Ok, so I heard back from the chemist.
Stevonov sent 3 samples that day, and retests were performed today on all 3. Guess who paid for that.
The sample in question, (marked “B” when I received it), did NOT contain ANY testosterone enanthate. There was a contaminate of 1.06mg/ml nandrolone decanoate; but nothing else besides the boldenone cypionate.
His sample “C” had multiple contaminants of testosterone propionate 1.15mg/ml, and drostanolone propionate 2mg/ml (EQ was the main compound).
You can look back in this same thread where I disclosed that the chemist asked me why there wasn’t nandrolone in the vial when the label states nandrolone. I told him on that day that he should pay no attention to any labels and to consider all vials contaminated unless they were sealed, original packaging.
These values were not reported for two reasons:
1) They are insignificant. (I am unsure where the cutoff for “insignificance” is; but I resulted a 7mg contaminate to one person and a 10.2mg contaminate to another this weekend)
2) The samples were mailed to me in used vials with “Nandrolone Decanoate” on the labels. I believe they were Norma Hella brand vials.
There will be absolutely
ZERO free retests on samples sent to me that were obviously not procured with the same degree of accuracy that you are demanding of the testing.
Why? Because the test results can be no more reliable than the sample quality.
In fact, the suggestion of getting something for free when results are unfavorable seems to be a more and more common occurrence here. From where does this sense of entitlement stem? The mention of it is just irritating and juvenile.
A while back, the chemist actually did retest a sample for free that was poorly procured. The sample contained a lot of water because the vial wasn’t dried properly before the sample was added. I went to the chemist and requested this retest for free because it was an honest mistake by the guy and he tried to make sure the vial was clean. More importantly, the guy was nice about it and didn’t automatically start flinging accusations.
I really don’t care if it offends people; but there are many people here that need to grow up. The childish fits and entitlement are just absurd anymore.
In second fact (and I will post this in my thread),
I will no longer accept any oil samples unless they are in an unopened/unused vial. I don’t care if it is homebrew or PharmaCom or Watson. There has to be someone to take a step in preventing this unnecessary drama; and the potential for sample contamination is just too great when brewers and testers are all on continuous trial here. Contrary to modern thinking, the customer does have a degree of responsibility/accountability. If you want something for free, contact your source for replacement.
Now, as for the what if(s) and what happened(s): I don’t know; and I really don’t see how anyone could know. You question the brewer and the testers; but not the sample that was sent in a used vial that once contained a different compound?? Am I the only person who cannot find the logic in this line of thinking?
Just for grins, does anyone know the hold out volume of an 18ga x 1” needle? I do: it is 0.075ml.
Now, lets assume that someone used an 18gax1” needle, drew up some T-400, and injected the entire syringe contents into one sample vial. Then a sample of another compound was drawn up and injected into a different sample vial. Seems reasonable, right?
Wrong. That 18ga needle will hold exactly 30mg of T-400 or 22.5mg of Test E300 or 18.75mg of Test-E250 etc, etc.; and you can’t even tell it is there.
Did this happen? I don’t know.
Did Pristine sell cross contaminated products? I don’t know.
Did Jano find something that my chemist didn’t? Yes, he sure did; but my chemist didn’t find it because IT WASN’T THERE.
By deductive reasoning, it seems as if the sample I got and Jano got were from two different bottles. See post #5860.
I feel very strongly about the careless flinging of accusations about incompetence that goes on here. I think this is particularly inflammatory because, in my job, I have patients tell me and other providers that their primary care doctors are incompetent because they didn’t keep them from having heart attacks or strokes or whatever malady they are affected by……..it’s always someone else’s fault. All the while, these same patients are smoking and eating crap diets and sitting on the couch playing candy crush for 12 hours a day; but they feel like their hours on WebMD have given them superiority in intelligence and the right to question my judgement.
I believe that analytical chemistry is the primary income source for Jano; and I know for sure that it is what my guy does for a living.
My point is that the skill of the brewer and the competence of the chemist ALWAYS is questioned first here. Why? Do you all really believe that a layperson is better at removing every trace of compound from a used vial or syringe/needle than an analytical chemist is at analyzing chemicals? Ridiculous.
And before I forget:
@egonormical1010 ; Spelling is not the forte, nor is English the first language of the analytical chemist that I use. I have seen the spelling errors; but I am unable to alter reports and I choose what I make an effort to nitpick. You may not know this but published analytical reports for legitimate pharmaceutical companies are reviewed for quite some time, for grammar, spelling, scientific legitimacy, etc., before publishing. I am quite certain that spelling errors are corrected in editing. If you would like to finance formal editing before these reports are disseminated; please get with me about sending the funds. Otherwise, pick your battles more wisely.