However, there are more and more people being scammed right, left and centre with no exceptions as there are no set rules, and these are now in the main originating from the former Eastern bloc countries that we have now as friends and allies in some cases.
Unfortunately there are those that do not see it as chance to make friends and offer a decent service, but one to scam you for your money and sell bath tub produced, clinically inferior gear which is potentially dangerous in oh so many ways. There is not much in the way that we can do to stop this within our own abilities, but there are ways to protect ourselves by:
Sharing information of rogue companies Holding our own fort Looking after our own and Sharing information about GOOD companies
Okay, I appreciate that there are not many good companies around, most of them disappeared along with the good gear years ago, but there are still a few I can assure you of that.
Counterfeit gear will always be a problem, in fact I know that it reached a peak 4 or 5 years ago that I found absolutely unbelievable to be honest, then it seemed to drop away for a reason that we are currently experiencing now. How? Well the counterfeiters in some way or another melted away once the good generics started to hit the streets. Let me explain what a generic actually is.
The word 'generic' does not mean that the product is fake, it actually means that it can be any product, food, cosmetic or DRUG that is sold in a package without a brand which is totally different to the word ‘counterfeit' which means basically that it is meant to be passed off fraudulently as a copy. I appreciate that we could have both in some ways but the reason for my explaining this as I am is that there is so much difference in the two as I know of today.
The counterfeit gear these days is actually getting less and less simply because of the costs involved to make the stuff. Whereas the generics that have hit the streets these last 2-3 year years, have in so many cases proven to be in way better than the original. It is not so much as a surprise at all because I have even had chats with certain representatives of these actual companies and their outlook was and is good for us.
After so many tests and trials we can actually say that is the case. I have this last week alone seen good old Dynabolan in a 150mg format return far better than the last time we saw it and that must have been 12 years or more! It never went away, per se', it just needed a couple of reputable companies to realise that there is an obvious market for certain gears that were sorely missed. By doing this, these reputable pharmaceutical companies have inadvertently helped to cut the counterfeiters out of the market. Good news for us - bad news for them.
Heptylate was a steroid that I used to use on a regular basis simply because it was one of the best gears that I had ever used way back, and then all of a sudden it disappeared from sight, almost overnight. We had lost a product which gave us very little water retention, solid weight gains and excellent strength increases; but then it was gone!
The same thing happened to Masteron 7-8 years ago. This product was SO sought after especially for pre-competition preparation that it was unreal as it helped give hardness to the physique that was truly incredible. I turned around one day and it was gone too - WTF was happening to the world. Of course we know now why these and other products left the market, it was the laws of certain countries that changes, demand dropped because of the seriousness of the counterfeits that were flooding the market and so certain sections of genuine pharmaceutical companies decided that it was best to close the doors on certain products until such chance they could come back - and thank goodness they did.
We have recently tested a 20ml version of Heptylate, a 150mg Dynabolan multi and a 100mg Masteron that ALL prove to be as good as the versions we knew all those years ago. All were up to the limit of the mg per ml, bang on in fact. They were all clean cut products that we were chuffed to see back. For competitors it means that extra boost that was indeed sorely missed. For those looking to harden and condition there physiques in general, they will be glad to see it back too. As for the Heptylate and Dynabolan, well it will please many of the seekers of strength and mass as it did way back then.
There are still a lot of shite products on the streets and it is up to us to try and sort the wheat from the chaff. There is a way. If you have knowledge of any company that has actually scammed you for cash, if you have lost to them in anyway let me know and I will do my best to let as many know as to their antics as I possibly can. Of course I know where all the good gear is and I would be a fool to say that I didn't, but it is also good to know where all the shit gear is too so I can steer people clear of such nob heads. Forewarned is forearmed I say.