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Product/s reviewed: |
1g Mexican gunpowder BTH "Uncut" |
International?: |
NO US to US |
Vendor requires FE?: |
YES FE 50% |
Price before shipping: |
$135 |
Incentives for Review?: |
NO |
Shipping cost : |
USPS EXPRESS $45 |
Total cost + Shipping : |
$180 |
Customer Service: | pick one below with an "x" like this: [x] |
[X]+5 |
Superb: Polite, prompt, ensures satisfaction |
[ ]+4 |
Good: Professional, exhibits customer care |
[ ]+3 |
Satisfactory: Adequate responses, resolved issue |
[ ]+2 |
Marginal: Subpar communication, partial resolution |
[ ]+1 |
Bad: Poor communication, no resolution |
[ ]+0 |
Awful: Abusive responses, no resolution |
Product Quality: | pick one below |
[ ]+5 |
Highest purity - highly potent |
[X]+4 |
Mostly pure - potent |
[ ]+3 |
Minor cut or impurity - strong |
[ ]+2 |
Cut and/or impure - medium to weak |
[ ]+1 |
Almost entirely cut - very weak |
[ ]+0 |
Possibly bunk - no effect |
Processing Speed: | pick one below |
[X]+5 |
Processed & marked shipped in 24hrs |
[ ]+4 |
Processed & marked shipped in 48 hrs |
[ ]+3 |
Processed & marked shipped in 72 hrs |
[ ]+2 |
Package is late |
[ ]+1 |
Package is very late |
[ ]+0 |
Never received package |
Price Value: | pick one below |
[ ]+5 |
Excellent - great value & low cost |
[ ]+4 |
Moderate - worthy value & fair cost |
[X]+3 |
At-market - neither good nor bad |
[ ]+2 |
Below-market - so-so value, high cost |
[ ]+1 |
Exorbitant - low value, excessive cost |
[ ]+0 |
Rip-off - little-to-no value, unjustified cost |
Stealth & OpSec: | check all that apply |
[ ]+1 |
Vacuum-sealed |
[X]+1 |
Mylar/non-porous container |
[ ]+1 |
Decoy/misdirection |
[X]+1 |
Low package profile |
[X]+1 |
Good OpSec/PGP |
TOTAL: | (80% ) |
General comments on vendor experience
First time ordering from this vendor and overall generally positive experience. No communication was necessary. Although vendor required FE 50% feedback was solid so I took the chance. Placed order late at night, order was marked shipped by noon next day. Shipping cost for express was quite the premium though $45 is pretty steep but, wanted the order promptly so I bit the bullet on that. Will not be paying for express if I choose to order again. Product was shipped quickly and arrived in 2 business days, satisfactory.
Product Quality
1 gram order weighed out to 1.23 grams, overweight. Product is moderate to high quality for BTH, most likely not cut. Dissolved nicely in cold water, no necessity for added heat or citric acid. Very potent much more so than anything I get on the street around here. Overall product quality is satisfactory but $135 for a gram is a little pricey even if it did come overweight.
Stealth and OPSEC
Vendor utilized PGP encryption through order process. Little disappointed on the stealth side, not vacuum sealed but a Mylar bag was utilized by the vendor, no decoy and package was low profile. Order was domestic so stealth was minimally adequate, no real concern.
Qualitative comments
Overall I am generally satisfied with this vendor. Definitely a little expensive product and shipping wise. Will not be paying $45 premium for express again even if shipping was very fast. USPS Priority shipping on this order would have been $10 and even that is a little inflated. Product cost is also somewhat high and bulk discounts are nothing to write home about.
I'm unsure if I will be ordering from this vendor again. Definitely will be moving to a new vendor with more reasonable prices if I can find one.
Overall, fast shipping, okay stealth for domestic order, solid OPSEC, and on par product.
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I think to mail something priority usps it is around 6$. So 10$ for shipping isnt really that high, especially if it was packed good with mylar and such.