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Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« on: October 12, 2010, 10:48:17 PM »
Hi, sorry if I am cluttering up this board or breaking any rules with a new topic but I thought it might be useful for some of the readers of this board if members with experience contribute any tips and tricks they have gained over the years in sourcing chemicals, from controlled precursors to general lab supplies.

I'll start it off by saying it is very possible to source certain precursor chemicals from Asia. I have personally purchased sassafras from China. I supplied the chemical company I was buying from with a fake name and address and got them to send the order through to a fly-by-night freight forwarder who repackaged the shipment and forwarded it on to my actual address through an international courier service.
  The benefits of this are pretty self evident. If the supplier eventually gets busted they won't be able to supply any personally identifiable information and many of the smaller freight forwarders will be unlikely to keep very extensive records or stay open for very long. As well as repackaging your shipment as something a little less suspicious! :D

Hope this helps!
Looking forward to hearing your tips!

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2010, 08:57:46 PM »
I dont think you are cluttering or breaking any rules, but the road to acquisition is like the road to enlightenment and best walked alone.

10 grams of HgCl2 were delivered to a person that I hold near and  dear to my heart and I wouldn;t feel right telling how easy or hard it was for him to do it. Seek and ye shalll find. Just dont tell the world how easy is was or they will and it wont. GodSpeed Drone.
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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2010, 09:51:57 PM »
well put, if a loophole exists keep it to yourself and among tightlipped friends.
there are laws, and there are loopholes; exploit the loopholes and keep your trap shut you can trust people you have known 5 years or more *hypothetically*
fly by night carriers send up a big red flag obviously you need to learn some things.
repackagers are good if the port of origin is'nt flagged by customs also ports of entry if multiple ones exist in your land choose the busiest port in the u.s. that would be new york.
have a mail forwarder accept it there and send it to the destination.
never sign for anything.
have it mailed so a signature is  not required if an unusual mail delivery person shows up and the package is late or deviant from the eta and they want a signature then something's up politely say i'm sorry i was'nt expecting any packages.

if you are suspicous the postmark looks fiddled with write return to sender not at this address on the package and do not open for several days.
« Last Edit: October 13, 2010, 10:08:56 PM by jon »

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2010, 10:12:52 PM »
Thanks for your advice people. In hindsight this topic is probably not such a good idea. The main idea I wanted to get too  new-bees like me is that although it seems daunting at first when drying to source your chems, if you put in the research and dedication it is an achievable task.

I see a lot of truth in drones statement now that the road to acquisition and enlightenment are two which are best walked alone!

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2010, 08:35:08 PM »
Amateur chemistry is not a crime. Therefore I have no fear anymore when I order, and a good mate has no troubles minding the packages for me and such.

Basically just order it. BTW chinese suppliers are MORE than willing to deal with an individual SO LONG as said individual is good for the money...

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2010, 01:58:23 AM »
Fuck CHINA! Buy American and keep them good fellas afloat.
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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2010, 02:49:40 PM »
Drone: Most american suppliers will NOT sell ANYTHING worth buying to us in Europe... I mean I cannot get Skylighter to ship me anything worth having for my pyrotechnics hobby, despite the fact I have emailed them a bunch asking about simple things like e-match bodies and such, and they know I am harmless. So I buy from ex-ComBlock places or China :)

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2010, 12:07:17 AM »
well it's sentimental to want to support american businesses but the truth of the matter is they are under american jurisdictions and laws and will prefferably sell you out over themselves.
the expression being sold down the river is explained thusly

(Sold Down The River" refers to the Mississippi River. Slaves that "misbehaved" or made escape attempts were often sold to the Deep South, where punishments were harsher and slaves were treated worse. It was a method for breaking up family units and separating husbands and wives, parents and children, etc, as well as selling escapees or any other slave no longer considered worth the cost to keep.)

and let's face facts; incarceration is another type of slavery when slavery ended officailly the penal system was implemented to fill the need for cheap labour.
and it continues today.

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« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2010, 03:28:51 AM »
Amen Brother Jon. This goes out to any bee that has had to 4 step in the rain and pick cotton in the freezing October rain! Most American states have laws that differ from state to state and as long as they are in line with fed laws things slide through the cracks from state to shinning state.
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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2010, 04:20:27 PM »
the columbian drug lords preferred death to american prisons.
now that's saying something.
all kinds of punishments are meted out that are constitutionally defined as "cruel and unusual" in the united assfuck.
the "cotton quota' as you mentioned the "ho squad".
if you get injured it's the "broke dick squad".
a lot of shit goes on behind those walls, people getting shot for stepping a little too close to the fence or, dragged there afterwards; the atrocities are too numerous to count.
and no one cares until it's thier turn to face the grim reality of incarceration.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2010, 08:45:30 PM by jon »

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2011, 12:11:23 PM »
   y'know in my country prison isnt ANYWHERE near, your fuckin scary penal procedures!!!!

