Should I bother returning or just eat it

[RetCurious]

I don’t think I understand the comment.

Using gray market isn't illegal, selling it is.

At that point you bear full responsibility for any misuse, or bad reactions as well as the consequences of breaking the law.

You've made one poor, uninformed decision. I'd advise not doubling down.

 

[Labcat]

I don’t think I understand the comment.

It is not illegal to possess non-approved medications. The FD&C Act and state laws prohibit sale and distribution of unapproved new drugs (including biologics and peptides). An unhappy person who holds a grudge, or if someone got injured, even accidentally, could get you in sticky legal troubles. Just a bit exaggeratedly suggesting you think about it before doing it. As we’re all about eyes wide open risk taking…

ETA I see now that @RetCurious already answered elegantly!

 

[swimmer]

I suspect the reason their product was so expensive to begin with was:

1, added cost of accepting credit cards 3-5% goes to cc company.

2, loss from returns and charge backs

3 legal fees when they get sued from someone improperly using product which is easier if there is a local legal entity.

4. The added time involved in dealing with 1,2 and 3.

5 etc.

Chinese vendors that accept crypto have the best prices because their overhead is much less. They don't have to deal with most of those things. That is the beauty of the grey market!!

I say return it if you can. They chose to take credit cards and have higher prices to make up for it. You chose to pay a higher price and you have the convenience of using a credit card and all that that includes.

 

[Cmoney]

I have a question about whether it is worth it to try and return some peptides from an online research company. Was just learning about Reta at the end of last year, which was also right when I was hearing about how it was going to become unavailable at the end of the year. (This was also before I found this community too, which has been so eye opening.) I panic-bought 12 vials of r10 for about $80 each (I know, I know…), but have since been able to find some other vendors from this site that have been great so far. So my question is this. I reached out to customer service of the reseller, and they agreed to accept the return, but I guess I am worried that since it is Reta, and they maybe cannot sell it again, that they might do something like claim it was damaged when it returned or unacceptable or something and then not accept the return. Then I’m out the money and the Reta. Am I worrying too much? Should I just eat the cost and chalk it up to learning? Feels like it might be hard to dispute with my credit card company lol!

Why not use it? My confused.

 

[Peotidethrowaway]

Why not use it? My confused.

I don’t get selling it at a loss either. Just use it

 

[pavlovs]

Integrity is everything. There is nothing wrong with your kit, you bought and then had second thoughts and realized that you panic bought. Even considering doing a chargeback says a lot about you, and none of it is good.

I love the ease of using credit cards for these purchases, I'm too old and uninterested to learn crypto, but there are fewer and fewer peptide sellers taking credit cards, and this is because of unscrupulous people like you.

Go kick rocks.

 

[Local-beans-236]

It is not illegal to possess non-approved medications. The FD&C Act and state laws prohibit sale and distribution of unapproved new drugs (including biologics and peptides). An unhappy person who holds a grudge, or if someone got injured, even accidentally, could get you in sticky legal troubles. Just a bit exaggeratedly suggesting you think about it before doing it. As we’re all about eyes wide open risk taking…

ETA I see now that @RetCurious already answered elegantly!

I’m so glad you both brought that up. Wasn’t planning on reselling, but also had not thought of it as selling drugs either. I appreciate all the advice.

 

[IshimaruKenta]

Just make the Reta into a paste and eat it. Problem solved.