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Title: Best job on earth
Post by: incognito22 on March 02, 2013, 06:26 am
Gotta say that Silk Road drug dealer has got to be the best job on earth.  Especially selling something like LSD because it's so damn easy.  That Lucydrop guy....god I would love his fricking life.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: livestr0ng on March 03, 2013, 06:06 am
I'm sure there's certain downsides. Like feeling tied to one's computer, worrying about not standing out or slipping 24/7, possibly dealing with "stupid" people. even with that it could still be the best job. man, i feel like i'd have a lot of fun being a vendor. I'd like to hear from a vendor on this though.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: nitpi950 on March 03, 2013, 06:11 am
Maybe if it were legal. I would have hella anxiety all the time - bad enough just buying the shit

But it would be nice to think you're spreading love and positivity throughout the world...but that would only make sense if you're some kind of mad chemist with equally mad crystal, and you're selling for dirt cheap. Otherwise, you're just spreading love and positivity throughout the privileged.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Trappy on March 03, 2013, 07:32 am
Its so very hard to be caught in the real world if you act like you own the place.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: dmtdoodeelsd on March 03, 2013, 08:27 am
yeah its not a bad screw ATM - i've been in 'the game' for want of a less used phrase, 15 years on and off in some capaicity IRW, but the last year slowly SR activity has replaced RW pretty much completely!!

I find it alot less driving of big weights around, jus sat in front of a computer most of the time , and regular trips to post office etc... much lower risk in general (touch wood), but like any relatively new thing, the worry is always there of what will happen next y'know..? How long before the Establishment criminalize BTC or pull down SR..?! obviously i am praying it lasts forever but i fear the bigger it grows the more attention the US governement will pay to it, eventually targeting it in their futile pantomime-like "War on Drugs"..

yeah there are a few shitty dickheads (mostly newbies obvs) and scammers trying it on etc... but nothing you don't have IRW dealing anyway...

personally i am quite sociable, so before i would be meeting friends alot more, and taking alot more drooogs in these social situations (which were occurring repeatedly daily!) so in a way SR has taken the face2face element away , ergo ,  i am taking alot less droogs these days, which is a fucking good thing for me ;-)

Hurray for SR and all those who sail in her.! hehe

please take 2 mins check out my little shop and read my profile, lemme know what you think guys..?!

http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/user/16e11f8977

Yours D x
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: febbraio2468 on March 04, 2013, 10:44 am
I've been a vendor on here a year now and I wouldn't say it's the best job I've ever had but it's not the worst either, it is a lot more work than you might think and some of the people I deal with are also a mix of good and bad. Overall I'm glad I started selling here, it has been a real adventure to say the least.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Raoul Duke on March 04, 2013, 12:07 pm
Jeremy Clarkson, as much of a twat he is, has the best job on Earth.

the best job i've ever had was being a RL drug dealer - get smashed on the jobs, see loads of mates - pll in over a grand a week - happy days
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: XXXotica on March 04, 2013, 12:42 pm
Youd be surprised with how much work it actually is.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Raoul Duke on March 04, 2013, 01:26 pm
RL drug dealings a doddle as long as you stay away from the muppets - when i sold IRL it used to be mainly mates, but any new customers had to have references from 2 separate current customers. if i got fucked about twice by the same person i changed my number and gave it to everyone except the person that fucked me about
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: incognito22 on March 04, 2013, 06:56 pm
Maybe if it were legal. I would have hella anxiety all the time - bad enough just buying the shit

But it would be nice to think you're spreading love and positivity throughout the world...but that would only make sense if you're some kind of mad chemist with equally mad crystal, and you're selling for dirt cheap. Otherwise, you're just spreading love and positivity throughout the privileged.
I don't mean to discredit the vendors saying their job is easy.

I think it'd be fun as hell though.  I think the illegality would add a little bit of a thrill for me lol.

The worst part would be getting the drugs.  I wouldn't wanna deal weed or anything that smells and/or is too bulky (I mean I would but I'd prefer something like acid)

Having like 50 LSD orders per day.  I'd feel accomplished doing all that work.  And people would love me.

