Great advice, thanks! I’ve done a lot of reading that points out many of the same issues. I’d also be interested in ordering rc psychs, coke, and amphetamine. I don’t have a plug and I’m such a hermit I’m not really sure how to find one, talking to other people at concerts/bars is not generally something I do.
I know the size makes them more risky, but how much more risky are powders in your experience? I’ve always assumed they’d be the worst, but then again I’ve ordered plenty of legal or legalish powdered or pressed substances on the clear net that would look similar. I assume most packages get X-rayed, and if that’s true, wouldn’t modafinil, racetams, phenibut, kanna, kratom extracts/7oh, pea, etc. look similar enough to raise suspicion? None of these packages were wrapped in anything special and all came without a hitch.
And how do you deal with delivery? Do you have it delivered to your home address or do you use a fake name, nearby abandoned address, drop point? That’s one part I really don’t know how to deal with. If I used a nearby address my package would get scooped up in no time I’d assume.
I read a thread recently, it may have been here or on Reddit, about the declining reliability of dark net markets. Have you noticed any truth to that? More scammers, less consistent quality, wrong orders, etc. in the past few years.
I don't have a lot of experience with powder but I have ordered some things like crystal MDMA, crystal 2cb, other crystal RC psychs. Never had any problems, and I've gotten bulky things like weed and mushrooms delivered without incident. Of course, I'm still taking varying degrees of risk every time so I'd never call it totally safe, but the probability is likely on your side. Millions of packages go through USPS every day, many of them containing illicit substances.
Unlike UPS or FedEx, the USPS cannot open your package under any circumstances without a warrant. They do, to some degree, practice screening via X-ray or even dogs, but they don't do it to every package due to the amount coming through every day. Unless something is overtly suspicious about the package, or they've been tipped off in advance, they don't screen it. Dogs in particular are uncommon and not used often, x rays are more common, but as you pointed out, many legal things come in powdered form so that alone often isn't enough for them to get a warrant to open your package. If they're very suspicious they will likely hold the package until they can get a drug dog to smell it, but they can't do that all of the time.
If you're buying personal amounts, detection becomes less likely too. A brick of cocaine is going to be far more obvious than time powder in a bag.
I do get it delivered to my home address. When I was younger, I experimented a bit with using other addresses, especially when I lived next to a house that remained vacant most of the year, but ultimately just started getting it delivered to my home. I figure that isn't proof alone that I've ordered anything, especially if I haven't accepted the package. I do use an alias, always a different one. I'm not sure it helps much but it also can't really hurt.
It's definitely true that dark net markets aren't what they used to be but there are places where you can find people discussing them. I'm reluctant to be specific as it might be considered sourcing to name such places, even though it's a step removed from directly mentioning sources. I'll say I've had success during good DNMs on a certain tor-only reddit clone.
The main risk that I can see with DNMs is less honeypots but exit scams, where it operates as a legitimate market for a time before suddenly closing, pocketing all the money in escrow. I can also say that it's becoming more common for markets to get taken down by the feds. In such cases it seems like they usually go after vendors on the site and not the guy ordering a small amount for personal use.
There are also legitimate vendors on the clear net and telegram but to have to be very careful, and I've found it more difficult to weed out scammers that way. They're easier to advertise and often do not offer any kind of escrow.
Overall I'd say the risk is low but always present. If you're just buying enough for yourself, you are going to be a low priority target and not worth the trouble IF you practice good opsec and don't make it easy on them.
Know the law, know your rights, practice good privacy habits and opsec, and you can avoid a lot of trouble.
