[Vendor Review] Bungee54

Here's my experience with Bungee54. I thought I'd share for those of you that it helps.


The Story


This was my first time ever ordering from a DNM. I looked at different vendors and deals, and was drawn to Bungee54 for his insane pricing and the amount of transactions and positive reviews he had. The only thing that caused doubts were recent claims that LE was targeting him, people that ordered from him were going down, etc. I weighed his longterm track record and historical vendor reviews against the few recent reviews (which seemed very speculative to me) and decided to take the risk. I ordered from him in the beginning of October, 2014.

I ordered through Bungee54's web page. I disregarded escrow for a couple of reasons. If I lost the money, it wouldn't break the bank at all. Wasn't concerned about that too much (I ordered the smallest quantity you can from him). And I figured ordering directly through his site has to be preferable for him, so I went that route.

I did it right - set up a PMB. Installed Tails on a thumb drive to ensure no trace on my laptop. I told nobody about what I was doing. And only did DNM stuff from public wifi spots. If I was asked to sign for anything at my PMB, I was prepared to act confused and refuse it. I recommend doing all of these things... no loose ends helps with peace of mind at the very least.

Periodically I checked for delivery, and waited. His claimed ship time to NA is 12-16 days, so I kept waiting. Roughly two weeks after ordering he posted to his vendor pages that he was going to stop for a number of months, and at this point I was freaking out a little bit. I was somewhat concerned I wouldn't get my package, more concerned that he actually was being targeted by LE and I should start taking extra precautions. Couldn't do anything but continue waiting anyway, so that's what I did.

Day 18 and still no delivery, so I sent him a support message through his site. He replied within half a day - his message was super professional and seemingly actually concerned. Asked for order details, etc. so they could do what they could to look into it.

Day 19 I actually got the delivery. Marked my order as completed, responded back to the support ticket that I got it and closed it, left them feedback, etc.

When I finally opened the package, I was AMAZED at the quantity. Note that I got this for personal use, and have no intention to distribute. Needless to say, I won't be in need of product for quite some time. Not only is his deal ridiculous.... he gave me over DOUBLE the quantity I ordered. He's the shit in my opinion and I can't wait for him to come back from his "vacation".


Ratings


** Service: 10/10

From the above story, I didn't have too much actual interaction beyond the one support ticket and using their website. With that being all I have to judge, their service was excellent. Timely response (half a day), their message was super professional, apologetic, and it seemed like they would have truly looked into it if I didn't get the package. Website was more than adequate.

** Shipping: 5/10

I'm rating this off of speed, really. And for an international order, their speed is actually pretty reasonable. Of all things to suffer, this one is of the least concern. Shipping speed was not extraordinary, but not absolutely terrible, so I give it a 5. Fair enough.

** Stealth: 7/10

As my first order, I have no baselines to rate this off of. So take my rating with a generous grain of salt. I won't give specifics (would totally undermine their stealth) but they do use MBB packaging for the goods, as they claim. There is definitely no way for the contents to be visible to the eye, with a flashlight or anything like that. It looks totally inconspicuous. But once opened, there would be no denying what's inside right off the bat, and I would be concerned about any non-intrusive tools LE might employ like X-Raying (this is totally speculative, no idea if they actually do this).

What he says in his posts is totally true though: they aim to draw no attention to the package in the first place. And it does have a pretty darn good outer disguise. And it arrived, that's what counts.

** Product: 10/10

I'm rating this off of 1) Quantity and 2) Quality.

As far as quantity, holy jeebus. The value of what I got, for the amount I paid, is insane. Over 2x what I ordered! Take a look at his deals and you can see how insane this is.

In terms of quality, I haven't tried yet. I performed a Marquis test on it and it went straight to a black color (this is a very good thing). This leaves three possible options. Two additional tests would be required to discern between the three possibilities. I'm not going to invest in those tests, I'm convinced that I got what I paid for.

On a site note, I also tested some street stuff I had, and it failed the test horribly. Threw it in the trash. I had even used that product before - I wasn't able to tell it wasn't what I thought it was, and I've used it a good number of times, as well as many other purchases. I'm hoping after trying Bungee54's stuff I'll gain better insight to tell the difference.

** Pricing: 10/10

Check out his deals for yourself. Look at the smallest order you can get from him. I got twice that for the price listed. I don't think that can be beat anywhere. Enough said.


Closing Thoughts


1) I think this was a very unbiased, objective, fact-filled review of my experiences. Take from it whatever you like, and I hope it helps some of you.

2) I'm convinced the recent crap about Bungee54 is FUD. It's possible it's true - I really don't know for sure... none of us do. But considering that I did get the product and that they were responsive, I'm convinced their operation is intact.

3) Get a test kit!!! They cost $20, and will probably reveal some things you wouldn't expect! It did for me.

4) Remember that anybody can write anything on the internet! Read everything very skeptically!

Thanks!


Comments


[4 Points] None:

1) I think this was a very unbiased, objective, fact-filled review of my experiences. Take from it whatever you like, and I hope it helps some of you.

This is akin to putting something at the end of a research paper stating: "the citations given in this paper are not fake".

Like ... it's beyond a given and when you say it, it only makes people question why you felt the need to, good review though ...


[1 Points] ApricockApecot:

Over 2x what you ordered? Jesus Christ, that's gotta be less than $10/g...