After 5 years, it's time to say goodbye

I started ordering weed online in 2010, when I discovered a certain Dutchman called Adam Flowers (RIP) was williing to send it in the post. After a while of using him exclusively, I stumbled upon a now-infamous Gawker article on this 'Silk Road' phenomenon and had to investigate further. I remember the old days, before the news exposure, when it was just techno-junkies serving other techno-junkies and the service was good. I remember the utter shock and loss of communal innocence that tony76 caused, I remember the furore over the sales of weapons over SR, I remember getting the magnets and hammers out when the feds seized SR's server, I remember plotting to kill that Czech bastard from Sheepmarket, I remember laughing at the idiots who used Evo because their admins were carders even as they laughed at me for using Agora because it was clearly a honeypot, I remember the utter hilarity of SR2.

Now, with Abraxas gone, Agora on what will inevitably turn out to be a permanent hiatus, all other markets being run by either idiots, fraudsters or both and almost every single major cannabis vendor in my area (not the USA) being either a ripoff merchant or a selective scammer, I think I'm going to go back to sourcing my weed from my local grower for the first time in a very long time. I've lost over $1000 in the last 6 months alone, in the 4.5 years before that my running total was about $200 and that includes $100 that I stupidly left sitting in Sheep. The brutal truth of the matter is that my personal confidence in the system that we've built for ourselves here has collapsed. Escrow means absolutely nothing as market admins are proven thieves, vendor rep means absolutely nothing as it's easy to drum up to 100+ sales to build confidence then start requiring FE as escrow is worthless then run off with a five-figure sum of money. Us buyers get screwed on both counts. For me anyway, it is now easier to simply make a phonecall and receive weed to my doorstep from someone I have known for years within 24 hours.

It was fun while it lasted, and I have no regrets. Good luck to all of you.


Comments


[19 Points] CacklePhone:

Congratulations on both finding a reliable connection on weed and only losing $1000.


[14 Points] _UnmitigatedDisaster:

Jesus.

5 years buying online, and you don't have a single contact? Why wouldn't you make an effort to establish relationships with your trusted vendors?

I can think of at least a dozen top weed vendors from Silk Road who are still around, and happy to do off market deals with people they know and trust.

Aight then.


[17 Points] hog_master:

Fuck out of here with your sob stories.

LOL just kidding I just think the hate band wagon is fun.

Good luck stay safe.


[11 Points] youwontbemissed:

See username


[14 Points] EJackBoy420:

Why are you guys being dicks? The markets are flawed ...


[3 Points] None:

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[1 Points] Heretrythisguy:

Considering joining you in saying goodbye my fellow SR buyer. We were just here to buy, it seems like there's no way to prevent getting fucked over on the markets anymore, its different this time.

Waiting on one final order worth roughly what you lost over the last 6 months, and that is the decider for me. Will put my running losses above what I'm comfortable with if its vanished and then that's that...

Wish I never found the silk road now, I actually stumbled across BTC first and would've had a decent amount to add to my portfolio. Typical...


[3 Points] RaveTurkey01:

If you were serious you wouldn't post from a throwaway account and post from your usual, unless of course this is about everyone making you feel good about yourself and saying goodbye like they love you, only for you to be back tomorrow talking shit with your usual account.


[3 Points] None:

“Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!” I shrieked, upstarting— “Get thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”


[3 Points] Bunteknete:

It is very simple:

1) only deposit funds you will spend the same day. 2) never leave bitcoins you dont use in a darnetmarket 3) order from highly trusted vendors (be willing to pay higher prices for trusted vendors) 4) smoke up!

yes, darnket is risky. But i think its worth every buck and it always will be. You just won't get the same high quality by local dealers most of the time. where else could i buy pure amphetamine?

the darknet is one of the best institutions in this world! <3


[1 Points] deguppyusel:

Amen sir.


[1 Points] ThisIsNotMarc:

Bye


[1 Points] Dabblin:

how about mods/active members compile a list of vendor email, pgp, reviews, especially stealth, the most important quality imo save extreme cases. You could see roinsteriods setup of his vendor list, he updated that list 3-4 times a week. It is so concise, i dont need to log into a page to get up to date info on the matter, ie. shipping stipulations.... There are at least 100, and just as many shills/scams listed. Other than post market info and let them all suck us dry, move to email to email with pgp 8 word high entropy passphrase. Tails too of course.

If we cant trust markets and are wary of new vendors, there are plenty of bitcoin escrow services not tied to markets; i dotn think they ask questions. It's doing that or multi sig, 3 sigs?


[1 Points] NelsonHaaHaaa:

Don't know what to say... https://youtu.be/YFood_bTOX4


[1 Points] someone-who-is-me:

don't let the door get ya


[1 Points] huu_hoo_huu:

See you in two weeks


[1 Points] octomarvel:

And good luck to you my disenchanted stranger. I hope your losses are mysteriously recovered thru a lotto win or something.

=)


[1 Points] datfakeaccounttho:

I don't get how people here lose so much money so frequently. Use escrow. You'll only get burned if the market goes down before your pack is shipped and it's not like that happens every day.


[1 Points] mdmax_i:

Stop the emotion. You knew the risk. It's your own fault that you felt for believing that this can last forever.

It's a gamble you all play.


[1 Points] None:

I wish I could go back to using my local grower of cocaine and cocaine infused products.


[1 Points] kiffkeith:

sad story bro. but there are good markets and multi-sig. just learn about it


[1 Points] Early_C:

Shit or get off the pot. Nobody cares about your exit from the darknet.


[0 Points] CocaineNose:

Take care


[0 Points] LSD-hippie:

Hello direct deals with multisign and trusted vendors, buy buy greedy market bastards! :)

And goodbye to you, x-fellow reddit'er! :)


[-3 Points] crondom90:

"all other markets being run by either idiots, fraudsters or both"

Untrue, try east india company


[-5 Points] None:

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[-6 Points] yalldontknowjack:

Move to America, the land of the free, maybe not, but at least we got the best weed.
edit: If you are a hot girl, maybe I have a bed for you.


[-8 Points] aboutthednm:

Fuck outa here. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.