UK Newcomer Saying Hello

bjw76 said:

Hi everyone, it took some time to locate a source of trustworthy information, but it looks like I've ended up in the correct spot at last!

I'm in the UK and right now I'm using 'white market' Mounjaro, though I'm exploring grey market choices for the longer term. Can't wait to talk with all of you.
Welcome aboard! I'm a newbie too. You've absolutely landed in the right spot. Happy to have you here!
 
Scraps said:

mrmors said:

Scraps said:

Seems like a small section of the forum has been set aside for us! There's plenty of genuinely useful information available. I'm eager for the time when the restrictions no longer apply and we can speak freely, since ordering to the UK comes with some particular difficulties.

Yeah, it looks like the setup for importing differs a bit for people in the USA — many of them source from warehouses over there. From what I can tell, there isn't any UK-based warehouse at all.

My own experience has also been pretty different from the many reviews I've come across for the vendor I placed my order with. Those reviews mention things like 'really good comms' and 'delivery turned up in 3days'. If you're in the UK and buy from China, though, I reckon you're waiting 2-4wks from the time you order, and if you have questions, the seller will likely leave you with no response for days at a time. For first-timers placing an order or going through this, that can feel quite unsettling.
For sure. Replies have taken days at times, and 1 vendor even told me UK shipping wasn't available. I was on the verge of placing my 1st order when they advised against it because customs inspections had ramped up. Silver lining: at least they weren't asking for payment upfront anyway.

After I've settled into a routine, I plan to share a UK-focused account of the whole process.
Good news: I reached out on Tuesday the 21st to ask about the restrictions, and the answer was that ordering was allowed. I locked in the specifics and sent payment the following day, then my package arrived this morning (the 28th). While the tracking details I got listed China as the origin, that still strikes me as an impressively quick turnaround!

In fact, it came so quickly that I'm still missing all the other supplies I need! So in a few days I'll be ready to reconstitute and begin the research!
 
Scraps said:

Scraps said:

mrmors said:

Scraps said:

Seems like a small section of the forum has been set aside for us! There's plenty of genuinely useful information available. I'm eager for the time when the restrictions no longer apply and we can speak freely, since ordering to the UK comes with some particular difficulties.

Yeah, it looks like the setup for importing differs a bit for people in the USA — many of them source from warehouses over there. From what I can tell, there isn't any UK-based warehouse at all.

My own experience has also been pretty different from the many reviews I've come across for the vendor I placed my order with. Those reviews mention things like 'really good comms' and 'delivery turned up in 3days'. If you're in the UK and buy from China, though, I reckon you're waiting 2-4wks from the time you order, and if you have questions, the seller will likely leave you with no response for days at a time. For first-timers placing an order or going through this, that can feel quite unsettling.
For sure. Replies have taken days at times, and 1 vendor even told me UK shipping wasn't available. I was on the verge of placing my 1st order when they advised against it because customs inspections had ramped up. Silver lining: at least they weren't asking for payment upfront anyway.

After I've settled into a routine, I plan to share a UK-focused account of the whole process.
Good news: I reached out on Tuesday the 21st to ask about the restrictions, and the answer was that ordering was allowed. I locked in the specifics and sent payment the following day, then my package arrived this morning (the 28th). While the tracking details I got listed China as the origin, that still strikes me as an impressively quick turnaround!

In fact, it came so quickly that I'm still missing all the other supplies I need! So in a few days I'll be ready to reconstitute and begin the research!
Glad to hear that — it gives me hope. Were there any customs inspections, if you don't mind me asking?
 
I didn't get any kind of notification. When I asked about it on the Thursday, they sent me a photo of the tracking details, and I figured I'd wait a week or 2 before following up. Then this morning the postman showed up at my door holding a cardboard box.

That said, just because 1 made it through doesn't mean I'm assuming every single one will. I still need to find out what actually happens when customs intercepts a parcel. Like, would that end up marking your address for every future delivery?
 
Scraps said:

I didn't get any kind of notification. When I asked about it on the Thursday, they sent me a photo of the tracking details, and I figured I'd wait a week or 2 before following up. Then this morning the postman showed up at my door holding a cardboard box.

That said, just because 1 made it through doesn't mean I'm assuming every single one will. I still need to find out what actually happens when customs intercepts a parcel. Like, would that end up marking your address for every future delivery?
This is something I'd also like to know more about. Whether any advice exists for handling deliveries in the best way is something I've questioned, yet nothing on that front has turned up here for me.
 
Scraps said:

Scraps said:

mrmors said:

Scraps said:

Seems like a small section of the forum has been set aside for us! There's plenty of genuinely useful information available. I'm eager for the time when the restrictions no longer apply and we can speak freely, since ordering to the UK comes with some particular difficulties.