      "the columbian drug lords preferred death to american prisons.
          that's saying something."
             fuckin oath it is!!! probably their 'pride' was most hurt! but still man the prisons in the usa are     Truly insane

           fuckin scary!!! Man, that cop who started LEAP 'has it sussed',,its a fuckin Business!
« Last Edit: March 17, 2011, 12:14:37 PM by hypnos »
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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2011, 04:03:54 AM »
Keep in mind that everything which goes through customs will result in an entry in a government database. This entry will contain the source, destination, contents, date, etc. This entry will be stored indefinitely - for our purposes, consider it forever.

Just because you get your stuff fine without a CD doesn't mean everything is okay either now or a year from now.

If one order is compromised, could someone go back and find more using the same pattern? Could it be totaled up? If there were a pattern, might something in order #2 (sequentially) disagree with something in order #4? Amateur chemistry is a persecuted hobby. To stay in the clear, you must not only be in the clear, but all appearances must also be in the clear.

This doesn't totally kill the source, however it is something to keep in mind.

Anyone who thinks I am being overly paranoid should go back and read the Eleusis story.

I'm going to be somewhat veiled on this one. Those of you who know your stuff will understand what I'm saying.

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2011, 08:58:48 AM »
  Could you refer me to where i might find that 'story'---I've read about "the great debate/flamefest" between him and another CC,,I forget who it was ---Uncle fester maybe....

   As i am also "new" to this online world,,and many of the references to The Hive, WD,, etc are,just that,,only 'references',,  where can I find,,without hours of roundabout searches,,  these stories about these peeps and their peers (aside from Wiki....?)?

 Cheers Hyppy
« Last Edit: March 22, 2011, 09:00:38 AM by hypnos »
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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2011, 04:17:00 PM »
Here you go Hypnos:

hxxp://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/eleusis/memoirs.html

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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2011, 08:09:32 AM »
  Thanx RR  VERY much appreciated---

      Its EXACTLY  what I was hoping to find,,or,,for someone,, such as,, "your fine self" 8) 8) 8)..to either point me to where I could find,,some "stories/articles" on this topic...

    Matey,,its not often one receives such a PERFECT  reply ;D 8) as its "from the horses mouth",,
       
    as well as having the added advantage of bringing to my awareness that Erowid has these "memoirs" of which I had 'never noticed before' in my many visits there :o   
 
  This is again, exactly what I was hoping one of my fellow "bruzzies" could help with,,coz, as I have mentioned before,, sometimes UTFSE can be about as rewarding as "banging your head against the wall--the BEST thing about such procedures, is STOPPING"

  Because I am fairly new to doing online searches,,I have found the process to be a bit "hit,and miss' which can be (for me,after a while,,FUCKIN FRUSTRATING! >:()

  Although its usually, not too hard to find what I am looking for,,sometimes,,particularly with some of the "older,,or more 'esoteric' topics",, one can be taken on this 'roundabout & effectively useless journey' which was what I was hoping to avoid via another members knowledge of where to look...

  I must thank you again for doing BOTH 8) which were; a) providing the 'Perfect link',, and b) showing me where to look,,in the future, if needs be

  Go hard RoidRage,,may your processes be, fruitful, fun, and free of drama

   cheers Hyppy ;D
« Last Edit: March 24, 2011, 09:37:17 AM by hypnos »
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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2011, 05:30:09 PM »
I was hoping to get some feedback here, so here's what i did

i sended a quote to chemical company about 1,3 propanediol to use in my cars coolant, i just asked price and what quantities they ship in, i sent the message with my own name and sayed that i could pay by western union.

the company soon sent me message that their sales representitive is on holiday till 15 day this month, they gave second email to contact, and i did, the same thing happened.I know they will reply in time, but i was hoping you guys could tell me how long to wait before getting paranoid.As far as i know car coolant grade propanediol isnt regulated,and i didnt mention anything about the chemistry nor wrote 1,3 propanediol.

im in europe so i shouldnt get in to trouble for ordering it?

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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2011, 05:23:35 PM »
Anyone who thinks I am being overly paranoid should go back and read the Eleusis story.

