Vendor List Update April 2018

[BallzDeep9]

Greetings Double MM !! As many of you know, I maintain a large Kratom Vendor database, which was published on Reddit's Kratom_Vendors sub until 1 month ago when Reddit banned all discussion of vendors! So... Here we are.

I wanted to post this Link to the current Vendor List, which has some important updates.

There have been many, many, changes to the online kratom community this month. Reddit's Ban was one issue - Plus - we are currently seeing a - Vendor Shakeout happening now, with nearly all vendors losing their payment processors... That's a BIG change from just a few months ago. It's an on-going problem where most vendors, will need to Email you their Invoice. NO more ordering direct through a website!!

In addition... There is a supply problem, and a Quality Control issue, happening in general - With some vendors having to re-call product for various reasons. We all have heard the News stories, and FDA reports of kratom being contaminated. A few vendors on this List, have changed operations due to this problem. Gaia, Herbal Salvation, Soap Korner, are examples... Others have a related problem, where they are willingly having to dump large amounts of "bad kratom" which they discovered. Examples include: SoCal Herbal Remedies, and Herbaldom.

Then other vendors, may have decided to call it quits! Close up shop... We don't know why. Every one is different. But many like: Acadica, Enhanciosa, Garden Of Eden, Be Natural Candles, Super Speciosa, and more.. are removed from the List. There have been problems with shipments. A vendor like Treasure House, is currently OUT of stock today, but expecting to have a new shipment next week. Others have very LOW stock, and appear not to be re-stocking...

Did I mention that Facebook and YouTube and Reddit are all banning kratom?

https://voat.co/v/kratomvendors

[WotAnAtti2d]

Sorry Ballz, I'm an opportunist... Tea!

Crushed leaf tea: http://imgur.com/a/oMN6g
Tea for powder: https://imgur.com/a/1AXup

Did you know that by boiling water that kratom has been added to, it kills a multitude of germs? After that, a sustained heat will ensure that happens.

e Coli dies at 160° F
Salmonella dies at 167° F at a sustained heat of 10 minutes
Other non-specialized bacteria die at 140° F
Influenza is deactivated anywhere from 165° F to 212° F (boiling)

What takes more time? Spending 20 minutes making tea, or spending a week in the hospital? Or even something worse?

P.S. Any chance I could get on that list as an "honorary vendor", please? I have some great crushed leaf that I'm trying to unload. Reddit pretty much killed it for me. Thanks for reading!

[BlendsAreMyFriends]

Thanks for posting this and keeping us in the loop Ballz. Great list.

[JStargzr]

Thanks for the update Ballz! Interesting times..

[conscious_conundrum]

What happened with Enhanciosa? I just ordered from him last month....

[michaelconstipe]

"Then other vendors, may have decided to call it quits! Close up shop... We don't know why. Every one is different. But many like: Acadica, Enhanciosa, Garden Of Eden, Be Natural Candles, Super Speciosa, and more.. are removed from the List. There have been problems with shipments"

This comes off a bit too biased and embellishing the kratom online vendor scene, like if The Kratom Times were an e-zine. A lot of these small vendors left customers without the product they ordered and without a refund, whether by the vendor shutting down and pocketing the customer's cash or the vendor having its payment processor seized and then the vendor abruptly disappearing.

[herbalhippie]

What happened with Enhanciosa? I just ordered from him last month....

I messaged him on FB and got an answer right away, this was a couple weeks ago. Sounded like he was in business then.