Fandom of Group Promotion Vendors and Vendors…I don’t get it

I've snooped around a bunch on TG but tend to filter out the nonsense. All the praise and admiration of the Group Promotion Vendor is of no consequence to me. I do look for some drama to investigate as a que to not participate with them. I've only bought from 2 but I selected them from reading positive stuff from others. Still a risk though.
 
MFGamesta said:


What percentage do folks save when using GP vs going to a vendor on here?

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100%...of the people who don't get scammed. It's usually 10% less, sometimes much more. But the Group Promotion Vendor could just run off with your money or send bad product. It's a gamble for sure. It helps if you get GBs through word of mouth from people you respect, but nothing is certain.
 
HouseCat said:


It took me a few hours to even catch the reference in this thread cuz in my head I just call them ST. 😂

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I only know who WW is, the others I don't. 😏I can't find any of the others in the groups I am in. I have done a few GBs and I don't chat much in them because well I just don't fit in. Maybe I am too old. I do like reading some of the info though.
 
HouseCat said:


100%...of the people who don't get scammed. It's usually 10% less, sometimes much more. But the Group Promotion Vendor could just run off with your money or send bad product. It's a gamble for sure. It helps if you get GBs through word of mouth from people you respect, but nothing is certain.

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Thanks for the info.

So I guess finding reliable vendors might be worth the slight premium then if they have earned my trust.
 
MFGamesta said:


Thanks for the info.

So I guess finding reliable vendors might be worth the slight premium then if they have earned my trust.

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A vendor is only a good vendor until they are not. My suggestion is never spend anything you aren't willing to lose. Makes it very tough for me, cause I am NEVER willing to lose my damn money hahahhahaha 🤷‍♀️
 
I know and understand Zippy's feelings on GBs and I was hesitant to go down that path. But so far, I've purchased items that tested poorly from two different vendors found on this forum (one write off and the other pin and pray). And a third vendor sent me a tirz kit instead of reta that was a hassle to get corrected. I'm still suspicious or the R30 replacement they sent because their inventory showed no R30 in stock, just T30. Seems pretty easy to slap on a label and make a problem go away. Certainly not worth testing 1 kit. That one will probably set in the freezer indefinitely.

In comparison, stuff purchased from my first couple GBs arrived eventually with good test results supplied and everything I tried seems effective. But YMMV. I haven't used the same GB twice and prefer to try out many with small orders. Maybe some of the ones in process now will go bust.

To me, the biggest advantage is the semi-3rd party testing and avoiding the hassle of finding group tests. But this forum is not the place to find them.
 
MikeyMike said:


I don't really pay attention to all that. I am currently a participant in about 4-5 group buys, and trolling a few others to look for the right deals and peps I want or want to try. I just check the updates and don't really pay much mind to the other chatter. I'm just in it for the product and the deals for peps I can wait for or want to stockpile.

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Same. And the constant super sales are generally 5-10 bucks off, unless its old stock sitting for 18 months, then its maybe 15.
 
Rosco P. Coltrane said:


Did this ever get released?

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So, what's this GB deal?

I know WW and a bunch of the others were getting sick of Jano's time frames, pricing and excuses. Waited forever for the Endo on that R140 a while back, and Jano said they never got it, but the shipper had notes they dropped it off. Who' knows.
 
It was a brand new group when I bought from them. Had pretty good prices but didnt order any reta. My wife wanted a few random things so I bought from them.Pretty good prices. I was a little skeptical that they decided to go with accumark though since I didnt know much about them. The lady who runs the group has had very good communication so far. Looks like people are just starting to receive orders.
 
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