So I've been ripped off once or twice (only when dealing with people other than my usual dealer, go figure). He stops doing business at 10 pm because he's got kids and a family and they have to be ready for school etc. I live about an hour away so I can't always get up there to meet with him. No big deal, my ex and I just cruise by the gas station or whatever and people know what's up. So we find this guy, he gets in my car and gives us a sample of H. It's pretty good stuff so we buy the gram, give him the money, and he dips out fast. I thought it was little weird but we had already tested it so I didn't think much of it. Anyway, we go to the Wendy's parking lot and this mother fucker gave us a rock. Literally a piece of gravel he must have picked up on the side of the road. I'm out $100, pissed off, and nearly dope sick.
Another time, my ex, his friend, and I were up north again buying an 8 ball of coke to sell from some other guy. We meet dude in some random parking lot around midnight to do the deal. Mind you we had just bought an 8 ball from this same guy a couple of days prior. So my ex and his friend get out of the car and walk over to his, they tell me to hold down the fort. Not even 20 seconds later, I see my ex running to the car, he hops in the driver's seat, and pulls out of the parking spot a bit to which I see his friend lying face down on the pavement with this big ass gat in his back. My ex is screaming out the window "let him go, let him go!" And the guy is like "give us the money!" We're about 25 feet away from the guy so my ex throws some bills out the window; and when they run to grab the money blowing in the wind and shit, his friend flies into the car. We zoom off, in utter shock and disbelief, and I see the people are behind us. My ex just threw out some ones, a ten, and maybe a 20 so they got $50 from us at the most; and I guess they weren't too happy about that lol. I'm telling my ex to give me the money because I wasn't about to give that Shit up! Haha anyway, we manage to get away empty handed but unscathed. That was a hell of night let me tell you! Once we made it back to my other dude's house whom we were staying with at the time I did some dope just to calm my nerves and try to forget about that whole ordeal.
Moral of the story, don't buy from shady ass people if you can manage it. Only "trust" the people that you've been doing business with for a good while (even though they can screw you too) however in my case my usual dude didn't use, he just smoked some weed and drank occasionally, dealing was his actual occupation to take care of his family and stuff- he was a good guy for real. Truly, if you can get out of the game all together that's your best bet. It was the best decision I ever made although it was pretty much forced upon me, but that's a different story for a different time.
Stay safe out there y'all. Listen to the vets on here, they know what they're talking about. Keeps your wits about you, I've read some of these stories where Shit went wrong and people didn't notice the red flags because they were under the influence at the time. Finally, listen to your gut, if something doesn't feel right you are not obligated to continue on with the transaction or whatever. Consider your safety first, after all this is all in the name of harm reduction.
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