No one is making excuses or trying to minimize. I've wanted to say something about my opinion of Hercules and what happened for last few days.
I'm just saying I don't believe the guy is an asshole. I believe he got fucked, and wants to make it right. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Herc set up shop telling everyone his "gear was top notch," he was "trustworthy," "blah, blah, blah." He wasn't. The facts is, his gear is bunk, underdosed, or just watered down test that he sold as a more expensive compound.
I fully accept that sources get scammed by their suppliers. It happens - sometimes. But, this wasn't just a recent one-off problem with supply, it's been going on for a long time. And Hercules was quite willing to accept payment the whole time. That shows his lack of integrity. And that makes him an asshole, IMO.
Am I allowed to have an opinion today?
No, not today. You could have had an opinion yesterday but we'll have to see about tomorrow. I'll let you know.
People are always going to lose money buying steroids online. Sources lose money bringing powder into the country. Sources lose money importing tablets. Everyone is taking risks. Everyone is taking risks with the knowledge of said risks, and with the hope that they will get a reward for taking the risks. The reward for sources is money, the reward for individuals varies greatly.
If the source is unable to provide the customer with what the customer paid for, the SOURCE is obligated to give a full refund. Once the source accepts the customer's money for a product, the customer bears no responsibility for the source not providing the product. Only in the online AAS world do you hear these absurd arguments. You wouldn't accept that behavior from any other business, so why should people accept in from sources?
I wasn't trying to minimize the loss, and I find it somewhat, characteristically over dramatic of you to assume as much.
You did minimize it - intentional or not.
Maybe I am being dramatic but I'm passionate about this. One of the reasons I was so happy to have found Meso was the truthfull exposure given to scammers and the shady nature of this business. Meso is all about integrity. So yeah, I'm a little pissed to see a scam happen here. Moreso because it was avoidable right from the very beginning.
The point of my last post, and I think you know this, was only trying to add perspective to what it could/would have been anywhere else. I know some individuals lost a lot of money, and I'm sorry for their loss. But, as a group MesoRx members saved a lot of money by being members here instead of OLM or the like, where a situation like this could have been exploited for a much longer period of time. I'm not saying that I believe it would have been exploited in THIS instance, but the potential exists elsewhere, here at MesoRx with the current framework for vetting sources a scam source isn't going to get a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.
To the guy that got beat, it's as bad as it gets.
So, here's a thought.
And as a source I hate this..but.
Should the new unofficial policy be that any questions of a products potency should be brought to the forum and made public?
If for no other reason other than to provide others with the courage to make their suspicions known?
Sources hate this because then a noob runs his gear for 3 days and because he's a noob, he doesn't realize that the fireballs don't start to shoot from your biceps until day 5, so he gets on here flaming the source, then 3 other noobs realize their fireballs haven't started yet either, so they put their McDonalds down and start to type how the gear isn't working for them either...
But that being said, it seems like if these reports would have been made public more quickly, then the firestorm that began last week would have started a lot sooner.
No. That policy would be a disaster that results in false complaints by idiots like we just saw in the GETM thread. I don't want to add further noise to the system, I want to simplify it.
When it comes to rating sources, what I want to see is a history from all involved. Recommendations FROM those with a history, given TO those with a history, If Dr Jim says he's used GETM for years they've always treated him well, that MEANS something. Same with you and BL. See where I'm going with this?
Regards
CBS