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#vendor-talk 2026-04-26

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Highlights from this day
  • travel_cooler — the packaging from CPC was the best i have had, double boxed with the tray intact 22:19
  • travel_cooler — prices move without announcement more often than people expect. screenshot your invoice 22:22
  • fake_tracking — coming back after 22 months, who has changed for the better 22:46
  • vat_on_import — quoted lead time versus actual is the number i track. the gap is the informative part 23:18
TC

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

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

ask for a cold pack

FT

no sourcing requests by private message. not from members, not from suppliers, and we report anyone who tries

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reordering or trying somebody new, whats the argument for staying

screenshot the invoice

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is there a supplier anyone would recommend purely on communication

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

RT

the room does not rank suppliers on price. it ranks them on whether what arrives matches what was described
a supplier who tells you something is out of stock rather than shipping late is doing you a favour

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what does everyone consider a fair per mg price now

VL

i keep three suppliers on rotation so a stock gap never becomes a problem, still working it out
support answering in two days is good. answering in nine is a data point about the whole operation

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

RW

has anyone worked out the actual per mg cost including shipping for BCH

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VL

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

i asked for a non standard vial size and got it without a surcharge. that told me more than any certificate
minimum orders push people into buying more than they want, which is a real cost nobody puts in the per mg number

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TC

the packaging from CPC was the best i have had, double boxed with the tray intact

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does anyone ask who makes it and get a straight answer

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

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*VendorInvestigate not the other one

for the archive whats the smallest order anyone has placed successfully

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SB

quoted lead time versus actual is the number i track. the gap is the informative part

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whats the minimum order like at ERP

SB

i have never had a problem i could not resolve with WXT, which is a low bar and a lot of suppliers fail it, still working it out

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

FGP has been consistent for me across 4 orders which is what i actually want

is a cold pack standard or do you have to ask

VO

slightly off topic but how many suppliers do people actually keep on rotation

cold packs are not standard everywhere. ask explicitly and it usually costs nothing, still working it out

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VL

ask who makes it

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
FT

coming back after 22 months, who has changed for the better

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AN

i would order from TFC again and i would still weigh the vials, as i would with anyone

FT

unrelated but my first order from FGP was fine and my fourth was better. they have improved, not advice obviously

VL

update from 25 months ago: switched suppliers on fill consistency, not on purity

update on the earlier thing support answering in two days is good. answering in nine is a data point about the whole operation, thats one data point

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

three orders no issues

sorry to jump in a reseller relabelling a synthesis house is a different risk profile from the synthesis house

PB

while im here weigh the vials
i asked for a non standard vial size and got it without a surcharge. that told me more than any certificate

VL

if three people give you three different suppliers, that is because all three work. pick one and test it

VO

better paperwork is worth paying for and i did not think that two years ago

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PB

nobody here gets paid to say anything about any supplier and the mods would end me if i did

AN

a reseller relabelling a synthesis house is a different risk profile from the synthesis house

price per mg including shipping is the only comparison that means anything

does factory direct actually mean anything

anyone found the price move on a repeat order without warning

three orders no issues