There's a good bit of drama going down over on the AlphaBay forums right now, as it appears that numerous customers are not receiving their packs from @nowthatsthestuff, a dope dealer over there.
Nowthatsthestuff had a bunch of different listings for some dank looking "Afghan #4" and pretty attractive prices to go along with it. He had both FE and escrow listings, with the FE prices being better than the escrow. I purchased one of his escrow listings, not a ton, just enough to get a good taste of his product, thinking that if it was as good as the reviews said it was, I'd go in on a larger order. I wouldn't paid the higher price for escrow, in exchange for some peace of mind.
Shortly after making the purchase, NTTS send me a message that basically says, "if you want your package to arrive in 2 days, guaranteed, you'll need to FE the money to me." Huh? So if I don't FE you the money, you're going to sit on my order and not ship it. I thought it over, figured that it was money I could afford to lose if worst case scenario came to fruition, and FE'd the money to him. To be sure, his feedback was perfect, he had a lot of deals (for an AlphaBay vendor, it's all relative) and users were praising the fast shipping and quality of the stuff. I figured that I'd have the stuff on Wednesday, and that he probably wasn't going to fuck me.
But, of course he fucked me. Wednesday rolled around, and there was no pack. I started messaging with him, and he was extremely cagey about everything, basically saying that AB had frozen his wallet, and that he couldn't withdraw. Apparently they caught onto his "must FE if you want me to ship it" scheme, and while they didn't lock his account, they did put a hold on his withdrawals (GREAT MOVE, AB, I wish this happened more frequently on Agora). NTTS started messaging all of his buyers, asking them to leave positive feedback, and to message the Admin to say that he was an upstanding vendor who was doing right by his buyers. From what I can tell, most of his buyers said sure, we'll happily help you out as soon as we actually get our packages.
Today rolls around, and still no package. NTTS swears up and down that he's going to send me tracking for my package, but after multiple attempts at getting said tracking, I got nothing...not even a response from NTTS. Everyone who bought from NTTS is, rightly so, up in arms over on the AB forums, all with pretty much the exact same story, and NTTS is nowhere to be found. One person just reported receiving their pack, so he's possibly shipping some of them, but he's being extremely evasive with everyone who's waiting on one.
Presumably, he's split town, and likely moved on to another market to sell his wares. Or scam his wares, as the case may be. He actually seemed like an okay dude, didn't come across as sketchy at all, but I guess you can't judge a vendor by the image they portray online.
Hopefully AB will be able to disperse his frozen funds amongst those of us that got taken by NTTS. Or, maybe NTTS will come through and decide to actually send out the packs that people ordered. Honestly, I'd rather have the dope than the money, but at this point I'd be thrilled with either.
If you see this guy pop up on another market, stay far away until it's confirmed that he's got his shit together. Even then, be very cautious in your dealings with him, escrow listing or not, he's proven himself to be sketchy as fuck.
/u/alphabaysupport - can you please check out the thread on the AB forums and chime in?
/u/nowthatsthestuff - what's the deal? You've got a bunch of pissed off dopesick customers who were waiting on a pack you assured them would already be there. I realize your funds are frozen, but they're only frozen because you didn't send out people's orders. Send them out, and I'm sure Admin will release them.
Here's the thread on AB: http://alphabaywyjrktqn.onion/forum/index.php?threads/nowthatsthestuff-heroin-page.16199/
I'm new to DNM but if a vendor would have an escrow listing and after I purchase that, with the part intention of not having to worry about being scammed, I would never FE. Why would he need the money FE'D to send your order within 2 days? I'd say "nope, just send me the package within 14 days or I dispute" considering you have enough evidence he wanted to fuck you over from the start.
Ofcourse it's easy to say in hindsight especially when a vendor has good reviews. However it just sounds strange to me that a vendor would pm you to FE otherwise he cant send the package on time...