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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Duke Roule on March 04, 2013, 11:08 pm

Title: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Duke Roule on March 04, 2013, 11:08 pm
Check this out:

http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/2254172459

This guy is selling this wall socket safe for over $20 with shipping.  I found the same thing on Amazon for $8 free shipping.  With bad reviews no less.  It goes to show you that you shouldn't always buy something just because it's on SR.  I almost did.  What other rip offs have you guys seen?
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: zvp1014 on March 04, 2013, 11:11 pm
Check this out:

http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/2254172459

This guy is selling this wall socket safe for over $20 with shipping.  I found the same thing on Amazon for $8 free shipping.  With bad reviews no less.  It goes to show you that you shouldn't always buy something just because it's on SR.  I almost did.  What other rip offs have you guys seen?

Who would think to buy this off SR?
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Cooler on March 04, 2013, 11:12 pm
People who sell such things as software, movies, games that aren't even physical, it's just a download link. It baffles me why would somebody pay even a bitcoin for something they can get free by doing a Google search or going on a Torrent website.
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Duke Roule on March 04, 2013, 11:16 pm
I was actually thinking about buying it.  Ha!  My GF said coppers are trained to look behind sockets too.  Just FYI.

To be fair.  Most of those people selling digital stuff aren't selling it for that much.
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: kgfcfdq on March 04, 2013, 11:16 pm
Porn.

Who is buying porn for BTC? Are there seriously people on here who are technically aware enough to be able to use tor and bitcoins... but don't know how to watch porn on the internet without parting with tricky-to-acquire cryptocurrency?
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: InigoProxy on March 04, 2013, 11:21 pm
shhh.. those things are why a tumbler works... not only do they not know who paid for the drugs they can't be certain you even bought drugs...
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Duke Roule on March 04, 2013, 11:24 pm
No shit.  People who buy porn from SR have a fuckin problem.
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: resalesam on March 04, 2013, 11:26 pm
those USB darknet sticks

why would you trust anyone here with something like that?>
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: InigoProxy on March 04, 2013, 11:34 pm
No Idea... just asking to lose your BTCs
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Duke Roule on March 04, 2013, 11:38 pm
What exactly are those darknet things?
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: kgfcfdq on March 04, 2013, 11:39 pm
shhh.. those things are why a tumbler works... not only do they not know who paid for the drugs they can't be certain you even bought drugs...

Doh... that makes perfect sense. Why had this not occurred to me before lol. Thanks for that  :)
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Duke Roule on March 04, 2013, 11:42 pm
True!
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Cooler on March 04, 2013, 11:44 pm
What exactly are those darknet things?

Something to do with opening a portal to another realm.
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: kgfcfdq on March 04, 2013, 11:57 pm
What exactly are those darknet things?

People sell pre-configured USB drives that have an operating system on them which allows you to use a computer without leaving any trace you were on it, with all internet traffic forced through tor. I would never buy something like that, firstly because you are entirely trusting someone else with your anonymity and secondly because what they are selling can be gotten for free without any real hassle, even for a tech noob like me. There is a linux distro called Tails which does pretty much exactly what these people are offering, right out of the box and for free.
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Cooler on March 05, 2013, 12:00 am
What exactly are those darknet things?

People sell pre-configured USB drives that have an operating system on them which allows you to use a computer without leaving any trace you were on it, with all internet traffic forced through tor. I would never buy something like that, firstly because you are entirely trusting someone else with your anonymity and secondly because what they are selling can be gotten for free without any real hassle, even for a tech noob like me. There is a linux distro called Tails which does pretty much exactly what these people are offering, right out of the box and for free.

And they aren't exactly cheap either.
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: Dalendo on March 07, 2013, 12:27 am
What exactly are those darknet things?

People sell pre-configured USB drives that have an operating system on them which allows you to use a computer without leaving any trace you were on it, with all internet traffic forced through tor. I would never buy something like that, firstly because you are entirely trusting someone else with your anonymity and secondly because what they are selling can be gotten for free without any real hassle, even for a tech noob like me. There is a linux distro called Tails which does pretty much exactly what these people are offering, right out of the box and for free.

And they aren't exactly cheap either.

There's a sucker born any minute...and lots of them think "well, it's expensive, so it has to be good!"  ;D
Title: Re: Attention fellow newbs!
Post by: LSB16 on March 07, 2013, 12:34 am
Free porn should be a god given right! On the other hand (no pun intended) I guess someone has to buy it so they keep making it... I did buy some pretty cool E-books just to get a few purchases under my belt (no pun intended again =o) but I did search PB for them first!