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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: james420 on October 07, 2012, 06:14 pm
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Questions- do the vet buyers out there ever do lottos? Do many established vendors do lottos? Have you ever won one?
I ask because it seems like a great way to easily get scammed (buyer) or your rating killed (vendor) if people wanted (depending on price?). I'm fairly new here, so just curious how often people do lotto. I did one one time and have no clue who even won.....
If vendors are going to do a lotto shouldn't they:
1. list the number of tickets
2. list the "drop dead date" when the event should be over
3. post who the winner is at the end of the event
Iono just some thoughts, its interesting because by doing a lotto, you are counting on the fact that the vendor will in fact give the product to "some" winner and for that matter not just some other fake member or friend on the site.
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They're mostly going to be scams, it's not possible to monitor or regulate them so sellers can just say whatever they want.
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I don't do them because it is too easy for them to get a fake "buyer" and select them as the lotto winner.
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I did for my favorite benzo seller at the time. He became a scammer right after the lotto but I was a regular. I won right after the lotto started because he was so surprised I bought it two minutes after the lotto listing went up. Won 40 valiums for 2 bucks :)
It was paythepiper.
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Lol , interesting so he just awarded you the lotto, just cuz you were good customer? then started scamming?
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UKGT. does a fair lotto this one has been going for a long time.
http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/item/5a9df2608c
ONLY 30 tickets left . the prize is ready ;-] as soon as the tickets are gone the winner will be picked ;-]
All users that have entered the lotto will be published on my profile then entered in to my picking machine.
I HOPE THE WINNER HAS LOTS OF FUN ;]
UKGT.
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Lol , interesting so he just awarded you the lotto, just cuz you were good customer? then started scamming?
Kinda. He was one of the few that was the first ones to do the FE scams(I think it was FE). He had a very good rep and always had good deals, then he came out with a really good deal and many people FE but people caught on quick because they weren't getting anything I believe. He soon left with a couple grand. It was a while ago so I could be a little off, I was disappointed so I wasn't really paying attention. I used to get custom orders for like 35 bars and 40 valiums for 80 bucks shipped all the time since Pharmville left :(
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I do it from only Trusted Vendors. I have one a Gram of Coke from GodOFAll and an 8ball and was extremely satisfied! I wrote a review for them too, I think that it's a fun and inexpensive way to use extra BTCs.
Also, both times I have won I have become a regular customer for that person. So it isn't like they don't have anything to gain from these Lottos.
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i won't buy from any vendor that runs "lottos" (actually, they're technically raffles, but whatever). If one of my favorite vendors announce they were going to start doing these raffles, I would be very suspicious and probably stop buying from them.
99% of the time its just a way for a "vendor" to quickly rack up a good rating and then scam a bunch of people.
also, for similar reasons, I won't buy from any vendor that sells heroin.
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I'd say it's pretty unfair to not buy from a vendor who happens to sell heroin. I'm sure a fair amount of vendors out there are business minded and simply sell it because it is a commodity with value. And to label heroin users as consumers that are bound to try to scam is also unfair, especially when it is impossible to do so if the vendor ships w/ DCN.
Just my two cents... I personally don't use H but w/e floats ones boat ::)
Also, I'll always buy a cheap lotto ticket from a vendor I trust. Yet to win though. Be careful which ones you enter, raffles are easily gamed especially the ones that seem to run forever.
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I'd say it's pretty unfair to not buy from a vendor who happens to sell heroin. I'm sure a fair amount of vendors out there are business minded and simply sell it because it is a commodity with value. And to label heroin users as consumers that are bound to try to scam is also unfair, especially when it is impossible to do so if the vendor ships w/ DCN.
Just my two cents... I personally don't use H but w/e floats ones boat ::)
Also, I'll always buy a cheap lotto ticket from a vendor I trust. Yet to win though. Be careful which ones you enter, raffles are easily gamed especially the ones that seem to run forever.
Wait what?! Who said they don't buy from a vendor who sells H? Or is "lotto" a slang term for Heroin as well as the abbreviation for lottery?
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i said it, and i don't think its unfair at all. i make ethical decisions about where i spend my money all the time. If it makes you feel any better, i boycott vendors who sell cocaine too. I think both of those drugs victimize everyone involved in their production, distribution, and consumption, and i won't support it. IMO, the only real voice/vote you have in this world is how you spend your money.
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IMO, the only real voice/vote you have in this world is how you spend your money.
Well said
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Not worth the time at all... a complete waste
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IMO, the only real voice/vote you have in this world is how you spend your money.
Well said
Economics is full of great quotes.