Vendors using same suppliers

[kaahhllll]

So, through all of my forum-going and TG surfing, I've been noticing a pretty hard to miss trend. I keep seeing the same products, same vial cap color, with very comparable jano results, and they all have the same label on the top of the vial case. It seems too coincidental for every CN vendor to have the same label, with the same font, with the same abbreviations, and the same "for research purposes only". I got a kit of KLOW from WBS, then got a half kit from a GB from ALM, and saw results from a kit from ABC. All three kits look identical, and the variances between each kit is within 3-4% of eachother. What is the likelihood that all three of those vendors sourced their product from the same manufacturer and sold it separately? For reference, here is the ALM on the left and WBS on the right, and ABC vial from jano report(I can't track down which TG thread had the picture of the kit posted). All silver crimp, pink cap, pucks look the same, same amount of material in the puck.

Thoughts? Am I going full tin foil hat?

 

[ZippityDooDah]

Not the least bit surprising.

If you look at the vendor requirements in the vendor connection section you'll see that one of the things they are required to disclose is what type of vendor they are. There are a lot of what they call "trading companies" (essentially resellers in English), many of whom are sourcing from from the same places. And in general, those sources are usually not in the business of consumer-direct sales. This trading company model extends well beyond the peptide trade as well, pretty much into every industry over there.