moonpies4misfits
Member
Just wait till theres a good sale and buy directly from the vendor. It's not hard to find a group of people also buying from the same sale to coordinate a group test with.
GROUP BUY CAUTION!!!
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SassyPants
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Many will but you have to ask. ( This has been my experience in the past, anyway. )
I haven’t seen any, unless you want to go through PayPal, Alibaba, or some other third party. I’ve looked mainly at QSC and a couple of others that are mentioned favorably in this forum. But if you say there are multitudes of Chinese vendors willing to take credit card, I’ll keep looking.
scarywood75
Member
I mean, when you pay with your credit card, it always goes to a third party, unless you are Amazon or something, even if it's third party, what's the issue ?
If you insist on paying directly from the vendor with a credit card and not on a third party marketplace then yes, you will not be buying overseas peptides (or almost anything from overseas), no need to continue your search.
You might get lucky and find an American pretending to be Chinese who will take your credit card, I can direct you to one I know of if that would meet the need.
I get everyone's point about the relative ease of ordering from CN and I may eventually pull the trigger. But I am definitely not as adventurous as most people when it comes to financial transactions (I use credit cards exclusively) and social media stuff (basically reddit + peptide forums). I tend to stay off the grid as much as I can. But I do enjoy my peptides, so I have had to come out of my shell a little bit this year. I appreciate that people are willing to share their vendor experiences. It will definitely help when if I decide to go that route.
GtownBrown
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I am out here trying not to get scammed, but it’s hard to know what you don’t know.
Welcome to the black market (people like to call it grey, but I find that to be a coping thing for those who doesn't want to buy in the black market).
To be honest, if you read around a bit. You will notice a handful of vendors that are very likely to deliver what you pay for - though the process can be a bit uncomfortable
People just don't want to point you directly to one, because we can not give any guarantees - and don't want the responsibility of you getting done over somehow.
Then there are group buys, I don't know too much about them and I never will since it's not interesting to me. But basically, it's the same thing but with an extra link/buffer depending on how you look at it.
If the one doing the group buy has a good connection, you are sure to get the products, and they will be purity tested, for what that's worth. Or he's just skimming of the top in between and ordering from the cheapest source he can find.
So again, you need to find someone who has been around for a while and has decent feedback/reviews.
And if you don't want to sacrifice that time, then you either take or more risk or pay more
I placed an order for several items with QSC on the last group. Sent the order email, asked for Bitcoin address, sent BC, they asked for confirmation #, sent that, got reply Ret was out of stock, asked for options, QSC replied Ret 15mg, I said OK, they replied BPC was out of stock. Now what?? Their replies take 24 hours and are in the middle of the night. Every time one issue is getting resolved another issue pops up. Now I'm not getting anything and they have my BC. All the while BC is going through the roof. I'm starting to feel like they've got my money and I'm getting nothing. How are they keeping track of money and orders?
zpped
Member
At this point my sympathy for tracy problems are nil. It's plastered everywhere that when something goes wrong you're going to be unhappy with the process and resolution. You'll get something eventually or just ask for your bc back.
You can always tag him in this forum. You get your issue resolved, we get free entertainment if you messed up somehow by accident.
geoguy78
Member
Why are you paying with BTC? Way too volatile, anyone not using a stablecoin for these kind of purchases is crazy imo
Doxyisfoxy
New_Member
I am in a similar boat to tul9033 with QSC except I didn’t send the BTC because (I learned) there is a long holding period after you buy BTC before you can send it. So it understandably went out of stock while waiting. I chose BTC because that is what they asked for but I noticed the volatility too. Can I ask what coin you use? And what app lets you send to China? I tried using PayPal crypto first for convenience but the wallet address came up “not available in my area” so I moved to Coinbase but never got to see if it would let me send to the wallet address.
Jailbreak7
Registered
Use a stable coin.. either USDC or USDT (on Solana network for low transfer fees)... I have a small preference for USDC but the "advantages" are minimal and only relevant if you are using Coinbase at all..
PS.. not available in your area sounds like you may be in NY? that state is something else when it comes to crypto
Doxyisfoxy
New_Member
Not NY but New England so that may be true. I’m not aware of my state being particularly robust in crypto laws but then again, this is my first foray. I assumed it was a USA to China thing but my ignorance of what kind of details are shared with just a wallet address made me unsure. I assumed that the owner’s identity was mostly anonymous and that was the beauty of crypto. QSC did not list USDC or USDT as payment type options so maybe I will just have to go with a different vendor in the future.
stephaniemeador
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Jailbreak7
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QSC takes both USDT and USDC and those are listed on the price list as payment options.. they *could* be a bit more verbose about it though (ie list which networks can be used etc).
@tul9033 either Coinbase exchange to Coinbase Wallet route or PayPal to Exodus route.. both are fine and both should work.. I can't speak to all the challenges that NY residents encounter but I have seen posts that claim it's doable and not that bad in the end...
@tul9033 either Coinbase exchange to Coinbase Wallet route or PayPal to Exodus route.. both are fine and both should work.. I can't speak to all the challenges that NY residents encounter but I have seen posts that claim it's doable and not that bad in the end...
Doxyisfoxy
New_Member
You are correct. After more carefully reviewing the email they sent me, it turns out I can’t read
Not in NY and I have an Exodus wallet. Thanks!
