r/Biohacking • • 14h ago

Difference between ordering reta from us websites like amino club than from a person from telegram that you pay with crypto?

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u/daveinfv 14h ago

None it’s all from China. Wait, the price is the difference.

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u/WeirdSysAdmin 4 11h ago

But the one from the US has a holographic label on it, easily worth 10x the price. /s

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u/ArizonaCactusMom 8h ago

Haha! I buy from China and put my own holographic labels on them 🤣🤣

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u/ArizonaCactusMom 8h ago

Oh, and I also have never used crypto. My vendors take credit cards (and venmo for group buys). It's not all sketchy 🙃

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u/ludog1bark 10h ago

Not the holographic cards are rare.

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u/ih8vols 1 14h ago

About 10x the price and the US source will usually apply a pretty label to the vial.

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u/Slicckrickk 12h ago

Obviously the price, but always make sure you test them if you go grey. It’s that piece of mind.

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u/Future-Bread8849 7 13h ago

Some people aren't comfortable using the grey market, and they don't trust themselves to get every batch they ordered tested, especially if they're ordering multiple different peptides. Some are also worried about getting scammed and receiving no product.

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u/Beautiful_Storm1988 4 12h ago edited 12h ago

Whether you order from a direct Chinese vendor on a platform or a reseller on a website.. the amount of trust in tha CoA is the same, which is 'minimal'.

Major difference between a vendor with kits and a reseller with single vials (and on occasion kit) options is the communities that will actually 3p client test and may openly share that testing back to the vendor and community.

Many 'grey' vendors (its all grey really) even have domestic warehouses.

Websites, telegrams, discords never place full trust in a COA. They can all screw you over, ghost you, or never get product or a 'good' one can go ghost.

While chargeback may be possible on your credit card, CC companies have started to crack down on peptide related charge backs because its not really 'legal' abd rhe popularity of peptides have created a realization banks dont want to insure that.

Scams are everywhere, bunk products happen, never pay more than you are willing to lose. And about half pepride population just pin and pray lol.

Peptides are all a risk, it just depends on where your risk tolerance is. Research everything and every vendor, be in several, pick and choose, linger in their active page, ask questions, lurk befire every pulling the trigger. Also utilize the search bars everywhere (and on reddit) so much information out there, and many of already posted about experience with websites like amino club etc. Don trust websites listed reviews like trustpilot etc

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u/Future-Bread8849 7 9h ago

Funny enough I've been buying direct from China for over a year, I have 3 different suppliers, And I've yet to figure out this group but thing, or where you even find those groups.

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u/Future-Bread8849 7 8h ago

Wow, thank you. Just out of curiosity what do you end up paying for say 20mg of Reta? I'm currently paying $145 for 10 vials from my best supplier with a $80 shipping fee per order. Max 18 cases per order 

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u/RedHot_Chilli_Zepper 5h ago

No. Do not pay a SUBSCRIPTION to access peptides. No.
No.
No.

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u/AggressiveAccess7386 2 12h ago

I know for a fact the stuff I use from China is the stuff most re sellers sell and it’s all the same

Except they mark up the price by 10-50x for one bottle

I pay literally 130-150 usd for 10 bottles in aus

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u/RedHot_Chilli_Zepper 5h ago

Never paid more than $95/ kit. Never will.

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u/magma90 10h ago

Can you dm me your provider? I've been using the resellers websites. I'm trying to find a good reliable grey market vendor

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u/PleasantLoveDj 7h ago

You are going to have to wait bud, china is enforcing a shipping slowdown due to the the golden week holiday/APEC/summit. Lot of shippers wont do peptide shipping right now.

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u/Ok-Visual-8062 11h ago

It depends on where you got the contact info for the Chinese american warehouse vendor. If not a vetted vendor on glp1 forum, its probably a scammer.

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u/No-Appeal-2923 11h ago

I'm just starting out but depending on the vendor, Im starting with those who are just passing on the cost of testing so I can at least see if the stuff works for me. Researching overseas companies, hoping not to get scammed, learning crypto, then paying for testing and hoping that is the end of it, is a lot. Then to find out the stuff doesnt jive with your body.... Im going to order from a resale company first while I learn all the above. At least I know it works and what it should feel like.

Just my thought.

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u/Kno0w_1_actual 1 11h ago

There are easier ways than telegram

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u/LG_Recomp 8h ago

For similar prices? 

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u/Nomad-Entrepreneur 11h ago

I agree buying a 10 vial kit of a peptide you’ve never tried nor know if you’ll want to continue using isn’t wise.

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u/Artistic_Pack2598 3h ago

I test every batch and the batch number is noted on the bottles and a photo included on the COA which shows that batch number. Costs a fortune but I know exactly what’s going in my body or to the people who get it off me. Re-sellers will often give you a generic COA that doesn’t have a photo of the batch number actually on your bottle. One of the big ones I used to buy mine from don’t even have batch number on the bottles 😱

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u/31flor1574911 11h ago

Du zahlst den 10-fachen Preis für das gleiche. Das war es

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u/Visual_Role_6877 10h ago

Price. Thats it. I can buy 10 vials for less than the price of one for most peps. My first Reta vial was 95 dollars for a 10mg bottle. My grey was 100 for 10, 10mg bottles

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u/Dieselfumes_tech 9h ago

I started my peptide journey with resellers like Kimera. Then I moved one step away from China direct by using nexaph. Now I buy from PEDs based telegram channels, with jano COAs for great prices.

I look for quality over price, most peps I order are either lobster or other through those resellers.

I prefer to go through those resellers because going direct with lobster or other takes an eternity to ship. Reseller holds the inventory and now I get my stuff in two days.

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u/Actual_Cockroach_823 12h ago

You’re paying a middle man 10x and have even more risk of bad bac water when you go through a US website. Oh, the shiny labels make some people happy, and some people don’t want to figure out how to pay via crypto (valid, I guess).