cold packs are not standard everywhere. ask explicitly and it usually costs nothing
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#vendor-talk 2025-04-01
Tuesday32 messages8 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- batch_variance — cold packs are not standard everywhere. ask explicitly and it usually costs nothing 22:09
- tenpence — what packaging have people had from SGN 22:28
- batch_variance — does anyone ask who makes it and get a straight answer 23:04
- batch_variance — unrelated but anyone had fill consistency problems with KP 23:07
- vial_ledger — first order from SWB, anything i should know 23:41
update from 22 months ago: switched suppliers on fill consistency, not on purity
quick one a supplier who tells you something is out of stock rather than shipping late is doing you a favour
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
no sourcing requests by private message. not from members, not from suppliers, and we report anyone who tries
the room does not rank suppliers on price. it ranks them on whether what arrives matches what was described
cheap per mg is not the same as good value. i have paid more twice and been glad both times
minimum orders push people into buying more than they want, which is a real cost nobody puts in the per mg number
a reseller relabelling a synthesis house is a different risk profile from the synthesis house
quoted lead time versus actual is the number i track. the gap is the informative part
ask who actually makes it. about a third of suppliers answer honestly and that answer is worth a lot
what packaging have people had from SGN
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i have never had a problem i could not resolve with GL Biochem, which is a low bar and a lot of suppliers fail it
support answering in two days is good. answering in nine is a data point about the whole operation
if three people give you three different suppliers, that is because all three work. pick one and test it
three orders no issues
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quoted lead time versus actual is the number i track. the gap is the informative part
is it worth paying more for better paperwork
ask who makes it
thats the synthesis house
the room does not rank suppliers on price. it ranks them on whether what arrives matches what was described
[edited]follow up i keep three suppliers on rotation so a stock gap never becomes a problem
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for the archive anyone found the price move on a repeat order without warning
while im here paperwork is worth it
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does anyone ask who makes it and get a straight answer
unrelated but anyone had fill consistency problems with KP
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better paperwork is worth paying for and i did not think that two years ago
a 10mg vial at 38 in a pack of five, plus 25 shipping, is 215 for 50mg. thats 4.30 per mg, thats one data point
how long does support usually take to answer
order before new year
lead times stretch badly around chinese new year. order early or wait it out, i could be wrong
price per mg including shipping is the only comparison that means anything
first order from SWB, anything i should know
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the packaging from GL Biochem was the best i have had, double boxed with the tray intact