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Anonymous #1
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Ordering MHRB
#12119467 - 03/01/10 11:11 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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if someone wanted to order MHRB online using their regular credit card or paypal, would there be any risk? like being 'red-flagged,' or having the package intercepted, or being put on some kind of watch list? i dont know how paranoid i should be about it
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Alan Rockefeller
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Probably safe.
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Anonymous #1
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the mhrb would be from a south american ebay vendor (good reviews). i was mostly wondering how secure ebay is for this kind of thing and if having it sent to your place using your card is a good idea or not.
Edited by Anonymous (03/01/10 05:26 PM)
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Alan Rockefeller
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A lot of people buy drugs on ebay. I haven't heard of anyone getting busted for that.
I wouldn't worry about it, however if you can arrange the transaction off of ebay your name will be recorded in a whole lot less places and they won't take their cut.
If you trust the seller its probably best to do it that way. If you don't trust the seller, going through ebay can give you some added protection.
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Anonymous #1
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Alan Rockefeller said: A lot of people buy drugs on ebay. I haven't heard of anyone getting busted for that.
I wouldn't worry about it, however if you can arrange the transaction off of ebay your name will be recorded in a whole lot less places and they won't take their cut.
If you trust the seller its probably best to do it that way. If you don't trust the seller, going through ebay can give you some added protection.
thanks for the advice. the seller also has an online store that doesn't go through ebay. would ordering directly from the online store rather than through ebay produce any less of a paper trail?
i had intially figured ebay would be 'better' because youd see "ebay purchase #123456" rather than "shaman/herbal extract/incense/whatever" as a charge on the card. but i suppose if you were being investigated (which i'm not) it wouldn't make a difference right?
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Alan Rockefeller
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would ordering directly from the online store rather than through ebay produce any less of a paper trail?
Yes, much less.
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i had intially figured ebay would be 'better' because youd see "ebay purchase #123456" rather than "shaman/herbal extract/incense/whatever" as a charge on the card. but i suppose if you were being investigated (which i'm not) it wouldn't make a difference right?
I think the charge card would read shamanXXXX either way, depending on how they set up their account.
You could ask them how it will show up, but I wouldn't worry about that end of it.
Its the real life stuff that matters - Hopefully you don't have room mates that do something stupid and bring the police.
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Anonymous #2
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obviously buy a PPD throwaway giftcard to do this, then open a PO box if super paranoid.
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Anonymous #1
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Anonymous said: obviously buy a PPD throwaway giftcard to do this, then open a PO box if super paranoid.
good idea. maybe i'd just use a money order with my real name and address to make a purchase from the website directly, and ship to my real addy. thats probably all the security i need, anything else might look suspicious. no credit card involved.
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