Comms comms comms

Message the vendor from the order if you haven't already, when were they last online? What does their manifesto say about processing times / postal days?

Most vendors are quite happy to update you if you drop them a message and if they aren't I would probably stay away or be cautious

Manifest says to buyer with in 3/6 days , messaged but no response, as it still saying paid but not sent , i’ll see if any thing happens over the weekend .

If the vendor hasn't resolved your issue after the weekend (some vendors don't operate on the weekend) please let us all know who it is so customers can avoid spending their hard earned with them until the issue is sorted. I've been seeing an awful lot of this recently and it all leads back to the same conclusion, selective scamming.

I have a theory that a few of the bigger vendors on here send out inferior quality packs to newer, less active customers on site but anyone who is actually active on the topics gets the nice stuff.

SOTL

We seem to have had a couple of these recently.

You are entitled to get the items that you order. Quality is subjective. Good comms solves everything. Sometimes opening a dispute (available from day 9) also opens up the required dialogue. Most disputes are resolved and then cancelled without Borgs having to settle them.

Be very clear and fair (and polite) with the vendor as to the precise nature of the problem and how you see it being resolved. You don’t need to delay opening your dispute as this simply protects your coin and can be cancelled once resolved.

Good luck👍

Hey Oddbot, you’re doing the right thing by contacting the seller. Give them some time to respond and find a suitable solution for you. If you’re not happy then you have the dispute route to go down, but chances are seller will want to resolve outside of this. Hope you get sorted soon ✌️

I really just hope it is a mix up dude because i have had a few different items from the vendor and all have been quality, hopefully it will get sorted without a dispute 😉

I’m sure it is mate, very shortsighted by the seller otherwise. Hope it’s sorted soon

Hope you get sorted bud.

You’re doing what you can and being as fair as you can see from what has been said.

All bases are covered from the advice already given.

Fingers crossed for you man.

It all adds up with being unhappy with the product to the amount of time consumed over it. Rather than enjoying it. If like me You probably procrastinated over posting for advice because you don’t want to be a dick about it but you want advice and it sorted.

Thanks for all the advice much appreciated , the vender replied eventually just asking for the delivery postcode, which iv sent, but no other coms at all ,i have to give the vender the benefit of doubt and give it till tuesday and hopefully vender will let me know whats happening, i think friday i can start a dispute , but as iv said could do with out all the aggro, thanks again , Stay High ; )

Hell of a review score they’ve got going! 🤦‍♂️

Nothing arrived, sent a few messages but no reply so disputed, looks like no one has received anything!

I have messaged them asking the same. No reply yet

I've been waiting for a sample for well over a week With no communication as well😔

Nothing arrived my end either. Been a couple weeks at least

Same had nothing arrive yet and no messages back from seller have disputed. Seems like this is becoming a regular thing on LB these days.

Because LB is the FB of marketplaces. Lots of vulnerable customers to take advantage of.

If You dispute it Does that put a bad mark on your name As well as the sellers?

Typically, however when a seller is fraud suspected disputes are generally dealt with differently and leave no impact on the buyers page.

I can’t guarantee this, as with anything on this site god knows when and how it works.

Not typically true, if u look at mine I have 0.4 dispute rate.

This was from a someone doing a intro offer scam. Was apparent real early too, but I let LB know who, said a dispute would not be put on my account cause it's a scam.

Once the dispute was over I was left with a dispute on my account

Thank you💚✌️

If they haven't marked it as sent, you will get an automatic refund in a 100 hours.

Thanks I will have a look 👊

Hi Bud

Nord should be fine for buyers but we strongly recommend avoiding it as a vendor, they have in their terms and conditions they will comply with law enforcement should it be required. This isn't specific to Nord alot of the big VPN companies do this

ExpressVPN is good and they do not comply with law enforcement, if ExpressVPN are forced to provide information they simply don't save any records in the first place so they have nothing to hand over. Even if a subpoena is issued they have nothing to give as no records are kept to begin with

Gassed

Thanks for this, i had no idea! Really defeats the object of "anonymity" if they are potentially giving your details to the old bill...

I'll check out ExpressVPN.

Thanks again buddy.

Cheers. BB

They all share the info/ data meta data - despite what you all believe. Need some come with more advanced methods to be fully secure. Vendors have left them self wide open on here on every angle/level.

Not to hijack the post, but I have a question. Is a VPN enough to keep a person untraceable? I heard something about a flash drive with some nerdy OS on it being necessary as well?

I found it. This is what you want guys

nord doesn't keep logs

Hey, BB. Would steer clear of NordVPN as they are known grassers and will give your info to LE.

I currently use Mullvad VPN as they have it in writing their service has a "no logs policy" which means data isn't kept.

You can pay for it with Bitcoin and Monero which renders it essentially anonymous (if you use Monero) and if you're looking for something the OPSEC conscious vendor would use, this is it.

1 month is a 5 EUR flat rate fee. 5 devices fit on 1 subscription.

SOTL

I second MULLVAD. Great VPN, no lag or dropout. You can also refresh you’re connection without disconnecting. £5 a month payable with BTC. Don’t even need an email address. Limited servers but works well. Based in Sweden I think.

Excellent information buddy thanks so much.

As i said to Gassed i had no idea this was the case. Looks like i might have been using a potentially incriminating VPN for the last 3 years! Oh well, you live and learn...

Thanks again, i'll look into Mullvad now.

Cheers. BB

Tor itself is pretty safe if your using the safest configuration.

Using a Virtual Machine, a bridge or a trusted and log free VPN may further increase security against specific threats if you know what your doing.

If you don't know what your doing, a VPN can sometimes even decrease your security.

A lot of VPN companies claim they don't keep logs. It's hard to be 100% certain which of them conform to that.

I personally use ProtonVPN, based in Switzerland, open source, can pay with Monero.

I use Nord and only have the basic package. I've had it for a couple of years and haven't had any issues. I've not tried any others.