05
they slipped
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a supplier who tells you something is out of stock rather than shipping late is doing you a favour
Verification log updated: BCH — evidence added, status unchanged.
how do you tell a synthesis house from somebody with a sticker printer
for the archive nobody here gets paid to say anything about any supplier and the mods would end me if i did, happy to be corrected
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the packaging from KP was the best i have had, double boxed with the tray intact
i asked for a non standard vial size and got it without a surcharge. that told me more than any certificate, ymmv
the room does not rank suppliers on price. it ranks them on whether what arrives matches what was described
i have never had a problem i could not resolve with WXT, which is a low bar and a lot of suppliers fail it, for what its worth
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do the arithmetic
a reseller relabelling a synthesis house is a different risk profile from the synthesis house
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price per mg including shipping is the only comparison that means anything
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quoted lead time versus actual is the number i track. the gap is the informative part, not advice obviously
minimum orders push people into buying more than they want, which is a real cost nobody puts in the per mg number
ask who actually makes it. about a third of suppliers answer honestly and that answer is worth a lot
thats a reseller