Hey, excuse the noobness of all of this.
So, I order 1g of cocaine off an Alpha Bay vendor called lyso. Order time said 15 days. After 20 days and no delivery I sent a message and the reply was that the package was sent and lyso didn't know why it hadn't arrived yet.
A month later and nothing. Sent another message and the reply again was:
Hi I think she got lost or stolen = /
regards lyso
Soooooo... is this common?
First time buying and it just never arrived with no answers. $150 down the drain.
I wanna give it another crack but I'd feel like a fucking idiot if I'm missing something here. It seems almost too easy for vendors just to take the money and never ship...
Tough luck, got scammed on my first order too. Since then I've religiously read all reviews and comments on /r/darknetmarkets to establish an idea about which vendors are to be trusted. Then you check their Grams, their recent feedback on your market of choice (which ideally would be one with a responsive moderater team), and make the order. Dispute the order if you've already contacted the vendor, and the order doesn't show up after a reasonable amount of time. Unless you FE'd (finalized early), the money is still in the market's escrow wallet, and there is still hope for you.