Is it just me, or are many of the vendors using the same product list?

[tncc_rn]

I noticed about four vendors have the same product list when they send it or post it for download. Same product item numbers, same font in the product description, same products listed from top to bottom. Granted their prices vary, but is this mean they are getting their kits from the same wholesaler?

Just wondering.

 

[brentm]

I noticed about four vendors have the same product list when they send it or post it for download. Same product item numbers, same font in the product description, same products listed from top to bottom. Granted their prices vary, but is this mean they are getting their kits from the same wholesaler?

Just wondering.

Yeah, they lie and say they're manufaturers.

I think they call their supplier, or the person they work for, "freight forwarders".

It's all a big ruse... some of these rubes even use the same font and same Bitcoin address between salespeople.

It's best to just consider them a salesperson for a dark wholesaler.

 

[raw_oyster_eater]

formatting looks very similar for a lot.

 

[scarywood75]

I think a lot are just drop shipper or doing it on the side. They don't invest much time into the business, just copying what's there already to make the quick money

 

[indolent]

The dream would be to firmly link batches so that a CoA for one batch from vendor A could be considered valid for a particular batch from vendor B. Hope against hope.

Investigator Krysia has a crowd-sourced database of labels. A similar one for price lists might be useful.

 

[Yankeegurl_LQJ]

They might just be different sales reps working for the same vendor. Look how many different ppl work for SRY for example.

 

[dogmom]

I definitely noticed it with the christmas promos, a few different companies had the exact same discounts on stuff. Also, you can tell sometimes from the fact that even though some of these companies have different names, the finalized products are packaged identically.

My favorite company right now, I can tell is not affiliated with some of these other companies.