Ways of going about vendor research?

How do people here go about choosing which vendors to rely on for first time buys? Looking through relevant subreddits for reviews and at DNM ratings seems like a good place to start, but I'm wondring what exactly to look for. What are red flags for you? What trust levels / ratings are acceptable for you and what are not?

Note: I can post this in the noobs forum, but I'm guessing that most people there don't have extensive experience buying off DNM. If mods want me to go there, please just delete.


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[3 Points] Psychedelogical:

Everyone's process is probably different, but I'll detail mine.

Whenever searching for a product in a specific category, I figure a rough average score between all of the vendors shipping from my country. Once an average number has been established, I open any vendors that are at or above it and look at the reviews.

When looking at their reviews, I try to look at speech patterns, recurring vocabulary, etc in order to determine if the vendor is trying to inflate their score. Very specific and unique words are the best to look at. For some reason the recurrence of empty reviews is something I also take into consideration. I also look at negative reviews in order to determine if they've had any bad spots, to see the nature of these bad reviews, and to see how long ago they occurred.

After their reviews check out, I check their product listings. I tend to avoid vendors that sell more than 2 categories of drugs, as I feel this reduces quality control and dedication to their work. A specific specialization from a vendor is appreciated.

Lastly I search their username and PGP key through Grams InfoDesk in order to see if they are on any other markets, and what their reviews are on other markets. Lastly, I'll search subreddits such as this in order to find recent, detailed reviews and from there make my final decision based off price with whatever vendors remain in my list.


[2 Points] octomarvel:

I interview prospective vendors mothers.

Can't be buying packs from dudes who ain't wipe their butts for 6 months when they was 8yrsold.

=)


[0 Points] None:

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