How difficult is being a small-medium sized vendor?

I was just musing with a friend and was wondering. I figure, provided one has solid OPSEC and knowledge about what they're doing, and doesn't send over 20-30 or so packs a month, the process of packaging safely, finding blue boxes, etc all without getting caught seems strangely...easy? I'm sure idiots could fuck it up but is it really that difficult as it may seem at first intuition? Time consuming and boring especially to do a good job sure but extremely risky? Maybe I'm missing something

Note: Not actually considering being a vendor fyi, just a little stoned and wondering


Comments


[9 Points] Nod_God:

Might piss off a couple demographics with your reddit name.


[9 Points] travelghost:

It's really not that hard. The hardest part is maintaining a drop schedule for long periods of time, and keeping up with the emails.

The riskiest part is converting BTC to cash.

The rest of it is pretty low risk as long as you don't tell anyone what you're doing and follow rule #1: Only do one illegal thing at a time. If you're a darknet vendor, don't also deal locally. Don't drive drunk or abuse your GF, or steal from people, etc.


[5 Points] stickykitty1:

There are A LOT of possible security risks, so I would not at all say it is easy. Between keeping up with the tech, stealth, coms, etc. it is a lot of work and you if you make mistakes it can cost you everything. Based on my view of human beings and their limitations, maybe 1 in 100 would make a good vendor, one that might actually make money and not go to jail.

Also, 20-30 packs a month is not very many, definitley I would call that small time and probably not worth the risk, unless you can get big orders, which is not easy when you are small time.


[6 Points] Trappy_Pandora:

You could go to prison. Vending is what you do when you are a convicted felon with few alternatives


[3 Points] None:

Its not that difficult being a small-medium sized vendor? As long as your tall enough to reach the post box youll be fine!


[2 Points] deliciousbuttermmm:

You sink more time than you expect to communicating with customers and processing orders, especially if you're on more than one market. Things also take more time if you treat them like a single error could put you in prison for years. You end up driving to the next town over to get stamps and tracking labels, etc. Little inefficiencies everywhere.

Also 20-30 packs a month is very small. You probably won't make enough to be worth staying in long with that volume unless you cook it yourself.

It isn't very difficult if you're intelligent and understand it all well, but it is tedious and time consuming.


[1 Points] None:

your name is poetic


[1 Points] None:

If you were willing to treat is as a business and have the organisational mindset, then it's a simple process, but you have to get every part right, every pack, right from the start.

Sometimes I think about it a lot, but for the work involved, unless I was producing the product myself there's easier money around without the tiny but severe risk.


[1 Points] 2CandyVendor:

It's nothing insane. We're just about to expand to DNM's instead of only DD so it might become harder in the near future. Most of a day is a few hours of reading emails, responding, exchanging BTC to fiat, packaging and sending a few orders, and once a month or so synthesizing a batch of our favorite phenethylamine :)

Once you're established and have learnt the ropes it becomes pretty simple! Just have to make sure you never slip up


[1 Points] WOLFPACKNIGGA:

I wouldn't consider 20-30 packs a month small. I'd consider 20-30 packs a week small. 20-30 packs a month is practically non-existant.