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Re:Using Silk Road by mindcrime on Monday February 18, 2013 @11:14PM (#5242562)
Well, these aren't exactly about the site, but if you'll humor me, a couple of questions jump to mind:

Do you have purchases sent directly to your home/business, or do you attempt to obfuscate the delivery somehow? If so, can you share anything about the tactics you use?

What percentage of your purchases arrive as expected? Do you have any reason to believe that anything is being intercepted by Customs / Border Police / Whatever, or do you only buy from in-country sellers?

Also, have you happened to notice if SR sellers sell things like Clenbuterol, and others that could fall into the "Performance Enhancing Drug" category?

Re:Using Silk Road by sruser on Monday February 18, 2013 @11:22PM (#5242586)
I have purchases sent to my home, most of the time.

I have never lost a package that was actually mailed, though I have been scammed a couple of times by vendors who never send anything.

I try to stick to domestic vendors to avoid customs, but sometimes it is impossible due to supply issues. When I am ordering internationally I stick to Canada if possible. I once had a package from India get stuck in customs for over a month. When it finally arrived it had been opened and retaped shut. However, they did not find the actual contents of the package, it was very well hidden.

I am not familiar with Clenbuterol but I did manage to buy some Provigil after reading this article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/my-experiment-with...).

Re:Using Silk Road by dllthomas on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @04:00PM (#5247013)
"I have never lost a package that was actually mailed, though I have been scammed a couple of times by vendors who never send anything."

You've said this a couple times - how do you differentiate?

Re:Using Silk Road by fusiongyro on Monday February 18, 2013 @11:36PM (#5242633)
Does the article reflect your experience?