I'm a low time buyer probably about £20 a month on the DNMs. Some bud, some molly some acid.
Always from the same two vendors. Some times I end up with a a few mBTC in a DNM account and I burn bridges or forget my password blah blah blah.
Basically, I trust the vendors as much if not more than the DNMs but the last few times I've tried to approach for a direct deal I get no where.
How do you go about it? I can't see why vendors wouldn't be interested in direct dealing. Send me a BTC address, I send you BTC and a PGP address you post the stuff to me.
No vendor bond, no DNM commission.
As a aside: Does saint_symbiosis have a direct deal site or email?
You need to find a vendor that's willing to do so and email them off the market.
It's easier if you have done business with them before, but not required.
I don't trust the vendors more than the markets though, there are bad apple vendors and we all know how markets can go. I trust no one. If possible I'll always FE, even if I have to pay a few bucks more. Risk v Reward is just not there. DD is the ultimate FE, and you can be ripped off with literally zero effort.
Do your research first.