And make hella money with no boss or anything.  I'm sure there's some downsides.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: moneybagzzz on March 04, 2013, 07:20 pm
would be cool to sell on the road.. I've been trying to get my dealer to purchase a a kilo or 2 of mdma and lemme sell domestically

but I came across the road when i had a legit job with legit money.  after i lost 13grand in my car (shop stole parts and blew my car up) i said fuck it. Worked 13 months between 40-60 hour weeks with 4 days of vacation (family member died)  just to have it all stolen from me. Lost another 3grand in court (EVEN WINNING THE FUCKN CASE)  still couldn't retrieve any money.    I'm just saving all my money from this so i can go back to school and finish my degrees.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: TheGoodSon on March 04, 2013, 09:30 pm
I will agree, the SR has been a Godsend for vendors like myself.

I did what I do online now in person, it was always sketchy.. I'm not really a people person, so this is an added benefit.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: snark on March 04, 2013, 11:51 pm
It seems like a lot of work to me, you have to worry about keeping your packaging top notch and product quality good or risk falling ratings and negative comments on the forums. That being said, it is a pretty cool gig and I am thankful for all the vendors who do it well!
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Sensei on March 05, 2013, 01:46 am
I don't know if I could do it, but it does seem like a great job at least the selling part, for some of the drugs actually obtaining it in RL might still be a hassle. All I know is I'm very thankful and appreciative of every one of the vendors, even the ones that sell drugs that I would never touch just simply because it should be available if someone desires or needs it. I'm especially forever grateful for the acid vendors, I've wanted to try it my entire life but never thought for the sake of my life that I would find any (real) acid, especially in my area the people are so sketchy and the most you can find locally without effort would either be weed, crack, H or coke and probably the lowest quality of everything except the weed, anything else and you'd have to really search and ask around, something I never wanted to do. So thank you, SR and the vendors!
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: anonymart on March 05, 2013, 03:54 am
Gotta say that Silk Road drug dealer has got to be the best job on earth.  Especially selling something like LSD because it's so damn easy.  That Lucydrop guy....god I would love his fricking life.

Just like any job we have to deal with crappy ungrateful customers occasionally although most of you are great....but what sucks about it the MOST is worrying about getting caught as this is always in the back of your mind sometimes more than others. Also, Dealing with the consequences of packages that dont get delivered or with customers that lie about their package not making it is also a great annoyance.

I want to clarify that been a vendor is very stressful psychologically and physically bc there is a lot that goes into the process of customers getting their drugs via mail. It sounds easy but a lot goes into it and is actually is quite time consuming. For example I dont sell LSD but I know that making LSD is very very hard and growing pot is hard as well and making the product is just part of running a business in SR.

What is cool about this job is knowing that you are helping others have access of quality medicine like pot in a safe manner that they would otherwise not have access to. Getting great feedback that illustrates how happy I have made some people is what motivates me to keep doing what I do and is what makes me happy about this way of making a living.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: hee57 on March 05, 2013, 05:58 am
Are you kidding, I can't imagine what they go through...
Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices
Having to cash out bitcoins
Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable
Having to deal with the idiot customers
Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast
Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught
Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources
And who knows what other issues I didn't consider. I couldn't imagine becoming a vendor and dealing with all the shit they deal with.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Chaosforpeace on March 05, 2013, 08:19 am
Way back when I was a seller in the beginning of the road I loved it. I made so much so quickly it was amazing. The best part was I no longer had to worry about anything really. It is just a shitload of work. When I was a vendor I was so careful. And I had to spent hours and hours every day just on the being careful aspect. Tho I would do it again in an instant. In fact I plan on it.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: blueveil on March 05, 2013, 12:13 pm
Are you kidding, I can't imagine what they go through...
Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices
Having to cash out bitcoins
Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable
Having to deal with the idiot customers
Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast
Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught
Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources
And who knows what other issues I didn't consider. I couldn't imagine becoming a vendor and dealing with all the shit they deal with.

