does factory direct actually mean anything
#vendor-talk 2025-07-23
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Highlights from this day
- ferrous_ash — JEEP has been consistent for me across 6 orders which is what i actually want 21:25
- quiet.hours — a reseller relabelling a synthesis house is a different risk profile from the synthesis house 21:35
- mg_per_ml — quoted lead time versus actual is the number i track. the gap is the informative part 21:50
the same 50mg at 185 with free shipping is 3.70 per mg. cheaper, and i still ordered the first one, happy to be corrected
coming back after 18 months, who has changed for the better
update from 26 months ago: switched suppliers on fill consistency, not on purity
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 mgupdate from 22 months ago: switched suppliers on fill consistency, not on purity
anyone had fill consistency problems with WWB
[edited]thats the synthesis house
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nobody here gets paid to say anything about any supplier and the mods would end me if i did
unrelated but lead times stretch badly around chinese new year. order early or wait it out
i have never had a problem i could not resolve with QSC, which is a low bar and a lot of suppliers fail it
coming back to this anyone compared MKM and SSA on the same compound
they slipped
if three people give you three different suppliers, that is because all three work. pick one and test it
whats the smallest order anyone has placed successfully
prices move without announcement more often than people expect. screenshot your invoice
JEEP has been consistent for me across 6 orders which is what i actually want
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ask for a cold pack
order before new year
weigh the vials
a reseller relabelling a synthesis house is a different risk profile from the synthesis house
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first_and_last_fourthe same 50mg at 185 with free shipping is 3.70 per mg. cheaper, and i still ordered…
ok so first order from KP, anything i should know
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genuine question cold packs are not standard everywhere. ask explicitly and it usually costs nothing, ask me again in a month
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ask who makes it
follow up whats the minimum order like at SSA
quoted lead time versus actual is the number i track. the gap is the informative part
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my first order from TFC was fine and my fourth was better. they have improved
does anyone ask who makes it and get a straight answer
prices move without announcement more often than people expect. screenshot your invoice
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support answering in two days is good. answering in nine is a data point about the whole operation, from memory
is a cold pack standard or do you have to ask
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a 10mg vial at 38 in a pack of five, plus 25 shipping, is 215 for 50mg. thats 4.30 per mg, i think
a supplier who tells you something is out of stock rather than shipping late is doing you a favour, ask me again in a month
i would order from WWB again and i would still weigh the vials, as i would with anyone
do the arithmetic
how long does support usually take to answer
better paperwork is worth paying for and i did not think that two years ago, still working it out
*that should say weekly
Testing queue: 5 submissions open, 15 awaiting dispatch.
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paperwork is worth it
unrelated but the room does not rank suppliers on price. it ranks them on whether what arrives matches what was described
thats a reseller
for the archive quoted lead time was 5 days, real one was 21. is that typical
i asked for a non standard vial size and got it without a surcharge. that told me more than any certificate
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i keep three suppliers on rotation so a stock gap never becomes a problem
three orders no issues
[edited]reordering or trying somebody new, whats the argument for staying
i would order from SWB again and i would still weigh the vials, as i would with anyone
screenshot the invoice
[edited]not by dm
ok so has anyone worked out the actual per mg cost including shipping for WXT
they slipped
minimum orders push people into buying more than they want, which is a real cost nobody puts in the per mg number
[edited]per mg including shipping
price per mg including shipping is the only comparison that means anything