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FooMan



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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: HippieChick]
#5861910 - 07/15/06 01:42 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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HC is right. You shouldn't just purchase from someone who is a sponsor because they are a sponsor. A sponsor is just someone who pays to advertise on the Shroomery. It still boils down to research. Don't just buy from a vendor because you read a post or 2 where someone said that they were great. Make sure the vendor has a long track record, sponsor or not. Mycoshack was a great example.
Sure there are a ton of non-sponsor scam sites out there, but I have dealt with a few non-sponsor vendors that have better prices and great customer service.
Making a list of "bad" vendors is a bad idea because it's definitely a matter of opinion. Who would decide what makes them bad? Hell, you get the occasional newbie here that bitches about Ralph or Sporeworks because they had to wait 2 weeks to get their order from the time they mailed it! Does that mean that they should be put on the list?
If you got ripped off, it's your fault for not doing your research, plain and simple.
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: FooMan]
#5861984 - 07/15/06 02:07 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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FooManShroom said: HC is right. You shouldn't just purchase from someone who is a sponsor because they are a sponsor. A sponsor is just someone who pays to advertise on the Shroomery. It still boils down to research. Don't just buy from a vendor because you read a post or 2 where someone said that they were great. Make sure the vendor has a long track record, sponsor or not. Mycoshack was a great example.
Sure there are a ton of non-sponsor scam sites out there, but I have dealt with a few non-sponsor vendors that have better prices and great customer service.
Making a list of "bad" vendors is a bad idea because it's definitely a matter of opinion. Who would decide what makes them bad? Hell, you get the occasional newbie here that bitches about Ralph or Sporeworks because they had to wait 2 weeks to get their order from the time they mailed it! Does that mean that they should be put on the list?
If you got ripped off, it's your fault for not doing your research, plain and simple.
Right on!
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: rikjoh]
#5862159 - 07/15/06 03:29 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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do not buy from anyone on Ebay...period.
there are several Shroomery members out to make a few bucks on Ebay.
fuck em!~
and at least one of them responded in this thread!~

There are plenty of posts here in the Sponsor/Vendor forum on most of these so called bad Vendors...learn to use the search function.
So there really isn't a need for a Bad Vendor List!~
I've been kicking back watching this thread for a few days now... and finally decided to voice my opinion on the matter.
The majority of people that have been scammed by people like The Keeper for example... were scammed before they arrived at the Shroomery!~
and Yes there has been a few Shroomery Vendors go bad in the past... they usually don't last here very long if they have customer problems. Example...Sporechics, Dr. Bluethumbs, Micron Magic and Mycoshack.
Sporebank has bought several more urls lately... so watch out!~ They just got ahold of the old Sporechics site!~
http://www.sporechics.com

debate continues....
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: HippieChick]
#5862579 - 07/15/06 06:24 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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HippieChick said: I guess no one remembers Mycoshack .
Or MicronMagic... Or Dr.Bluethumbs
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: Roadkill]
#5862906 - 07/15/06 08:21 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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There's gotta be a disclaimer that can be done......or a thread that has links to these posted complaints.
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: em_bre_O]
#5862974 - 07/15/06 08:48 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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em_bre_O said:
There's gotta be a disclaimer that can be done......or a thread that has links to these posted complaints.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/dosearch.php
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: Roadkill]
#5863339 - 07/15/06 10:31 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yes, the disclaimer should be as follows :
Shroomery Sponsors - If they're not on the list, then you're taking a risk!
-Me
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HippieChick
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: Shdwstr]
#5863690 - 07/16/06 12:13 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Shdwstr said:
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HippieChick said: I guess no one remembers Mycoshack .
Or MicronMagic... Or Dr.Bluethumbs
Were those Shroomery Sponsors also ?
I wasn't here for them I don't think .
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: HippieChick]
#5864167 - 07/16/06 02:57 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Without a doubt HC.
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: HippieChick]
#5864884 - 07/16/06 10:07 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Roadkill said:
and Yes there has been a few Shroomery Vendors go bad in the past...
they usually don't last here very long if they have customer problems.
Example...Sporechics, Dr. Bluethumbs, Micron Magic and Mycoshack.
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HippieChick said:
Were those Shroomery Sponsors also ?
I wasn't here for them I don't think.
Yes they were...
and you weren't here then!~
cause your a newb!~
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: HippieChick]
#5864965 - 07/16/06 10:29 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sorry HippieChick, Showing my age again 
The Shroomery does a fine job of weeding out the poor vendors. Unfortunately they have to wait till a Vendor actually starts to screw up, and a few may get burnt, before they get axed.
Theres also been a few Vendors axed that wern't really what you would classify as bad... just incredibly aggravating and disruptive to the forums.
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FooMan



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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: Roadkill]
#5865869 - 07/16/06 03:18 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sorry RK, but I'll have to disagree with you about Ebay. I got a couple great spore syringes off of Ebay awhile back, but I don't see that vendor around anymore. For that matter, I don't see any spore vendors on Ebay anymore. They must have cracked down on spore sales. I've also gotten some good poo for dirt cheap off of Ebay. Again, it boils down to research. If the person has shitty feedback or very little feedback, then they are probably selling shit products, but if they have great feedback, common sense will tell you that you should be alright. The one exception I saw was MycoMonsters. They had great feedback and became Power Sellers quickly. Then, all of the sudden, they just fell off the face of the earth and got a bunch of bad feedback towards the end. This type of business is volatile, so you can expect things like that to happen from time to time.
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: FooMan]
#5865948 - 07/16/06 03:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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i too am against this.
if people are a member of the shroomery, they know from the horror stories coming in from noobs, which are rip off sites. they know they can trust the vendors here.
if on other hand, the consumer ISNT a member of the shroomery, then they wont be here to read the "bad vendor" thread anyway .. so its not doing anything but raising the bad vendors search ranking
the more sites linking to a vendors site ( or any site for that matter) , raises its google rating, and would actually give them more ( unknowledgable ) buyers.
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: FooMan]
#5865985 - 07/16/06 03:54 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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ok TheMadSeason whatever you say!~
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: Roadkill]
#5866005 - 07/16/06 04:05 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Roadkill said: ok TheMadSeason whatever you say!~
Huh?
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: FooMan]
#5867444 - 07/16/06 09:30 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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you don't have to "link" a site to inform people about the site...therefore google ratings have nothing to do with this.
along with that...google and well the internet as a whole has turned into nothing but websites trying to sell shit...whenever i google thats always the first thing to come up....sites ive never heard of...i know they didn't get to the top because people are linking each other "www.bigtitys.com"
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: FooMan]
#5868124 - 07/17/06 01:48 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I believe he is not agreeing and agreeing wicha, TMS.
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: em_bre_O]
#5869951 - 07/17/06 04:59 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I admit, a hard list of scam sites is probably a bad idea, but a thread or forum dedicated to discussing bad experiences would be helpful, especially to the newbies who show up and tell their sad sob story about getting a defective kit from the Keeper, and it's been three weeks and still no spores, and what should he do?
Uh... btw, what should I do?
Edited by rikjoh (07/17/06 05:01 PM)
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: rikjoh]
#5869995 - 07/17/06 05:16 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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You should wait unless you paid the extra money for an express shipment. 3 weeks isn't long at all in terms of receiving, processing and shipping orders. Sometimes get back logged and all you can really do is wait.
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Re: Shroomery should list known scam sites. [Re: rikjoh]
#5870154 - 07/17/06 05:51 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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rikjoh said:
Uh... btw, what should I do?
about what?
been screwed by some Vendor?
spit it all out!~
might as well do it right here in this thread!~

tc
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