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

Nopenada said:


This. The people running these things are not doing any of us a favor. They are making money. Often quite a bit of money. No matter how we or they want to slice it, they are providing a for-profit service. The whole “I have a full time job outside of doing this” argument rings a bit hollow when you’re GB is charging $25 more for the exact same product from the exact same vendor as another GB. That’s potentially an extra $5k for packing up 200 orders.

Magically, none of the personal problems that slow delivery ever seem to impact their ability to collect people’s money in a timely manner.

And the last thing I’ll say, is that the hero worship thing tends to be the loudest in the places you should steer clear of. You might see a couple of folks agreeing, but there will be hundreds of folks saying absolutely nothing because their products/refunds/etc. are being slow rolled and held hostage. Remember, there is pretty much zero recourse if the Group Promotion Vendor never sends you your stuff.

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Mr. B said:


Pretty sure I wouldn't want to run one and do it for free not with all the crap have to put up with from everyone. If I get a good deal and am ok with paying for it no problem with them making some money. I look at who all has GB and cost then make my choice. I might actually pay a little more to a certain Group Buy because I feel that is the best place for me to put my money with high chance of getting my stuff and in a timely manner

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I think both of these can be true. I absolutely want them to make money on their efforts for negotiating a fair price, taking care of testing and all the hassles. But I don't like it when they act like this side hustle is interrupting their regular life and we should be grateful for any updates they feel like providing. It is almost like a cult following. I am down to only 3 groups now and thinking of dropping one of those as well. I don't like the drama in some of the groups and have left several before ordering. If anyone has any truly drama free groups similar to J5, my DMs are always open. 😎
 
The more I look into GB's the less impressed I am with the Group Promotion Vendor's.

A lot of them are uncivilized kids in their 20's with no respect for themselves much less their customers. They aren't above being as shady as the worst "Chinese drug dealer". You will find them colluding with testing server admins and other Group Promotion Vendor's if you look deep enough. The race to the bottom is a rigged losers game IMO.
 
GrandmaJ said:


I think both of these can be true. I absolutely want them to make money on their efforts for negotiating a fair price, taking care of testing and all the hassles. But I don't like it when they act like this side hustle is interrupting their regular life and we should be grateful for any updates they feel like providing. It is almost like a cult following. I am down to only 3 groups now and thinking of dropping one of those as well. I don't like the drama in some of the groups and have left several before ordering. If anyone has any truly drama free groups similar to J5, my DMs are always open. 😎

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I have barely even started with them and I am in a way almost done with them. If what I have ordered comes through I am set for the most part and then will only be sourcing two other peps that I would like to get multiple kits of. After that its mostly just watch and see if something is of interest and a good deal. I can't deal with these group test though for one kit of peps. I am in one right now and its mind numbing dealing with the group. Trying to get people to commit, to pay (Half want the results but don't feel they want to pay for it or do anything).
 
I prefer GBs ran by women, the ones ran by men usually have a super aggressive atmosphere. From the groups I've stumbled upon the male Group Promotion Vendors have an attitude or a weird cult fanboy fandom behind them and they usually dabble in ⚙⚙⚙ and I don't want any involvement with that.

To be a fan of a vendor is insane to me. Ppl get too comfortable. Ppl don't see how these "big trusted" sellers handle the endos issue. They sell shit product and hide behind the fact "they're not big Farma" and on the flip side when it test well they pretend their "quality is as good as Big Farma"
 
Rosco P. Coltrane said:


Buy went great! Just recieved it yesterday. I believe it took around 7ish weeks. Not to bad at all and will definitely buy from them again.

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I of course bought one of the two products that had to be pivoted, but I've watched everything go incredibly quickly, great communication, and problems managed calmly and efficiently.
 
ladyj779 said:


I of course bought one of the two products that had to be pivoted, but I've watched everything go incredibly quickly, great communication, and problems managed calmly and efficiently.

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Yes she has great communication! Will definitely go through her again. Wish I would of bought more.
 
ladyj779 said:


I of course bought one of the two products that had to be pivoted, but I've watched everything go incredibly quickly, great communication, and problems managed calmly and efficiently.

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I am a fan of TSTS so far and would order from them again. Still waiting on a couple of WW things. They said the final batch of the orders would be sent out by last Monday, Wednesday at the latest but of course with all the recent drama, they weren't. Hitting the 5th month on one which will try even the most patient of us. I get it but won't be using them again.
 
