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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: OldGeorgie on August 03, 2013, 11:07 pm
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I've only been lurking here for not even a week . I browse SR everyday and look at all the goodies I wanna order.I check out the highly rated sellers and daydream about when I actually make a purchase. I want to place an order and wait in anticipation for my package to arrive in the mail. :(
So I downloaded GPG4Win a few days ago... trying to figure that stuff out.I got a wallet and I found a localbitcoin.com person that lives near me...haven't bought any yet.
It feels like it may take a long time before I order... maybe a couple of weeks..but I don't really know. I should just move to Colorado
How long did it take you to make your first order? `
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About 3 days, I got into bitcoin before I found SR so that made it a lot easier.
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With bitinstant just 12 hours from start to finish and I stalled a lot...
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I lurked for about a week and then I screwed up and used MtGox for my bitcoins and it took weeks to get my BTC and then I made my 1st small purchase.
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About 10 days. And i have not my order yet :)
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I was pretty sketched about everything for a while.. but I had a friend who ordered a lot and gave me some tips and guidance. Even so, I probably took 3 or 4 months of researching security, keeping up on the forums, checking out vendors, etc, before I made my first purchase. Then I took a week or 2 buying low cost ebooks and shit to start building a little bit of rep before purchasing. I'm sure that was all overkill tho. Still, if there's ever something you want to be absolutely sure you know all of the facts, and have the whole process nailed down correctly.. and trust you will be safe and/or not ripped off.. this is the time for it.
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took about 2 months of lurking SR and the forums before making my first purchase. and it was worth it!! i felt like a kid on christmas when my package arrived ;D
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took me half a year or maybe even a bit more than that truly
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At least a few months for sure, I couldn't believe such a place existed and could be utilized!
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A long long time. Been lurking for probably close to 2 years, just couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger on an order.
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About a month
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It took me about 3 months to place my first order. Not because I was hesitant. Had spent a lot of time lurking and shopping. Then when I was finally ready, and had transferred around $280 to my SR account, I was unable to log in. I tried every day for 5 days, then finally gave up. I was working too much to mess with it. About 2.5 months later, I got a break and tried again. Got in on the first try. Too my great surprise, my $280 was now $1188. BTC had gone way up. I had a great shopping spree. ;D
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Like everyone else here I've been on a few months building myself up and learning all I can to pull this off safely, and I'm very close to pulling the trigger, but I have to say, the revelelations that have surfaced in the last week regarding Freedom Hosting taken down, and the FBI injecting javascript to hijack TBB, I'm so paranoid I'm not sure I can do it.
I did go to the tor mail site with TBB and got the maintenance message, so I know they may or may not have gotten my ip, which at this point really isn't cause for concern, since tor mail is legal, but I'm wondering now if they have my IP if I'm on some list now somewhere. So not quite back to square one but I probably won't order for a while now.
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4-5 days. Would have done it sooner had I had bitcoins ready.
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About a month...
First two weeks for to get familiar with forums and choose the right vendors and then some days to understand all about encryption, bitcoins, and how to place an order. But after this, I have like weekly orders coming. I stopped dealing in real life and by now all my substances comes from SR. And why not? Perfect prices, quality and a huge variety! SR is the best
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for me it was 2-3 weeks. i dont think i would go anywhere else to order
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About a day, had to wait for my bitcoins to send to SR and everything, then away I went. I've only spent about $500 on SR.
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been doing my research for a month made my account a week ago, probably gonna make my first purchase later this week.
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It was about a week between me discovering SR and deciding I wanted to make an order, and then actually making an order. It just took me a really long time to figure out what I wanted to buy...
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About a month, but as soon as I was able to log into the site I longingly stared at it every day, waiting until I felt confident enough to order. I'm actually quite glad I waited as many new domestic vendors set up shop during that time and I can now get most things I want without having to go international which is great!
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I just made my first order today - I've been using and researching about this place for 3-4 days. I spent the first two days researching everything I could about safe browsing, Bitcoin, and how to use SR, and the rest of that time up until today acquiring Bitcoins, researching vendors, and looking for a product to order. So right now I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping that everything goes well from here on out!
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I was pretty sketched about everything for a while.. but I had a friend who ordered a lot and gave me some tips and guidance. Even so, I probably took 3 or 4 months of researching security, keeping up on the forums, checking out vendors, etc, before I made my first purchase. Then I took a week or 2 buying low cost ebooks and shit to start building a little bit of rep before purchasing. I'm sure that was all overkill tho. Still, if there's ever something you want to be absolutely sure you know all of the facts, and have the whole process nailed down correctly.. and trust you will be safe and/or not ripped off.. this is the time for it.
