What I meant was as a seller. His posts as a member and now were great and insightful. Sorry if I came off sounding like an attack.
MESO-Rx
Anabolic Steroids
Offloading some gear
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Any man willing to post his wife's asshole for us to see has my trust.
Rido's cool and my post wasn't meant as an attack on him. My bad.
Yeah his wife's a real keeper no doubt!
Right, Paul. A lot a people are seemingly signing up pretending to be regular members concerned with harm reduction, etc. for a short period and then one day they need help getting rid of a few extras, etc.
Rather than join the MESO to learn and promote harm reduction in our community, they see MESO as a targeted demographic that they can exploit for self-profit.
I think users should make it absolutely clear what is most important to them. This gradual sliding in and out of drug dealing while pretending to be a regular members looking out for the community is a bullshit way - and has a long (and effective) history of being used - to escape/avoid/minimize accountability.
I think another contributor to the seemingly large number wannabe drug dealers is the availability of super inexpensive gear that people are importing. from some overseas sources They realize how much money they could make by essentially becoming a domestic reseller/shill for those sources. Heck, for all I know, the sources are encouraging it - they seem to have a lot of groupies showing allegiance to them over allegiance to harm reduction for the forum community.
Absolutely, not! Members should never use a member status title for this purpose.
There was a good reason MESO eliminated the member status title a decade ago. It's precisely because many users exploited this status to profit off of the community while bypassing normal forum safeguards regarding sources.
So, when MESO recently re-introduced status titles, we excluded sources so they wouldn't be able to benefit from this.
Obviously, this was not enough since users can still simply operate as regular member to gain trust, establish credibility, and establish friendships and use this as a springboard to launch a sourcing operation.
This has historically been one of the most successful ways for new sources to bypass/escape/avoid/minimize accountability on the forum.
There is a natural tendency for the community to let their guard down in such scenarios. It works greatly as an advantage to the source but unfortunately it is sadly to the disadvantage of the consumers seeking accountability/harm reduction.
None of this necessarily means that any particular user who takes this route to becoming a source is going to be a "scammer" nor does it assume that this path was necessarily calculated approach to becoming a source nor does it assume any other motivations.
But the end result is that it is a great model of avoiding/minimizing accountability. And this is not what a harm reduction forum should encourage.
Scammers are getting real wise to how this forum or any other forum operates and thus taking advantage of that. It basically comes down to buyer beware. Members should report anyone suspicious so that it can be addressed so common sense!
Excellent points. I see this happen on so many boards too. Most recent example I have seen is someone who is 'established' according to board naming on another forum after only posting there a few years and claims to really care about members and that is why he is a dick to so many members and constantly criticizes all sources but one.
Amazingly the one source he doesn't criticize is on eroids (lol) and he will ridicule and have other vets in his little crew gang up on members who question the source. He gets mad and tosses insults when people post they are concerned because someone got a controlled delivery from the source he defends, that source's label maker got busted, the source has some poor testing and the source is on eroids and people want others to know just to be aware about the source and be careful. How is that caring? Vets can be shady AF too.
Look at the message he posted recently below. To me its obvious what he is, to newer people, not so much. The part about guys with no records care more when making your gear is ridiculous.
People should watch out for vets like this. They have a very clear agenda they try to disguise. The view of those that aren't new and in on it is that this guy either drops for the source, is the source or brews for the source.
"There are guys that are legitimately in this lifestyle and have a passion for this and make gear. They do it with the care that you would if you were making it for yourself. And then there are guys that are doing this simply for the money and because of prior records they can't get real jobs. Those guys don't give a fuck - but of course they will pretend that they do.
So you want to look for sources that actually take pride in what they do."
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Cyclist
New Member
You know what makes me appreciate this community even more. Is the fact that so many people came to make a statement about someone else’s loss of money (mine).
I doubt he is here to screw people out of their money. He provides a needed service.
Rido
Subscriber
You guys are going to inflate my ego.
On a serious note.
since becoming a reseller I feel like I have been closer to some of the other big 3 US based domestic sources. At least my general interaction with all of them. They have the same mindset. They don't want to screw people over
I just have time to help contribute in other ways.
It's all good man.
Dang-1
Member
It’s pretty damn nice. This place actually has some pretty decent people on it. I certainly appreciate it as well since I was out some cash as well.
It's personal every time.
airfield17
Subscriber
I have one mast e kit available from qsc
Sorry I had to... don't mean to be somber.
Save your money guy I'll hook you up with a deal. Turn this sour deal into a good one with honesty and savings? Hmu! All sealed and good to go.
Sorry I had to... don't mean to be somber.
Save your money guy I'll hook you up with a deal. Turn this sour deal into a good one with honesty and savings? Hmu! All sealed and good to go.
Bro what?
Dang-1
Member
Yea, not really reading the room well there man. Kinda just got lots of great advice on not trusting new members after getting burned by a new member, sooooo
airfield17
Subscriber
What? Why
Sucks what happened but 99% of us here aren't douchebags
Huh? I have references if needed.
Sucks what happened but 99% of us here aren't douchebags
airfield17
Subscriber
Don't mean to come off a certain way but I believe it's not a stain on this community
airfield17
Subscriber
Disregard otherwise I understand I suppose.
airfield17
Subscriber
Ill just shut up I guess, sorry
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