It seems to me he got really sloppy. Let too many people close to his den of iniquity then once he fucked up and shipped his own chemicals, which then leaked, he was done for. The story is a good read, but not applicable in an acquisition discussion.

I'm totally new, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but it seems to me that the people who take on this hobby seriously do so because they love the work more than anything. Acquiring precursors is one matter, but reactants/reagents are entirely another, and for most people who are really in to this hobby it's actually enjoyable to take a few steps back and synthesis the supporting chems needed, once of course the precursors are in hand. At the end of the day you have no idea whether your source is secure or not. The best you can possibly do is that someone who is wiser and more experienced will take you under their wing and turn you own to their supplier who has shown that they are secure and trustworthy. Even then that source could be compromised and the patterns mentioned earlier can come out and you're fucked. It's a gamble, no matter how you look at it. The cost of loosing is huge, but the payoff for winning is huge as well.

I'm a big believer in karma and the law of equivalent exchange. I have found that just being still often brings about the necessary things. When what you do with your time is in accordance with the rhythm of your surroundings and there is a resonance between your energy and the energy immediately surrounding you, mountains tend to move and be cast in to the ocean.
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Re: Chemical Acquisition Tips and Tricks
« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2011, 10:02:36 PM »
When you say the payoff for winning is huge as well, do you mean making money?  Is that the fundamental goal?

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« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2011, 10:44:47 PM »
The money can be good, but the satisfaction of making your own goods are unparalleled. This is what kept me in tool and die for nearly 20 years, that satisfaction. However, you don't dump the kind of time and money in to this shit as I have if you never expect it to be worthwhile financially as well. I mean, we are all adults, with adult bills to pay and such. You can't spend all your time playing just because it's fun. I think I've been clear about what motivates me in this endeavor. Do I want a super lab? No. Do I want mad stacks of cash and a ton of bitches? No. My options in life are limited, that's just how it is. Like everyone else I will do what I have to in order to survive. To be able to work for yourself, even at a modest income, is a huge payoff IMO.
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« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2011, 01:37:39 AM »
There is much more to life than having 'a stack of cash and a load of bitches'

I haven't got the first, what I do have, is saved up carefully so I can see the lady in my life. As for a load of 'bitches'....I really don't get how people can just give themselves to a bunch of random women either. It has long been my way to pledge my body not to some pack of women shallow enough to throw themselves on the first man to flash a wad of cash their way. Thats not a way to find a true deep, meaningful relationship. Women who will sleep with a guy for what he has, rather than what he is, are not going to be the ones who will be there when it REALLY counts. When all else has hit rock bottom, and a guy needs to know who he is, and who in his hour of need he can really KNOW can be believed in, and focussed on, as a source of hope, a light at the end of the tunnel when everything else is dark, and the person in question needs to look inside himself, and look out to something, to knpw without having to ask, who is on their side and who or what will throw him to the wolves.

Only reason Toady is around today is because he knows who he is and what he stands for. And when the walls came crashing down around him he knew that he did not have to question weather there would be a light at the end of the tunnel, he knew that light would be there when it counted and was not simply bought. If the only reason a woman is there is money, they will go to the next source of a good living and an easy ride if they must, rather than bee able to be believed in when all else turns to shit.

Someone who really gives a shit, who really matters and who really can bee counted on to pull a guy through his darkest hour, is the sort of person who would sooner look at an empty plate and go hungry with the one they give themselves to, by their side, than live life well fed and easy at the side of someone whp has more, but cares less.

Its about what a person stands for, and who they are, not what they have.

Toad features would sooner live owning nothing, and having nothing but the coat he wears, enough to stay alive and no more, but in the arms of miss toad, who he KNOWS he can trust always to be straight with him than live rich and have all the designer clothes and gear in the world, yet when he is in his deepest hour of need, there might be nobody he can count on to stick by him, as long as he deserves that, and nobody who will not desert him in favour of somebody who has a faster car, a bigger stereo, flashier clothes etc.

Better to bee able to say, without hesitating 'YES I do know that I will be honoured and treasured, and damn straight that what I hear is the truth' yet be poor, cold and hungry, than to be warm, well fed and for there to be nobody at his back when the wolves come snarling and snapping, and everybody runs the fuck away, leaving one to be torn to pieces the very first chance they get.

Toad face would sooner have just one or two people that he could, if he had to, come to on his knees begging their help just one time in their lives, to pull through for him and have faith that his needs would be looked out for, than a thousand fucking facebook 'friends' that wouldn't lift a finger to help him.
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