GrandmaJ said:


I am a fan of TSTS so far and would order from them again. Still waiting on a couple of WW things. They said the final batch of the orders would be sent out by last Monday, Wednesday at the latest but of course with all the recent drama, they weren't. Hitting the 5th month on one which will try even the most patient of us. I get it but won't be using them again.

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I had to think for a moment on what this was. Good one. I would have never abbreviated it this way. Thanks. I've been to their website but never ordered.
 
Stace_wow said:


I’ve only found 1 GB that I have given my money to. I had been searching the internet for this specific GB cause of the low chat I heard about it, and the positive things. With all the horror stories of people running off with $ and all this scamy stuff and whatnot, I really can’t relax about any buys ever, let alone fan over someone who’s turning a profit or doing something that also benefits themselves. It’s not altruistic 🤣. Fanning is weird to me. I probably also operate under extreme caution and apprehension cause I don’t wanna lose my damn money 🤣

I have to see how I feel when I get my products. I’ve considered placing an order with a vendor next….we shall see. 💕

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I don't understand fandom well at all! I definitely am not one to wear the t-shirt. I literally can't grasp why someone would get actually upset (not just a bit disappointed) if an athlete or team performs poorly. My brain can't compute it other than assigning it to the "people are tribal" pile.

I think some of the louder fluffers in this space must be hoping for special treatment of some kind, and I think it probably works. Human endeavors have so many similarities when you strip away specifics, don't they? The ways we organize ourselves and seek advantage, and how we shuffle our repertoire of strategies depending on the strength and nature of personalities around us. I find it very interesting : )
 
AngieHolmes said:


Great question

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meh, 20-30% on many buys...some lower than that, $105 for R40 kits? $110 for KLOW 80?...AND you should probably factor in most buy prices include 3P testing for I/P/M and often Endos..

Some GB prices are actually higher than prices that can be found on this site...
 
GrandmaJ said:


I am a fan of TSTS so far and would order from them again. Still waiting on a couple of WW things. They said the final batch of the orders would be sent out by last Monday, Wednesday at the latest but of course with all the recent drama, they weren't. Hitting the 5th month on one which will try even the most patient of us. I get it but won't be using them again.

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Yeah, WW is a disappointment. GB sources are good until they aren't. I have some confidence that eventually her things will get distributed, but I'm done with her going forward. If she even attempts another buy.

TSTS is doing things right so far. 999+ is another new group that's kicking. Constant evolution.
 
AngieHolmes said:


I don't understand fandom well at all! I definitely am not one to wear the t-shirt. I literally can't grasp why someone would get actually upset (not just a bit disappointed) if an athlete or team performs poorly. My brain can't compute it other than assigning it to the "people are tribal" pile.

I think some of the louder fluffers in this space must be hoping for special treatment of some kind, and I think it probably works. Human endeavors have so many similarities when you strip away specifics, don't they? The ways we organize ourselves and seek advantage, and how we shuffle our repertoire of strategies depending on the strength and nature of personalities around us. I find it very interesting : )

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Stace_wow said:


Awesome to hear! I have my sister looking for Reta now so I’ll keep my eyes open over that way for her next GB

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I just bought a couple kits of reta from 999+. One of the admins in TSTS is also a admin in there. Not sure if they are working together or what. But both of them have been great so far.
 
Flash-BCR said:


meh, 20-30% on many buys...some lower than that, $105 for R40 kits? $110 for KLOW 80?...AND you should probably factor in most buy prices include 3P testing for I/P/M and often Endos..

Some GB prices are actually higher than prices that can be found on this site...

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Definitely . . . the testing is the most attractive part for me. I don't mind spending $10-20 more for a kit but doing all the testing on my own exceeds the product price
 
Seasonal1 said:


I had to think for a moment on what this was. Good one. I would have never abbreviated it this way. Thanks. I've been to their website but never ordered.

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I'm in WW and a bunch of GB groups but I cannot for the life of me understand what TSTS stands for. Can someone DM what those initials mean?
 
I haven't done an actual GB purchase. I'm in a few groups and have done some smol trades in the ones that have B/S/T pages.

I pay in Hospira Bac Water 😂
 
My favourite type of imbecile in the peptide space are those on Telegram who absolutely reject and take it extremely personal any criticism of their vendors product or vendors shiťťy behaviour. The way they gang up on the person criticising (almost always in good faith) is just cucked.

When you've been pinning the same amount and move onto a new fresh kit with different caps and it doesn't work as well something must be lacking, but nooo, in come the apologist simps!

I can't stand those who slag off people who have been scammed and tell people they deserved to be scammed too. Rodents!
 
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