Yeah, it looks like the setup for importing differs a bit for people in the USA — many of them source from warehouses over there. From what I can tell, there isn't any UK-based warehouse at all.

My own experience has also been pretty different from the many reviews I've come across for the vendor I placed my order with. Those reviews mention things like 'really good comms' and 'delivery turned up in 3days'. If you're in the UK and buy from China, though, I reckon you're waiting 2-4wks from the time you order, and if you have questions, the seller will likely leave you with no response for days at a time. For first-timers placing an order or going through this, that can feel quite unsettling.
For sure. Replies have taken days at times, and 1 vendor even told me UK shipping wasn't available. I was on the verge of placing my 1st order when they advised against it because customs inspections had ramped up. Silver lining: at least they weren't asking for payment upfront anyway.

After I've settled into a routine, I plan to share a UK-focused account of the whole process.
Good news: I reached out on Tuesday the 21st to ask about the restrictions, and the answer was that ordering was allowed. I locked in the specifics and sent payment the following day, then my package arrived this morning (the 28th). While the tracking details I got listed China as the origin, that still strikes me as an impressively quick turnaround!

In fact, it came so quickly that I'm still missing all the other supplies I need! So in a few days I'll be ready to reconstitute and begin the research!
That was fast! Please let us know how the remaining part of your testing turns out
 
Bunny1805 said:

bjw76 said:

Hi everyone, it took some time to locate a source of trustworthy information, but it looks like I've ended up in the correct spot at last!

I'm in the UK and right now I'm using 'white market' Mounjaro, though I'm exploring grey market choices for the longer term. Can't wait to talk with all of you.
Hello and welcome, another UK member here 😊

You've landed in a great community — there's no better spot for gathering plenty of details and figuring out which suppliers are worth going with. It does involve a fair amount of reading, and wrapping your head around all of it can feel pretty overwhelming at times, but I'm really glad I came across this forum.

I used to buy Mounjaro from a UK Pharmacy, but the expense is just impossible to justify now, particularly after the price went up last year. I placed an order for my first batch of grey Tirz and Reta, and the total came to roughly what a 1 month Mounjaro subscription would have cost me, so by comparison I'm really happy with how much better the value is.

Wishing you all the best on your journey 🙂
Appreciate the warm welcome — how did the buy work out for you? Your route sounds a lot like the one I'm taking! I'd like to hear more about Reta, since I've been using Tirz and I'm asking myself whether a change makes sense!
 
Bunny1805 said:

bjw76 said:

Hi everyone, it took some time to locate a source of trustworthy information, but it looks like I've ended up in the correct spot at last!

I'm in the UK and right now I'm using 'white market' Mounjaro, though I'm exploring grey market choices for the longer term. Can't wait to talk with all of you.
Hello and welcome, another UK member here 😊

You've landed in a great community — there's no better spot for gathering plenty of details and figuring out which suppliers are worth going with. It does involve a fair amount of reading, and wrapping your head around all of it can feel pretty overwhelming at times, but I'm really glad I came across this forum.

I used to buy Mounjaro from a UK Pharmacy, but the expense is just impossible to justify now, particularly after the price went up last year. I placed an order for my first batch of grey Tirz and Reta, and the total came to roughly what a 1 month Mounjaro subscription would have cost me, so by comparison I'm really happy with how much better the value is.

Wishing you all the best on your journey 🙂
You appear to have travelled a bit further along this road than me, so what was your experience? I'm guessing the order came from China? What was the wait time for shipping? And have you begun taking it at this point?
 
Anyone here in the UK involved in group buys, or do you simply place orders together for shared testing, or is it all solo purchasing and testing? I've been digging around and reading extensively, but I can't find any mention of GB / group testing on this side of the globe.
 
Scraps said:

Seems like a small section of the forum has been set aside for us! There's plenty of genuinely useful information available. I'm eager for the time when the restrictions no longer apply and we can speak freely, since ordering to the UK comes with some particular difficulties.
Happy to have come across a spot with more discussion focused on the UK, since most things appear to center on the US and there seem to be very few trustworthy sources that ship from the UK.
 
px1984 said:

Scraps said:

Seems like a small section of the forum has been set aside for us! There's plenty of genuinely useful information available. I'm eager for the time when the restrictions no longer apply and we can speak freely, since ordering to the UK comes with some particular difficulties.
Happy to have come across a spot with more discussion focused on the UK, since most things appear to center on the US and there seem to be very few trustworthy sources that ship from the UK.
A handful of us are also gathered in the Continental Cafe
 
hedeon said:

Bunny1805 said:

bjw76 said:

Hi everyone, it took some time to locate a source of trustworthy information, but it looks like I've ended up in the correct spot at last!

