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c/vendorvetting·submitted 4 months ago by u/solene_eriksen

does VendorInvestigate actually matter or is it forum lore at this point

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Genuine question, and the title is the question: does VendorInvestigate actually matter or is it forum lore at this point. Independent testing is worth more than a supplied certificate for one structural reason: the chain of custody. A member who buys, ships and pays is testing the same thing you would receive. A…

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u/ledger_modMOD103 points·4 months ago

Tracking number redacted from the post above. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/rina_nascimento23 points·4 months ago

what does the certificate actually carry — that is the whole question

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u/ignacio_silva6 points·4 months ago

the source page log is more useful than the score above it

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u/solene_eriksenOP4 points·4 months ago

three independent results beat thirty forum posts

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u/zaid_eriksen59 points·4 months ago

Started buying small deliberately, tested every lot for the first four, then stopped testing every lot because there was nothing to find.

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u/teodor_lokken35 points·4 months ago

Started buying small deliberately, tested every lot for the first four, then stopped testing every lot because there was nothing to find.

Agreed — and the corollary is that "no data" and "bad data" have to be written differently. The table separates them for exactly that reason.

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u/column_dead_volume9 points·4 months ago

consistency across lots beats one spectacular result

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u/gustav_vermeulen7 points·4 months ago

That reads as a recommendation and the source pages deliberately are not. They are a record you use to make your own decision.

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