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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: Pharmville on December 27, 2011, 02:31 pm
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Hi Everyone,
Well, 2011 is coming to a close and what an exciting year it's been. We've had our share of ups and downs but throughout it all we've been uplifted by the general spirit of camaraderie that we've felt with almost all of the people we've come in contact with here at the Silk Road. The good news is that as the months have passed, we've learned. We've learned from our successes and we've learned from our mistakes and we think that we come to the end of this year a much better informed, equipped, funded and prosperous vendor than we were when we entered the Silk Road for the first time on August 12, 2011. At that time we had a limited number of vendors, some of whom were unreliable, and a very limited product range. As we finish this year we have a very well rounded group of vendors, all of whom are highly reliable and a much broader range of product. We have faced a market that simply seemed to have lost it's collective mind and weathered that storm without losing ours or even losing our cool. We've kept our prices reasonable, and in some cases extremely low (so low that our customers have told us we should just raise them because then we'd make a profit! hehe, now that's a nice thing to hear from a regular customer). But instead of raising prices we've found ways to work with our vendors to lower our costs so that finally, in December, we are going to make a profit for the first time! YAY! Now a lot of that has to do with the bitcoin becoming steady, while other parts of it have to do with the way SR modified the hedging system and other factors. But the simple fact is: we have found a winning formula and we're poised to continue it and even expand it as we move into 2012. We have also developed a deep respect for our buyers and believe that we can continue to provide great products, excellent service and all at reasonable prices to them, not just today, but for years to come. There are some changes we are going to have to make to ensure that we can do that and do it in a way that protects our safety in better ways than before, but we are confident that it is not only possible but necessary and mandatory if we want to continue to offer the kinds of products we do (and some new ones that are even more rare, exotic and lightning rods for LE's attention). As far as Pharmville is concerned, we have just one thing to say: the future's so bright, I gotta wear...ok, I won't go there, but you get the idea. :)
Here's the current situation and what we can tell you about what we have planned for the first part of 2012:
1. PGP-first and foremost, our PGP is FIXED! It has been up and operating the last two days and I am happy to say there are no glitches or obvious conflicts with the other security aspects of our computer systems so we encourage everyone to use PGP when dealing with us and to start as soon as possible. Why? First, because it's a good idea and it's the one encryption system out there that is open source and absolutely known not to have any back door for LE. Second, because as of February 1, 2012 we are going to make our entire store PGP only. We are a pretty big target for LE on SR and there's only so many things we can do to reduce the size target we are and still remain a vendor at SR. By going 100% PGP we make it so that LE can no longer break into SR's database (provided they ever could!) and find out *anything* about our customers, our vendors, or our sales and other business. For us to remain on SR as a vendor we consider this an absolute necessity. If you don't know how to use PGP, there are plenty of excellent tutorials on this Forum, some of which even have videos and screen shots to show you how to operate it. If that's not easy enough, then you need to get a friend who is tech minded to teach you (it shouldn't take more than an hour) and buy them a twelve pack for helping. This is for *your* protection as well as ours and it's just an all around great idea. I hope that other vendors will follow suit and that some day SR will have the entire site PGP'd. There's nothing quite as boring and frustrating to any LE operative than staring at page after page of PGP messages knowing full well that he's never going to know what's inside them. And that's exactly as it should be. :)
2. All of our items are in stock and in good quantities-we've managed to finally catch up to the ever growing demand here at SR and we have excellent inventory positions on all of our items. The one item that it out of stock is klonopin, but it's coming back in stock on Jan 10 and will be in steady supply from then on. Our goal is to have every item available 24/7/365. We know that some people depend on us to get their shipments every week and we want to be sure we never disappoint. We have the funding and the sources to make that a reality and that's the way it's going to be for all of 2012. You can count on it.
3. Bulk orders-in the past we've had to refuse a lot of offers from people who wanted to buy in bulk. Well, that's not the case any more. If you've approached us in the past and been told we just didn't have the stock or couldn't give you a price that would make it worthwhile, now's the time to try again. :) And if too many people want bulk orders at the same time then we'll simply increase our stock to accomodate all the ones who ask. As far as we're concerned, SR is growing at an astronomical pace (approximately 10,000 new users each month) and the sky's the limit. And Pharmville is looking to grab on to a nice piece of that blue sky as we go forward into 2012. :)
4. International orders-as everyone must know by now, we've had to quit shipping international orders. Even though we'd perfected packaging methods that ensured our packs routinely passed through customs in many countries unmolested (and were sent along to the buyers even after being inspected. hehe) the time involved to produce those packs was just too much and meant that we couldn't continue to offer 24 hour shipping turnaround to our domestic customers. That's why we're looking to set up people to distribute our products in Canada and Australia, among other places, and we promise to do our best to make the products available there at fair prices by selling them at very reasonable prices to other vendors who can ship them domestically. We think you can expect to see results from these efforts in the next 60 days and we hope you'll be pleased with what we get set up.
5. New products-starting with the end of January we are going to be coming out with some very exciting new products. Some of them, because of their nature, are going to be available only to trusted customers and not the general public. Everyone saw how we brought back the original OC's to combat the crazy pricing that happened with the roxis and other oxycodone products. Well, we have some items in the works to do the same thing for hydromorphone and oxymorphone and several other things that have been exceptionally hard to get and terribly expensive when available. Basically, if it's top quality and there's a good demand for it, then we're going to have it and plenty of it. And that's about all I can say about that right now. ;)
And now a couple of personal requests: if you have a prescription for ritalin, Novartis or a good generic, and would like to trade for some opiates or benzos, pls send me a pm. Would like to get 20-100 pills ASAP.
Second, I need $200 in Liberty Reserve pretty quickly. I'm willing to trade someone $240 in BTC's for those $200 LR. Just send a pm and let's see if we can't get that small trade done today or tomorrow.
That's about it. We hope everyone had a great Christmas and is looking forward to a rockin' New Years Eve. Just be good to yourselves and remember to always be good to each other too. <Alex & Ben>
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I read every word of your news report...........I love it. You guys are the cat's meow.
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Thank you guys for the update!! I recently learned PGP just for Pharmville lol, such a pain in the ass but worth it.
Two questions:
1. Do you have an estimate of when the bomb Bioket ketamine be coming back around? I asked about this a couple of weeks ago and was told it would come back soon, so I am hoping to get an idea of the time line as I will not purchase ketamine from anyone else.
2. How does one qualify to be included on the special list of products? "... the end of January we are going to be coming out with some very exciting new products. Some of them, because of their nature, are going to be available only to trusted customers and not the general public." I have ordered from the Pharmville team at least 3-4 times I believe, and while this may be lower than some of your other customers, I am a huge fan of you guys and always search the listings in your profile when I am looking for a product before searching SR.
Thank you very much for everything you guys do on here, you set the bar for vendors in all aspects of your business. I don't mean to come across as a kiss ass, this is just the truth.
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This is very exciting news indeed. I feel very fortunate to have stumbled upon you guys. I've done a number of transactions with you during December and each has been perfect. Better then perfect in two cases. ;)
Will be setting up for PGP this weekend. Thank you for the heads up and the grace period before switching to PGP only.
Wishing you guys a happy, healthly, prosperous and safe new year.