Kudos to GrandWizardsLair, CDreams, and AlexSosa1kg

Just a quick thank you and public acknowledgement for 3 vendors who could have used the Evo meltdown as an excuse to not send me my drugs. Instead, both went out of their way to make sure my order was filled, and Sosa went EXTREMELY out of his way to make sure I was taken care of.

One vendor, who is yet to be named, hasn't come through yet, but I'm optimistic that he'll do the right thing, since my order was placed on March 11th, a full week before the shit went down, and it was FE so he should have been able to access the funds.

That's neither here nor there, the point of this post is to give props to the vendors that actually came through and shipped your shit. Any vendors in who didn't leave you out to dry that deserve a gold star? Name them here!


Comments


[63 Points] GrandWizardsLair:

Thanks for this post. Amidst all this chaos it's easy to lose faith in the darknets. Instead of focusing on a few scoundrels (who admittedly made off with a lot of coin) let's concentrate on the many vendors who did the right thing -- including people who lost far more than the Grand Wizard did yet still sent out orders.


[14 Points] AlexSosa1KG:

I had about 5 balls of dope/1 ball of crack go out for free =*/ but in the long run I'll make way more. Thanks for this post, I def coulda been a dick and kept all that cuz those were all Evo orders. Long live the dope game! lol


[5 Points] enterathrowaway:

Always a shout out to AS1kg. Great service and dope every time.


[3 Points] adfaasd:

In light of this I would also like to add that I made an order on EVO with TWS on the 17th about 6 hours before the news came out. I messaged him on Agora and he said he saw it and is shipping my mushrooms! Thanks Trip for being so awesome.


[3 Points] None:

BCBUDKING - ordered 1oz weed day before (was f/e) got it thro this morning...guys a gem deserves some bro blow =)


[3 Points] Pvt_HarukoHaruhara:

I wish the Grand Wizard sold something that I wished to try recreationally. Sadly, opiates aren't my thing. I love his prescence here and would love to do business with him, but I refuse the opiate path. No offense to anyone here :)


[2 Points] srt_:

Here's a shout out to Mountain-Fresh, who I haven't seen hide nor hair off since the troubles.

Your herb--so so good. I hope you didn't lose too much because you hooked me up during the shakedown.

I'd love to chat with you about where you land next, and how to upgrade some of your stealth! XO


[2 Points] younessamrani1:

Ive ordered from grandwizard multiple times & have yet to be disappointed


[2 Points] goldpimp:

I wish USDANK would have done the same, I FE him $1200 the day before the scam and he tells me sorry he got burned for a lot to, I could have seen if he was like I took a big hit but I will do (anything) I can do for you, a few seeds is better than saying I took a hit too and sorry about you luck, anyone who touches that many thousands of dollars a week could have sent a few nugs at least.


[1 Points] holecloud:

Got my banana k pins in 3 days fucking fantastic, best order yet, thank god i go them because budsnroses pissed me off so much.


[1 Points] StillUseless:

Good to hear.


[1 Points] GeneralStarkk:

Sosa sent my order through as well even though he probably lost money on it, thanks to all vendors who went out of their way even though they knew they were going to lose money.


[1 Points] SecondChanceUsername:

Sosa is a great man! I recommend him and the other vendors you mentioned I've heard good things about. Especially The GWL. Theres a lot of good-guy vendors who stick to the DN code of honor IMO. Wish site admins had the same loyalty that vendors do.


[1 Points] None:

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[-1 Points] BTVA:

Yes, well done to these 3 vendors.

We wondered where all the american vendors were when the shit was going down. Doing the post for a change. Kudos for doing your job.

The largest British Coke vendor, the largest British Meth vendor, and the largest British Meth manufacturer also managed to ship all orders without being paid. And they managed to organize the evolution moderator revolt which brought the site down, and employ the two whistleblower moderators to ensure that they didn't get cold feet.

Grandwizzard was about the only other vendor on reddit on Tuesday, so yes, kudos to him. Every other vendor was MIA, and did precisely nothing.

Vendors need to realize that putting things in envelopes isn't their only responsibility, and customers need to realize that marketplaces aren't powerful and vendors weak.

Evolution isn't (wasn't) two cardiing gangsters. It was a pencil-necked coding IT dweeb like Defcon, and like (we say this more respectfully) Ross.

Evolution was like a sports stadium. Without the star vendors, or sportsmen, its an empty stadium.

After the game last week, the fans were told that they could leave, but their wallets couldn't because the turnstiles only turned one way. Which doesn't make sense but a customer can't fight a marketplace.

When the sports stars finished showering and tried to collect their cut of the gate, they were told that they HAVE been paid, but can't spend it. "This is my stadium. My rules"

The number one concern of vendors is unfettered access to our own takings

It also appears to be quite important to the staff who run the stadium too. Evolution was fronting up to Class A drug dealers, saying they can't have their money, like he was strong.

He wasn't. he was at his most vulnerable. Moderator after moderator told us this, and they must have told US vendors too . Evos staff were like a pack of dogs waiting to tear the cocky computer geek limb from limb, apart from one british heroin addict mod who was fully aware of the scam, but kept it to himself. until the gig was up. This mod would still be helping the scam now, turning a mere 4 days into 3 or 4 weeks, like Sheep Marketplace.

Just enough to keep you reassured was going be done. Timers, withdrawal thresholds, withdrawal ceilings, daily limits, non-payment of miner fees, "problems with a new tumbler" - you think its an obvious exit scam now, with hindsight, but you would be split into two camps for weeks - the angry, and the hopeful Evo defenders.

Its hard for a dog to bite its master. None of the evo moderators wanted to be first, but if Evo showed fear when bitten, they promised us they would bring him down. They hadn't been fed, and were having to take on outside jobs on a project of ours.

The three voting BTVA vendors wouldn't make the US top 10, but they're quite big dogs. Evo's owner was carrying suitcases past his pets to his electric supercar, so when we stuck a leg out, he fell over and was eaten by his own dogs.

We issued our first ever marketplace warning, and explained why were were doing it.

In future, if comicbook store guy tells you that you cant take your money home, go and find where your vendors are hiding. Vendors have to do what you tell them. marketplace owners have to do what vendors tell them.

There are plenty of empty stadiums. get together, decide which one everybody is going to use, and go there.

Don't praise your vendors for doing their job. Because they didn't. They're never much use in a crisis, but we are ashamed and disgusted.

You can tell us pompous asses to go and smoke some meth. But if you're not a bunch of half-witted serial victims, don't. Reserve your insults for the vendors who were only hiding in their postroom because they're scared to tell a pencil-necked dweeb to fuck off. I'm sure they wanted us to win and Evo to lose, they could at least have told you clowns what was going down.

If I've said anything that's unfair or untrue, it's cheerfully withdrawn.


[1 Points] MethVapourrr:

TheDrowsyRabbit set up shop on Agora and he said he's shipping all the orders he had ready to go before the shutdown. Also IceHouseSk8Shop (Savages on Agora) said he can't afford to send out the orders but he's hooking people up with extra weight if they reorder on Agora.


[1 Points] waitingwaitingbuellr:

Nationchemz/the_ncz_store also went out of his way to ensure that I still received my product despite him not seeing a penny of the money. I posted a thread but I don't think it got much visibility. He's a great guy who has accommodated me heavily. Good to know there's still good vendors out there!