You've pretty much nailed them all. It is nerve wracking to vend, but honestly we do it for you guys. Our philosophy is to get as many cheap mushrooms out to people as we can so everyone can experience the magic that is shrooming. Heck all our people are on a salary and the profits hit charity. Getting the money there is a HUGE pain, but is worth it.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: TheGoodSon on March 06, 2013, 04:34 am
Are you kidding, I can't imagine what they go through...
Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices
Having to cash out bitcoins
Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable
Having to deal with the idiot customers
Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast
Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught
Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources
And who knows what other issues I didn't consider. I couldn't imagine becoming a vendor and dealing with all the shit they deal with.


Let's compare that with running a business in real life...



Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
In real live when you run any business, communication is always the slowest part. Sure the tor network is slow sometimes, but oftern times it's just fine, stay off at super busy times. In the real world, you have phone/fax/etc.. but here we just have this. So this is probably the biggest point against being an SR vendor.

Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices

 This point has absolutely no bearing on vending on SilkRoad. All businesses in all markets must do two things to survive:
1. Advertise
2. Be competitively priced
Not advertising means no business, pricing too low or too high means you either lose product or customers. The economics of vending are pretty complex and most of the pricing is actually set by the market (eg. 5% under the competition average).
 

Having to cash out bitcoins

This isn't an issue if you launder your coins, you can just sell them and wire the money... in real life, you have to deal with payments and taxes.. the cost of bitcoin work is cheaper than taxes :)

Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable

 If your national currency loses face, you're SOL, if bitcoin loses face, you're SOL, it's a crap storm regardless :)

Having to deal with the idiot customers

There are idiot customers in every business, this is not solely a SR thing... my clients are the most reasonable people on here :)

Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast

Considering I worked an eBay business before this, this is a dumb complaint. Pay an extra $10 and buy expressmail which is roughly one or two day service to the 48 states... and 3-5 days worldwide.

Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught

In terms of drug dealing, I think it'd be more nerveracking IRL
    In terms of every other trade, this is okay...

Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources

Most dealers will find SR anyways, if you're a middleman, you better be looking to move up the chain.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Slicksuit on March 06, 2013, 10:09 am
The hardest part of the job is emptying your inbox.

Wake up everyday to: "inbox: 51"

43 of those messages always go like: "Short  on a BTC, can you custom list me a gram for what I'm short on?"

"Can you make me a custom listing for 2.2 grams"

"I bought from you, and then it AutoFinalized and my product never came. Can you refund me" - and these messages are from people who have never bought from you before.

Last time I got one, and messaged back saying I had reported him to SR staff. And he sent me a really abusive message, which I never bothered replying to. Then an hour later sent me like a 2000 word apology, what an cunt.

Other than that, it's pretty fun to vend here.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: XXXotica on March 06, 2013, 04:15 pm
Are you kidding, I can't imagine what they go through...
Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices
Having to cash out bitcoins
Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable
Having to deal with the idiot customers
Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast
Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught
Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources
And who knows what other issues I didn't consider. I couldn't imagine becoming a vendor and dealing with all the shit they deal with.

+1
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: danconia on March 06, 2013, 06:42 pm
Are you kidding, I can't imagine what they go through...
Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices
Having to cash out bitcoins
Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable
Having to deal with the idiot customers
Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast
Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught
Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources
And who knows what other issues I didn't consider. I couldn't imagine becoming a vendor and dealing with all the shit they deal with.

+2

Don't forget that for a lot of these drugs they are selling for much lower than street price.  It helps if someone is close to the producer / chemist / grower.  Heck if someone knew a good chemist in the US who made MDMA they would be a shoe-in to a whole lotta money.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: shadrock on March 06, 2013, 07:17 pm
Don't forget that for a lot of these drugs they are selling for much lower than street price.

LOL, WUT?

Please show me one listing for any drug cheaper on SR than in "real life." Just one, any single one of any substance. I've never seen it myself.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: hee57 on March 06, 2013, 07:26 pm
Are you kidding, I can't imagine what they go through...
Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices
Having to cash out bitcoins
Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable
Having to deal with the idiot customers
Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast
Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught
Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources
And who knows what other issues I didn't consider. I couldn't imagine becoming a vendor and dealing with all the shit they deal with.


Let's compare that with running a business in real life...



Having to deal with multiple customers on a slow connection
In real live when you run any business, communication is always the slowest part. Sure the tor network is slow sometimes, but oftern times it's just fine, stay off at super busy times. In the real world, you have phone/fax/etc.. but here we just have this. So this is probably the biggest point against being an SR vendor.

