Warning. Possible Vendor Exit? Fishy Things Going on At Least. Thoughts, Advice and Opinions Greatly Appreciated.

OK. First off I'm still not a dnm veteran and may be a little paranoid. I did get my ass handed to me by BB and missed EVO by a week. So new but not to new.

There is a vendor by the name of Budgie. I myself have done 3 deals with him. I was alerted by a friend of mine who is a litte more experienced than me by a couple of months. He had used this vendor once before. He tends to be extremely careful who he deals with even more so when he has to FE. He only lost about 1 coin to EVO.

We both have nothing but great things to say about the vendor on our prior expieriences. These deals were 90 percent escrow though.

He used to brag on his profile about he was a baller and wouldn't required FE. Nucleus went down for the several days a couple weeks ago. When it came back he switched to FE only. Kind of understandable seeing how he started on BB a week before they exited.

Me and my friend communicate religiously about vendors, trends, suspicious behaviors, etc. However he is having a "super sale" on oz of mdma for 500. He listed 4oz on alpha with his other listings. The listings went extremely quick due to his flawless feedback. About the time that all the listings were purchased i noticed that he basically listed the same listings on Nuke. Same Sale, etc. My friend having only doing one deal with escrow, noticed that to be strange in itself. He did have very good prices previously but always charged 750 for and oz. The other listings for smaller increments were at the normal prices.

He contacted Budgie through PM and asked about the sale. Budgie stated that he was getting a reup on moday so he was trying to unload current supply. Now what makes this the most suspect is that he often ran out of supply quickly, meaning he was getting around 100g to 200g max. When previously asked about restocking he could never give an exact day, just "in a week or two" meaning he had his order placed and did not know exactly when it would land.

From our research, the EU vendors that you can get tracking from require signature in most circumstances which i can understand if OPSEC is flawless that is conceivable. However on 99 percent of the profiles the vendors clearly state that tracking is not given out for security reasons unless there is an issue and most say that they will be given to moderators to arbitrate the situation. Not saying that he may have gotten tracking number provided but not likely in my opinion. I could be wrong.

Why would a vendor who previously only had quantities that i described earlier, then have downtime between his shipments, all of the sudden have his operation built so quickly that he would be able to have such great knowledge of his package landing. If he was a well established vendor for years with hundreds or thousands of transactions I would be much more apt to believe he has built himself to this level. However I know for a fact that he was only on BB for no more than two weeks before they scammed out.

He has been a member on Alpha since May 25, 2015 and on Nuke since April 27, 2015. My friend asked him if he would be willing to do a custom listing with escrow for the same deal but to add $100 to the price to cover the cost and inconvenience of the escrow. His reply was he could not do escrow and brought up the fact that Nuke was done for 5 days just a short time ago. True but Nuke also gave adequate communication to reasons why it was done and came back just as good if not better. Am I just being paranoid. Would an extra $100 not compensate for the fees for the escrow. If he was worried about Nuke being down why would he not be willing to do the custom listing on Alpha. Sorry for the short novel but wanted to give the most complete information on this matter as i could.

Almost forgot a couple of important observations: He has not logged back in on Alpha since he sold out on that market or answered the PM that was sent to him on that market 08/18/2015. However he has logged in on Nuke and answered the PM sent to him on that site as early as this afternoon. The message was literly cut and paste from Alpha to Nuke within minutes of each other.

Also i see on Alpha that he has gotten his first negative review on 8/18/2015 "lost my cash never got my shipment its a scam dont waste your time nand money here"

My intellect and my gut tells me that this is an exit in progress. What are your thoughts?


Comments


[11 Points] None:

holy fucking wall of text.

I applaud whoever read this.


[3 Points] noseybast:

TLDR


[3 Points] kindanotanoobanymore:

So. Now vendor banned on Alpha.


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[1 Points] kindanotanoobanymore:

Also i tried to find previous post about someone saying that the name was similar to another vendor who had previously scammed but was unable to find the post.


[1 Points] SWIMs-Drugs:

I believe the same, on day 5 of domestic, no package, no response. I'm pretty fucking salty, didn't get take for the $500 though, was just testing a domestic gram.


[1 Points] TheAftNacelle:

I had one purchase from him, flawless. Second one, I'm still waiting on arrival. Its been 9 days so its safe to assume he didn't ship it. He was the best option since SinMed disappeared. I tried contacting him wednesday to figure out the shipment, then saw all this suff was happening.

On the forums, he was accused of padding his reviews, according to some automated analyzing that AB uses. So he was banned. Got a hold of him on Nucleus, seemed like he was genuinely pissed and confused as to what was going on. Now his nucleus profile says its under investigation for an exit scam.

Hope we find out the truth soon, domestic X at decent prices is hard to come by.


[1 Points] SlimertheGhost:

if budgie did exit scam, he sure got me good... fuck.


[1 Points] kindanoobiknow:

and he is gone


[1 Points] iamdnm:

Would an extra $100 not compensate for the fees for the escrow.

I know this thread is old, however, I can still pick on your reason and try to give you a perspective you can relate to.

Looking at this from an honest vendor approach, if I didnt trust Nucleus escrow system, adding even 300$ wouldnt make up for it, since if I lose, I will lose ounce of drug + payment.

Although, I would offer your friend if he asked me on the forum to prove to people that I do actually have product.

It seems you are correct though, kudos!