Is this an unethical/dick move, or am I just being a baby?

I ordered a sample from the vendor CVS on TR. Right after I ordered he sent me this message in plain text, which already pissed me off because I thought sending messages in plain text was a strict no-no:

"YOU'RE ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE BEST EXPERIENCE YET! ESCROW WILL BE USED UNTIL I GET FE PERMISSION FROM THE ADMINS. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECLINE ANY ORDERS I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.

EVERYTHING SHIPS OUT MON-WED-FRI: USPS PRIORITY.

PLEASURE TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU & I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING FUTURE BUSINESS!

I WILL BE ON IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS TO ACCEPT YOUR ORDER! EVERYTHING GOES OUT ON THE CUTOFF DAYS MENTIONED ABOVE!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BUSINESS!

-CVS"

But whatever, at least there was no personal information.

Then today I got this message, again in plain text:

"EVERYTHING'S UP TO PAR! I HOPE TO SEE A POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOU SOON! FE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 48 HOURS & WILL BE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IF YOU HAVE INTENTIONS OF FUTURE BUSINESS!

THANK YOU!

-CVS"

So he's trying to get buyers to use FE by threatening to not do future business. Is it just me or is this really lame? And also unprofessional?

The sample I ordered was for a 5 pack of 4mg pressed green hulk bars. I'm suddenly very skeptical of what they actually might be.


Comments


[57 Points] ForLol_Serious:

I think the real issue here is him typing in all caps


[15 Points] izza123:

Nothing sensitive that would need to be encrypted. Only problem I see is that he is a scamming sack of shit


[8 Points] Those_Good_Vibes:

I'm not going to call you a baby. I'd be pretty annoyed, too.


[7 Points] Throwawayyyy63638484:

Never FE for a vendor without permission. A DMT vendor back on AB tried to get me to FE on quite a large amount even though he only had escrow permissions. Trappy almost banned the dude for it vendors aren't supposed to ask for FE if they don't have the right. I don't know if the TR admins have the same rules as AB did but I'd definitely message them about this. Vendor messaging cut off times in plain text is bad opsec too. Thanks for name and shame wish more ppl would around here.


[3 Points] ice_cream4breakfast:

I smell scam


[2 Points] manofMD:

I wouldn't be too upset about the clear text, non sensitive information if you hadn't asked him to PGP all messages before hand. It is pretty common practice to message these kinds of things that don't give any info, so in the future perhaps include in your first PGP message to them that you prefer to speak over manually encrypted PGP?

Regarding the ethics, unless he is a vendor that has had FE permissions on other markets and is trusted, it seems like he is trying to get as many customers on board and then is going to pull the plug with FE and drain yo wallets


[2 Points] MandyThatGirl:

Wipe me mommy I'm poopy!


[2 Points] Rawnii:

CVS the only person with good lookin 4mg hulks on tr at a decent price just hesitant becus it looks overall sketch waitin on more reviews


[1 Points] nestortheg:

I was gonna fuck with CVS_ also but his shit seems fishy also with that


[1 Points] buttpirate778:

i would not order from that guy just based on how he types, fuck that guy, you want to be buying shit off a faggot like that?


[-1 Points] throwptk:

People actually use TR?


[-3 Points] bebopx2:

YOU ARE A WAH-WAH.


[-4 Points] None:

You're a dumbass. Please leave this subreddit and the DNM immediately.

He's not threatening stupid. There is nothing in any of those messages to warrant you making a post like this.

ffs. The guy gives you a free sample and here you are.

You're obviously very new the only text that gets encrypted is sensitive text. You think vendors have time to get your PGP key and encrypt something so stupid?

Fuck off.

Bitcoin value is all over the place and vendors can get scammed and lose coins also. FE protects vendors. You self centered prick.