1) no one has the lowest prices. The lowest price version of any peptide moves from vendor to vendor at any given time. But they are usually in the running.
2) 2nd party tests are irrelevant.
3) QSC also has a US warehouse, I'm sure a few others do too. But Amo ships from china faster than a lot of domestic warehouses. (shipping costs are much higher fixed cost for vendors because of getting things through customs and reshipping) Prices on US warehouses reflect this cost as well.
4) Amo, ASC, GYC all take alibaba or paypal just off the top of my head. (Paying with paypal is a good way to get your account banned though.)
1) Yes that's what I mean, at this moment in time I cannot find a better price in the posts from vendors here, basically the same as QSC, and as you said they seem to be regularly at the lower end. I'm not interested in Group Buys or being deeply involved in following every twist and turn on telegram or discord etc. This vendor (and QSC) seem to be the option to buy at the lowest...ish price, on the spot, independently, whenever I want.
2) 2nd party tests are plenty relevant to me and I think many people, maybe not on their own or with an unknown vendor, but in combination with no reports of issues by customers so far I'm inclined to trust it. I'm not going to send anything off for testing, so 2nd party testing is at least something and a minimum that a vendor can and should do.
3) Everything I've read about QSC, the defining feature and running joke even, is that orders take the longest of any of the vendors. That, combined with no reference to USA warehouses that I could find in my research, led me to believe there is no USA option. Also when I contacted them they stated the fastest shipping was the standard long China shipping. They also refused to do DHL. If there is a USA warehouse or faster shipping, they don't want me to know or utilize it.
4) I've long used PayPal to buy and sell things that are prohibited by PayPal (but not illegal), such as firearm parts, knives, replica items, and more. Is it possible my account could be banned? Sure. It hasn't yet, and I have not been / am not concerned about it. I keep no money there and my life would go on if such happened. Having dabbled in crypto I have no interest in dealing with that, nor do I like sending wires. Saying that though, I will probably do Alibaba this next order
Like I mentioned in my post, everyone has different things that are important. Really I just want to order product at a good price, with ease, from within this country, get it quickly, from a seller that the product itself can be trusted at least to the same degree as any other (almost all have had a controversy). I've looked at / inquired with most of them, and right now it seems only SRY meets al my requirements. It could be a different one next order.
I also considered Nexaph, but they only have R6 atm. Ano has USA stock, but only R10 for USA warehouse, no testing, and reports of weird reactions- a factor that someone else may not care about, but one that I would not even consider. We all have different requirements.