Having to advertise and put up listings with the right prices

 This point has absolutely no bearing on vending on SilkRoad. All businesses in all markets must do two things to survive:
1. Advertise
2. Be competitively priced
Not advertising means no business, pricing too low or too high means you either lose product or customers. The economics of vending are pretty complex and most of the pricing is actually set by the market (eg. 5% under the competition average).
 

Having to cash out bitcoins

This isn't an issue if you launder your coins, you can just sell them and wire the money... in real life, you have to deal with payments and taxes.. the cost of bitcoin work is cheaper than taxes :)

Having to hope the market for bitcoins remains stable

 If your national currency loses face, you're SOL, if bitcoin loses face, you're SOL, it's a crap storm regardless :)

Having to deal with the idiot customers

There are idiot customers in every business, this is not solely a SR thing... my clients are the most reasonable people on here :)

Having to hope the postal system moves their stuff fast

Considering I worked an eBay business before this, this is a dumb complaint. Pay an extra $10 and buy expressmail which is roughly one or two day service to the 48 states... and 3-5 days worldwide.

Having to constantly cover your tracks and make sure you don't get caught

In terms of drug dealing, I think it'd be more nerveracking IRL
    In terms of every other trade, this is okay...

Having to deal with IRL dealers/manufactures/sources

Most dealers will find SR anyways, if you're a middleman, you better be looking to move up the chain.

I'm not arguing whether it's easier or harder than an actual business. That's up for debate. But best job on earth....no.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: indianpilldaddy on March 06, 2013, 10:51 pm
I'm sure there's certain downsides. Like feeling tied to one's computer, worrying about not standing out or slipping 24/7, possibly dealing with "stupid" people. even with that it could still be the best job. man, i feel like i'd have a lot of fun being a vendor. I'd like to hear from a vendor on this though.

it is great to be a vendor mate. Although it has its ups and downs. But its mostly ups . Cheers!!
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: danconia on March 07, 2013, 01:15 am
Don't forget that for a lot of these drugs they are selling for much lower than street price.

LOL, WUT?

Please show me one listing for any drug cheaper on SR than in "real life." Just one, any single one of any substance. I've never seen it myself.

I'm suppose I didn't explain myself correctly.  My point was that since most vendors are selling bulk (compared to street transactions) that they tend to sell at a lower price / weight.  Just reminding people, for example, that while 100mg of MDMA might go for $15-20 on the street, a lot of the vendors on here are selling for $3-5 per 100mg of MDMA (since they are selling bulk).

Hope this makes more sense.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: jnemonic on March 07, 2013, 02:37 am
Yeah Jeremy Clarkson has an awesome job.

My dream job...i would like to be underground, surrounded by black marble, porcelain tiles and stainless steel, synthing products and blowing you all away.
Has been a dream job for many years.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Trappy on March 08, 2013, 08:19 pm
I'd feel bad about asking vendors for slightly lower prices when I'm a tad short on BTC... But many vendors agree, and get my business. And my reviews. I write almost a full word document on the SR anonymous reviews thingy...

So don't spur a newbie just because you can, and you're a dick. You'll miss out on money, and he'll probably tell people on the SR forums about how much of a dick you are. I would.  :)


Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: Somevendor on March 08, 2013, 11:54 pm
I've got to say this is a pretty great job. I make nowhere near enough to to live off this long term, but SR and other work I do with bitcoins are the perfect combination of interesting, rebellious, and of course profitable. Especially considering my current employment situation, SR has been a great thing for me. I have been fortunate enough to have never dealt with an ill intentioned customer on here and in the one instance something was brought to the resolution center just gave a full refund without question.
Title: Re: Best job on earth
Post by: fingertothefbi on March 09, 2013, 03:34 am
Its definitely up there in my opinion, and better then RL dealing for the most part as far as risk goes its definitely better.

I think people in the underground health world got it the best though just helping people improve there body and minds through lifestyle choices they get to blog and make youtube videos and make decent cash through there products or affiliate products

Carders also got it pretty good for the ones that know what they're doing still pretty morally sound too cause the people usually get there money back so your just shafting the CC company