does first time actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
I have had 24 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 22 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February. The independent number came back 96.8% against a claimed…
Every time this gets posted it hits the front page and every time someone has to re-explain it.
What does the wiki say?
the basics question is not dumb
This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.