I literally joined this forum just to point out how retarded this is. (By PPL I mean..)
So to add on to your first point..
1.) Not only does this rub it in the laws face but it brings attention to the law quicker or sooner by advertising to a bunch of nobodies that have never looked into sources online or anything similar.
- What are the chances some young kid is going to google something he saw on a shirt after seeing it once? Not too high..
- What are the chances you'll see two guys wearing this at the gym? Still unlikely..
- How much are they really going to earn from advertising on shirts..? Probably not that much...
However..
1 kid does google it. 1 kid tells all of his friends in high school.. All of a sudden 18 year olds and younger are ordering from an ugl source.
That's just one scenario.. There's also the fact that it's usually obvious who uses gear.. But it's not obvious where they get it from. So no big deal. You start getting roided up retards posing in their ppl shirts on social media you're going to find quickly who's a pretty big fish in the sea here. Again, bringing attention to the feds.
I can ramble about this for a while. Tanks are a dumb fucking idea. Keep your customers with high quality products. Loyalty will continue and reviews will bring in more customers. This tank top shit is just making 50% of your customers feeling uneasy that you're increasing your chances of being shut down and putting the customers that order from you at risk who aren't allowed to have this shit legally.
Not everyone cares as little or as much as the next guy about their security or privacy regarding this lifestyle.
Glad this didn't last long.. But what the fuck are you doing posting a child on social media brewing?! WHAT THE FUCK.
- You're potentially putting a child in harms way.
- You're making potential customers uneasy about a child brewing their shit. (I understand you said it's only your own stash but still.. Come on..)
- It's just fucking weird.
- Again, too open in general and making customers uneasy about a potential bust.
Also dumb.. You'll bring in customers a little slower without reddit, but quality customers and with smaller chances of being busted.
The point is, that your influx of customers due to this type of advertising is very short sighted. You'll earn a bunch of nobodies that barely know what they're doing because you'll be their first lab. Congrats. These guys might not do another cycle, they might not even finish the first. Hopefully they pin properly and aren't scared off by pip or infections.. Because the customers you're scaring away care about privacy but know what they're doing. They're also the customers who would likely be long term.
And I get that it's legal where you're at.. But if your domestic guy gets busted, that scares everyone. Immediate drop in sales I'm sure.
If you get found out and customs stops all of your packages.. That's a lot of customers backing away.
If you end up having to relocate.. That's a pain in the ass for you..
If you end up ruining your reputation doing shit like this.. You'll have to rename, rebrand, and start over. Build the clientele all over again, build the reputation up all over again, and hope that no one realizes you're the idiot who wants to be the chinese dan balzerian by selling illegal shit on public forums.
Sorry for the rant, kept that shit to myself until I finally cracked and made an account here.
This is my welcome post. Hi everyone.