I'm in the UK and right now I'm using 'white market' Mounjaro, though I'm exploring grey market choices for the longer term. Can't wait to talk with all of you.
Hello and welcome, another UK member here 😊

You've landed in a great community — there's no better spot for gathering plenty of details and figuring out which suppliers are worth going with. It does involve a fair amount of reading, and wrapping your head around all of it can feel pretty overwhelming at times, but I'm really glad I came across this forum.

I used to buy Mounjaro from a UK Pharmacy, but the expense is just impossible to justify now, particularly after the price went up last year. I placed an order for my first batch of grey Tirz and Reta, and the total came to roughly what a 1 month Mounjaro subscription would have cost me, so by comparison I'm really happy with how much better the value is.

Wishing you all the best on your journey 🙂
You appear to have travelled a bit further along this road than me, so what was your experience? I'm guessing the order came from China? What was the wait time for shipping? And have you begun taking it at this point?
My first order from a china-based supplier arrived in 8 days, and customs didn’t cause any trouble whatsoever. After reconstituting, I’ve used both of the peptides I bought, and everything appears to be working properly with no product problems. The hardest part for me, however, was figuring out how to pay using crypto, since that was completely new territory for me. This forum post gave me a really useful step-by-step walkthrough, and after that I managed to complete my first purchase successfully:

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SJrocket said:

Bunny1805 said:

bjw76 said:

Hi everyone, it took some time to locate a source of trustworthy information, but it looks like I've ended up in the correct spot at last!

I'm in the UK and right now I'm using 'white market' Mounjaro, though I'm exploring grey market choices for the longer term. Can't wait to talk with all of you.
Hello and welcome, another UK member here 😊

You've landed in a great community — there's no better spot for gathering plenty of details and figuring out which suppliers are worth going with. It does involve a fair amount of reading, and wrapping your head around all of it can feel pretty overwhelming at times, but I'm really glad I came across this forum.

I used to buy Mounjaro from a UK Pharmacy, but the expense is just impossible to justify now, particularly after the price went up last year. I placed an order for my first batch of grey Tirz and Reta, and the total came to roughly what a 1 month Mounjaro subscription would have cost me, so by comparison I'm really happy with how much better the value is.

Wishing you all the best on your journey 🙂
Appreciate the warm welcome — how did the buy work out for you? Your route sounds a lot like the one I'm taking! I'd like to hear more about Reta, since I've been using Tirz and I'm asking myself whether a change makes sense!
The transaction went smoothly. At the start I was in touch with the supplier through their email, then moved over to their WhatsApp to ask a handful of questions. My order came from China and arrived here in the UK 8 days afterward, with customs causing no trouble at all. Both peptides have already been reconstituted and used by me, they perform well, and the quality has given me nothing to complain about. The biggest hurdle for me was getting to grips with crypto, since that is not something I had ever tried before. Fortunately, this forum had a solid step by step breakdown post, which I stuck to and followed. Before committing, I made a test purchase of a very small amount to the supplier, purely to verify that payment had reached them, and once that was confirmed I paid the full amount. On the whole, the experience has been very good so far.

As for the Reta, it did not work well in my case, because its noise suppression power is lower than Tirz, while my food noise and binge eating are extremely severe, so Reta would likely be a better fit for most other people. That said, I will admit that on Reta I was not painfully cold all the time the way I am on Tirz alone. Still, the lack of appetite suppression meant I was putting on weight. Given the choice, I would rather be cold and skinny, so I went back to Tirz 😉

It may sound silly, but when you are buying from grey market / one of the suppliers from this forum, the prices are so low compared to what moinjaro or even peptide suppliers in the UK would cost you, that giving Reta a try is worth it anyway.

All the best 🙂
 
I really enjoy this community. It's packed with useful details, and even more crucially, it teaches you how to avoid being ripped off and ending up with worthless products.
 
mrmors said:

I'm in the same boat — Mounjaro has been costing me roughly 200 each month. I've now gone ahead and taken the risk on a grey order, cash already sent, so fingers crossed it actually arrives! 🙂 From what I can tell, most UK online peptide sellers are marking up around 10x compared with what a grey kit costs them, and they all seem to align on that same 10x figure, so it must be a very lucrative trade.
Wishing you success, hope everything turns out great
 
mrmors said:

I'm in the same boat — Mounjaro has been costing me roughly 200 each month. I've now gone ahead and taken the risk on a grey order, cash already sent, so fingers crossed it actually arrives! 🙂 From what I can tell, most UK online peptide sellers are marking up around 10x compared with what a grey kit costs them, and they all seem to align on that same 10x figure, so it must be a very lucrative trade.
Did you end up staying on tirz, or did reta pull you in? Yeah, about 10x sounds accurate — possibly even higher
 
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