What are your source purchasing requirements?

[ChokeHldCharlie]

Just curious to see what everyone's take is here on purchasing from any source. Do you typically care about COA's and how recent they are? Do you care if the COA was from two months ago? Do you look for specific batches along with the COA? Some "big name suppliers" don't even share COA but a lot of people state that they are good to go. Was just curious as to what everyone's requirements are before hitting send on a purchase.

Thanks!

 

[Liter O' Test]

for oils, they gotta speak english and be normal, not have cringe stuff on their website or try too hard, or dodge any questions or hype themselves too much like their special, and any sort of price gouging on ancillaries or something is a red flag.

 

[Buffed Shark]

Just curious to see what everyone's take is here on purchasing from any source. Do you typically care about COA's and how recent they are? Do you care if the COA was from two months ago? Do you look for specific batches along with the COA? Some "big name suppliers" don't even share COA but a lot of people state that they are good to go. Was just curious as to what everyone's requirements are before hitting send on a purchase.

Thanks!

All of the above + extensive research of the vendor thread, website other board and most of all reviews. After all that nothing is guaranteed until you test your own stuff. All these measures are to increase your odds for not testing already bunk gear.

 

[dinfar1337]

all the great ones in the market has fallen, so im trying to buy as many raws as i can. hopefully be fully self sufficient in a few years.

atleast in the eu the only ones i would buy oils from is catcafe and chilton labs but they're gone.

 

[Photon]

Just curious to see what everyone's take is here on purchasing from any source. Do you typically care about COA's and how recent they are? Do you care if the COA was from two months ago? Do you look for specific batches along with the COA? Some "big name suppliers" don't even share COA but a lot of people state that they are good to go. Was just curious as to what everyone's requirements are before hitting send on a purchase.

Thanks!

Testing results.
Look for vendors that reimburse testing.
Look for 3rd party testing.

Vendors only post good results, take vendor testing results with large amounts of salt.

Buy, send vials in, get testing reimbursed, buy more, repeat.

 

[craigdt]

-Does the source call everyone names and have the absolute largest price list anyone has ever seen and have a name that could be a man or a woman and is their TG/WA avatar a hot Asian babe?

-do they follow the Meso rules and post titties in their thread?

-do they actually have in stock the things I want?

-do their vials have pretty labels? That always makes me feel warm and fuzzy

 

[hexagonal]

On top of a lot of the previously mentioned things, I like to see how vendors respond when shit goes wrong. We're all human, humans make mistakes, and I don't expect sources to be perfect. When that imperfection happens, how do they handle it? Do they own up to the issue and figure out a path forward to make it right for the impacted people and prevent it in the future? Do they dismiss it and blow it off as not being important?

 

[sim]

In addition wo what others have said, pricing also matters. I like to see what people report as the TA times and also how well the package the items.

 

[OrlandoFL]

If a source is unprofessional, like calling people names or has a site that looks like shit, I will not buy from them. I just think “if they are so unprofessional online where everyone can see, what other corners are they cutting where people can’t see”. I wouldn’t trust the oil was made proper and in clean conditions.