This guy nailed it +1, this is what noobs must do to survive here!
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A few weeks. I had to make sure I could sell what I was buying. Safety ect...
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Former "club" member for 7 years with top shelf Adam vendor. Since then hit or miss. I've been doing research for about a month now. Printed a jazillion pages of all the must know topics. Loaded a lot of new software and memorized user names, passphrases, and PINS. Went through most of the categories just to see what vendors were like. Like a flea market, everyone is different.
Bought some coins, fogged them, loaded some of them into SR last Saturday, after changing my password, when FH TSHF commenced. First installed thunderbird with enigmail. It makes the PGP go much easier. Made a new key and it tested out fine.
Given the turmoil of the weekend, I did not rush to place an order, although I did come close. Reading the threads, watching and learning. Some vendors inventory not always available, new vendors sending me PM offering "free samples". Gathering research on vendors, might make a few small orders this weekend to build up a customer file.
Once I get going I'll be a very good customer, it's like going back in a time machine 40 years, really a trip. 8) :D ;) :P
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took a while, for sure, to get all my ducks in order before my first order
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From first finding out about SR, a few months. But after I figured out Tor, Bitcoins, and what have you, only a couple days.
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have made some, ducks in order naaa?
took a while just gotta stay away from them class A
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About two days... I sorted BTC out and ordered some of Ivory's MDMA, that took about 3 days to arrive from ordering and I was in heaven! I was actually using the SR marketplace for a good 2 months before joining the forums, don't know why.
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Right around a month, from first login to finish. And I still havn't gotten my package yet. Getting the BTC was the hardest part though.
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just made my first purchase.
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when I first heard of SR a couple years ago I logged in and just looked around, maybe came back a couple times just to check things out. But time from "OK I'm really going to do it now" to actually doing it was, like, not even a day and that included setting up a secure area and getting my pgp key generated and such. Granted I'm familiar with all the various technologies (encrypted storage, pgp and so on) and how to go about keeping my SR life separate from all others. The annoyance was I kept getting second thoughts on a username after ordering something already. Don't have a single transaction on the latest one but I've done a few now with one seller (not mentioning them as they are one of the sellers currently laying low) and whenever I order I put in comments "Yeah this is my new username"
Also when I made my first order it wasn't for a usb drive or something else that's "safe." I dove straight in, checked on sellers feedback and all that other stuff you should do and have been great. Although my bank account hasn't been that great lately ;)
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Months of research and cultivation of balls.
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a few weeks
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That's interesting to read, guys. I thought I was the only nervous one as I am here for about a week and still haven't done much :)
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About a month after I started visiting. It was probably about a year after I first heard of it though.
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I started with obtaining bitcoins. Did some research, found btcquick was best for me. Figured out PGP on my mac (took about an hour or so to get fully up and running), browsed for awhile and went to reddit/r/silkroad for vendor recommendations. All in all it took just a couple of days from discovering SR until making my first order.
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I would have done it on the same day as joining but I hadn't realised it took so long to synch a Bitwallet. Boy that was a tiresome weekend!
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I cant believe I am admitting this but in the hope of others not making the same mistakes as I did....
Friends of mine were / are regular shoppers here, so I got alot of hints and tips when I was getting started direct from them. Did a little bit of late night research before bed, but nothing too intense. The day I decided I wanted some gear, with a bit of help, I had made my first transaction within a few hours. Since then, have been pretty regular - 1 to 2 transactions per week.
Now here is the kicker - most of my early knowledge was from discussions and demonstrations IRL from my friends. I only accessed these forums for the first time a few days ago!! You would not believe how blind I feel. I am so grateful the vendors I went with in those early days were decent.
The info you can get from here is invaluable. I feel so silly about how little I knew and how risky it was. Its kinda like I did things backwards......
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The first longest time in my life was the time between finding SR and getting BTC.
The second longest time was waiting for the first order to arrive after placing it.
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Heard about it. Found it that night (already had PGP and TOR set up). Took about a week to get the Bitcoins. Ordered within an hour of getting them.
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The first longest time in my life was the time between finding SR and getting BTC.
The second longest time was waiting for the first order to arrive after placing it.
Or the time from transferring BTC from wallet and waiting a couple of hours for it to appear in SR account..... I was convinced I had just thrown away a few hundred dollars lol
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two days.. I've heard about SR for awhile just never really looked into it. Most of the time spent trying to get BTC, ordered once I received.
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A week or so. Once i Knew what i was doing
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I've been browsing the forums, doing what research I can into security and understanding SR and the community as much as I can, for about almost year now and still haven't ordered.
