Even if you're accustomed to doing weird internet stuff, this can be a complex world to figure out.
Once you get away from the totes legit compounded meds you enter a grey world with several tiers.
This is just my own nomenclature -- nothing official. And this tier system is not intended to be an exact quality label.
Tier 1 is Direct from China. You make contact with a vendor over email, Discord, or Telegram. You may have to pay in crypto. A few may take Alipay, which lets you use a credit card. Lowest product cost, high shipping cost, long shipping times. Likely to have the lowest TOTAL cost. You may nor may not get a test report for your product. You may or may not trust any test report you get. Group buys may split testing fees. This can be a good option but it is a lot more work for the buyer. Quality and trustworthiness of these vendors varies a lot. And critically, a key lesson I learned around here is that
even a good vendor can stumble.
Tier 2 is US Warehoused. Some of the Chinese vendors will import larger amounts of popular products and ship them from US locations. Costs are higher all around but you get your stuff faster and there's no chance of customs interception.
Tier 3 is made of actual US Businesses. Normal looking web sites, taking normal payment methods! Maybe they're
backed by Chinese crime lords, who knows! And the products almost certainly originate in China... But whatever the back-end is, it's a normal USA web shop experience from your POV. Product cost is higher still, and the availability of testing reports vary a lot.
Tier 3a are the sucker shops. A lot of USA vendors simply have prices that are far too high... 1.5x, 2x, 3x, 4x what you could pay elsewhere. It could be great stuff, with a test report. You could get it fast. But you'd kinda be a sucker if you bought anything! Unfortunately these seem to be the easiest shops to find.
Tier 3b are the smart shops. These USA shops simply have much better prices. For example you could get a kit of 10x 30 mg tirz vials at a really nice price like
@chmuse cited. With these shops you may want to monitor their Telegram or Discord so you know when stuff gets released, and maybe you can get a nice presale price. Popular stuff can sell out for weeks at a time, or longer, so act fast.
Everything but the sucker shops can be a reasonable choice, depending on your budget, risk tolerance, and interest in testing.
By far the easiest way to get some good stuff, and not get taken for a ride, is to identify a couple of smart shops. You won't be paying the absolute minimum price possible direct from China, but it should be
reasonable, and it sure is
easy.
On this forum anyway, people will be reluctant to actually
recommend a vendor or
believe any recommendation because of anti-shill caution. You will need to do some reading and get a sense of which vendors may be good by interpreting our cryptic posts. Maybe you will get some friendly PMs.
Good luck!
