Some more info for this rather interesting post. And by the way I AM A FULLY QUALIFIED CHEMIST (Degree Qualified) WITH VAST EXPERIENCE IN SYNTHETIC HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL R&D, and just about every analytical tool know to mankind. Just for the record! So anyone else out there who wishes to engage in chemical banter - beware, I know when you're full of crap. And I do apologise for sounding full of it, I just want to ensure that people who post chemistry stuff don't pretend to be an expert when they're not. In reality, I'm just an average Joe who speaks the language and has a lot of relevant experience - please don't mistake it for arrogance, I mention it for 'credibility'.
Firstly - AJ - I will lend you the money to patent this if you like. It is TOTALLY CRAP that you invented it. That is a COMPLETE lie, and should not be posted as a fact in this forum. You are misleading the people of Bluelight, and this is unacceptable. You can't patent the product, it's not your invention. It's been around for more than 30 years, and is well published in journals and books. You can't patent 'prior art'. We've had this discussion before. You want the money to try, just ask. You will be laughed out of the patent office. And another thing - did you read the post about the pill that tested positive when it WASN'T MDMA??? I TOLD YOU that other chmicals could turn purple/black and fool the testers, and you didn't mocked me on a Bluelight forum. Perhaps a more experienced tester would have picked it up, but the bottom line is that it can be fooled, and I have a number of OTHER chemicals which are even better that those listed in the post. There will always be false positives and false negatives with any testers. That's why we developed a second one, and that's why the forensic police used about 10 of them. They can be fooled, but when done in parallel, they are far more discriminating. End of bullshit please! You have little credibility in this area (This is not person, it's a 'recalibration' - you do good work, just remember you limitations please, and don't tell me how to suck eggs). I look forward to you wasting your many hours trying to stop Marquis Reagent from going brown, or reacting with your plastics. IT ALWAYS WILL!!!! We've recently launched a new packaging which incorporates a completely inert sealing lid for shipping. You Marquis Reagent will arrive in perfect condition, and you just pop on the dripper cap prior to use. This also means the formaldehyde doesn't escape until you open it and start using it, so it effectively doesn't start the 'expiry clock' ticking until you get it. FABULOUS!! Yay me!
On pricing - Chemical Generation came into this business as a direct result of realising that AUD50 was TOO MUCH to pay for Marquis Reagent. We retail at less than half that price in Australia. We priced it as a reflection of the fact that it is easy to make, and doesn't last all that long. Compared with a typical pill (AUD50), it's reasonable. Mr Quirks - I understand your frustration at having to pay for testing products, but give the governments the hassle, not the people who are trying to help. We are not a charity. Sorry, but I do it for a small return (believe me, I get very well payed elsewhere thankyou very much - this 'job' is a pittance), and I do it to help the 'community', for interest, and use the funds to help further research. In 9 months we've turned out 2 products, third on it's way, dispelled lots of rumours about these products, helped harm minimisation groups, dealt with media, and tried to live a normal life. Pittance is hardly worth this, it's about informing and educating and deriving some intangible sense of contentment.
Your Marquis Reagent is very unlikely to last one year. Don't fool yourself, see our website as to why (www.chemicalgeneration.com.au).
Marquis Reagent, and even sulphuric acid itself, will go brown over time. Without a dripper or anything. It just does, even in glass containers. It absorbs organics, oxidizes the hell out of them, and turns brown.
Sulphuric acid will turn purple with MDMA, but will also turn purple with even MORE chemicals than Marquis Reagent. It is less selective. If you can live with that, then cool. Just remember to cross you fingers as well.
These 'spot tests' CAN give you an indication as to the relative strength of the compound present. Try street cut speed, and the stuff they use to make street cut speed. Quite obviously stronger in reaction. No - not quantitative. Semi-quantitative at best. "Indicative" is the wording.
My recent experience is that people don't just want purple to black. They really want to know 'what' they're taking. Be it 2CB, 2ct7, speed, ketamine, DMA, DMT whatever. We will lead the way in pill and powder testing because of this philosophy. I imagine others will join us in the future.
Fillers and binding agents don't generally react with Marquis Reagent. Fact. You may get a weak response, but not of the order of magnitude as with a true heterocyclic organic compound. You may get fizzing. Big deal!
We didn't originally put the 'blue to purple to black' onto our colour chart for fear that people might not see it (in their tests), and might consider the product ineffective because they didn't see the 'blue' bit. Now that the market is more educated, we will move to the 'blue to purple to black' in future. EZ Test are welcome to join us!
Hope this helps. Hope I haven't upset anyone too much. I will spank anyone who speaks chemistry bullshit, if I happen to see it. I will be devoting more time to direct customers and our website. Contact me if you want any further clarification. I'd be more than happy to help.
BTW - Johnboy speaks many truths, and is highly resourced and knowledgable. We thank him for DONATING his time to help set up pill testing stations in Australia, and suffer the media blitz (which I'm also suffering!!), and probable constabulary attention. Good show and many thanks to you.
Regards,
B.
Chemical Generation