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Just some hours
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It took me about 3 months to place my first order. Not because I was hesitant. Had spent a lot of time lurking and shopping. Then when I was finally ready, and had transferred around $280 to my SR account, I was unable to log in. I tried every day for 5 days, then finally gave up. I was working too much to mess with it. About 2.5 months later, I got a break and tried again. Got in on the first try. Too my great surprise, my $280 was now $1188. BTC had gone way up. I had a great shopping spree. ;D
How did you get the $280 to you SR account? I wanna make a purchase asap I've been haunting this site and and still tryin to further understand how it works as far as shipping and other things before i make my purchase but i just wanna have it there for when I'm ready but I'm ver sceptic of it being a fed on the sellers side and or getting ripped off.
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Signed up for SR around beginning of the year then didn't make first buy until 3 or 4 months later. I was having a hard time figuring out how to get BTC and move them around and then I was worried about buying stuff not generally available for sale on the internet (or most anywhere else except the street corner in a sketchy neighborhood). But once I mad first buy from a very helpful vendor I was off and running. I'm still amazed that this whole Tor, SR, BTC thing exists and works. BUT there are clouds on the horizon; article today says Congress is looking into BTC and ways to regulate crypto-currencies. If Congress gets involved then they will screw it all up. After the feds are done chasing pedophiles (who should be shot on the spot) on the darknet they will come after druggies. They have to keep a high profile so they can continue getting outrageous budgets and headlines. The handwriting is on the wall.
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took me about 2weeks after i learned about the site, it took 2 weeks to teach my self how to use gpg and then purchasing btc, once i learned how it is a piece of cake... happy shopping..
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lurked the site for about 2 months and purchased from a trusted seller.. went flawless was so happy when I got my package in 3 days didn't realize how fast mail can travel
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About 2 weeks.... and it was way too easy, bitcoin SR and GPG, now I have 1 g mdma which is way too much for 1 person for one night!
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it took me like 2 days after i got coins on the first i placed my order on the second day.
easier when , you figure out what u really need is confidence and knowledge
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I was on tor and SR for ages before i made any orders, I found it hard to get BTC in the UK i heard that Barclays Ping it was the way to go then they stopped that.
But ive found a great place now the fees are extremely low its costing me about £4 or less transfer fee. Whats everyone else paying?
It took me a day or so to order when i had the BTC but id already researched legit vendors etc, Some of them are really helpful, one gave me a few tips when i had PGP issues and was more than happy just to chat about shit in general, seems sound.
So far ive been buying for about 2months and its a good idea to shop about and dont stick to the one vendor as ive learned.
Ive discovered a new vendor thats doing compressed weed at dirt cheap prices, They have various listings White rhino x Swazi skunk and Northern lights x Swazi skunk. Im waiting on my order but so far great reviews
Cheers
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About a year. I got to this forum, looked around here, and a year later I finally got the balls to place an order.
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About a year. I got to this forum, looked around here, and a year later I finally got the balls to place an order.
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about a month and a half I think
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I still havent made my first order. Ive been lurking for a couple months now, reading around and trying to learn everything first.
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Im still waiting for my first purchase.... and bitcoins.
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Finally made 4 small orders last weekend, about two weeks after funding the account. No FEs, trying to build relationships with vendors, steady as she goes. The goodies should be starting to roll in pretty soon now.
Like Rene used to say back in the 20th Century, Northern Lights "on the way".
Update Aug 16, received two orders placed Aug 11, they were much closer in distance. The other two are farther away and one is even international, they should be here next week. So far so good.
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it took a while to get bitcoins but about 2 weeks before i made my first order, got my first btc on ebay when they were 20 each
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it took me 9 fucking months
can't believe i was such a paranoid faggot
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Lol, I know that feel bro xD I am here since a month or something, don't have a clue about bitcoins and stuff so it could take a bit more before I purchase anything :P But I love to look at the quality products on SR and daydream about me having some of them, I do that since day 1
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Well took me 2 hours to figure out pgp and then I had to find bitcoins it took about 4 days now made 11 orders in a month :)
Also had to find the right vendors who will give noobs a chance.
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About 2 days but I should have waited a little longer
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researched set up and then built up my courage for three weeks
that was 8 months ago and i haven't looked back since
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I downloaded everything, did my homework, got some Bitcoins and made my first purchase within a day. It was shipped 2 days ago and from the looks of the tracking info, I should get it tomorrow or Monday.
I was a bit nervous at first but then I said, screw it. You only live once. Fingers crossed!
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in like flynn same day
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About 13 months!