lonewolf123 said:Why do you recommend buying on ebay? Everyone on here says not to get anything on ebay and than you recommend to get through ebay? sounds funny to me....
69ron said:I hate eBay with a passion.
I would never buy anything from eBay. I also hate PayPal even more and most sellers on eBay only accept PayPal.
PayPal and eBay both turn people in to the authorities on a regular basis. PayPal also has a giant collection of lawsuits against them from sellers and buyers who've had their accounts and assets frozen illegally by PayPal. There's even a www.paypalsucks.com web site devoted to just how nasty PayPal actually is. All PayPal cares about is getting your money. They have screwed thousands of people over and ruined hundreds of businesses. They have so many vague rules that they can decide you “violated” their terms of use for just about anything they see fit if they decide they want to lock your assets so that they can use them for their own gain. They are a bunch of money hungry crooks.
eBay is so intimately involved with PayPal that they don’t allow any serious PayPal competitors like Google Checkout to be used on eBay.
eBay has a lot of scammers so BEWARE. Only buy from long time sellers with 1000+ sales and a good seller rating.
A very good reason NOT to use eBay to buy entheogens is that its very public. All sorts of people shop there, not just people interested in entheogens, so the likelihood of another buyer filing a legal complaint to the police is more likely to happen on eBay. I’ll give you an example. Lets say you have a NARC looking for a gift for his kids and he accidentally stumbles on an eBay seller who’s selling entheogens and then he looks at their products, doesn’t like what he sees and decides to inform his other NARC buddies. eBay is more than happy to help out NARCs and will do all they can to help you get busted for buying something from a vendor the NARC didn’t like.
Now if you bought from BBB instead, you can be sure only people interested in entheogens are shopping there. A NARC isn’t going to accidentally be shopping there. If a NARC visits that site and wants to cause trouble, the owners of BBB are not going to cooperate with them without a warrant or something similar. It’s a whole different ball game. BBB likes selling entheogens, eBay just likes making money and wants to stay out of legal trouble and will turn your ass in at the drop of a hat if a NARC bugs them.
Mr_DMT said:69ron said:I hate eBay with a passion.
I would never buy anything from eBay. I also hate PayPal even more and most sellers on eBay only accept PayPal.
PayPal and eBay both turn people in to the authorities on a regular basis. PayPal also has a giant collection of lawsuits against them from sellers and buyers who've had their accounts and assets frozen illegally by PayPal. There's even a www.paypalsucks.com web site devoted to just how nasty PayPal actually is. All PayPal cares about is getting your money. They have screwed thousands of people over and ruined hundreds of businesses. They have so many vague rules that they can decide you “violated” their terms of use for just about anything they see fit if they decide they want to lock your assets so that they can use them for their own gain. They are a bunch of money hungry crooks.
eBay is so intimately involved with PayPal that they don’t allow any serious PayPal competitors like Google Checkout to be used on eBay.
eBay has a lot of scammers so BEWARE. Only buy from long time sellers with 1000+ sales and a good seller rating.
A very good reason NOT to use eBay to buy entheogens is that its very public. All sorts of people shop there, not just people interested in entheogens, so the likelihood of another buyer filing a legal complaint to the police is more likely to happen on eBay. I’ll give you an example. Lets say you have a NARC looking for a gift for his kids and he accidentally stumbles on an eBay seller who’s selling entheogens and then he looks at their products, doesn’t like what he sees and decides to inform his other NARC buddies. eBay is more than happy to help out NARCs and will do all they can to help you get busted for buying something from a vendor the NARC didn’t like.
Now if you bought from BBB instead, you can be sure only people interested in entheogens are shopping there. A NARC isn’t going to accidentally be shopping there. If a NARC visits that site and wants to cause trouble, the owners of BBB are not going to cooperate with them without a warrant or something similar. It’s a whole different ball game. BBB likes selling entheogens, eBay just likes making money and wants to stay out of legal trouble and will turn your ass in at the drop of a hat if a NARC bugs them.
I can understand what you are saying.
But first of all, greed is everywhere. Not only on ebay.
Second most auctions with questionable content are private. Nobody can look up, what i bought.
Third, as long as i buy legal products i don't have to fear anything.
obliguhl said:It's just that quite some people don't like to associate the spice with "your typical illegal drug" , me included. But there are quite some reputable sellers around...you don't have to go for dubious ebay sellers who try to take the spice into the mainstream. Moreover, ebay is known for working with leo.
No hard feelings... :d
SnozzleBerry said:LEO is Law Enforcement Online, those wonderful people who spend time trolling through online transactions and whatnot looking to bust people for various offenses.