What happened to the good old days when you got into the back of a car with a shady guy?
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humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
That’s odd.
I think most of the time they just use dead drops, it’s much safer.
Courier sticks drugs to a tree, walks away, sends a geo location of a drop to a buyer. Done.
Druggie just has to geolocate it, never meet in person.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Thats for like 100 or less. Or for really risky dealers.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
100 what? USD? If so, I used to routinely buy around that amount back when I was a cokehead and I still did it by getting in the back of the car. Perhaps it’s just different cultures. I can’t even imagine myself picking drugs from a tree (?)
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I meant what you are saying, I think I worded it poorly. Cheaper deals are done in relatively shady places where you could get caught by chance. Bigger deals are more secure using any number of methods.
There are just bad dealers too though, its like any other job.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
HOW GET MONEY?
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Paypal? Venmo? Monzo? Or in other words, with great ease…
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I’d be uneasy with electronically transferring funds for illicit drugs, cash seems wiser.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why, though? You send on paypal as friends and family. You dont get taxed on that kind of transfer and i doubt it is being audited.
There is a level of trust you have to assume between a drug dealer and the customer. You retaining customers is all done on reputation. If you try to cheat your customers, they will all go elsewhere. There is a lot of incentive for dealers to run their “business” well and keep customers happy.
Cash means you need to meet face to face. This is far more risky. When i was younger and smoking weed, it was all face to face, meet someone somewhere and trade there. Or a car pulls up and you have a little chat and swap money for the bag. But this was dodgey. It was risky. It eneded up in arrests more often than you think.
Towards to end of my pot head days, it was all telegram to put orders in, delivered by royal mail via recorded delivery and money tranferred with an app as i mentioned above. This is more private than you think.
Although admittedly i never did this sort of transaction, everyone i know who was/is still smoking/vaping is doing it this way.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
How does the dealer get the cash without potentially exposing their location?
humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
For “other”