[Discussion] can we stop arguing about VendorInvestigate until somebody posts a number
Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: can we stop arguing about VendorInvestigate until somebody posts a number. Inter-lab variance on this assay runs a point or two either way. Two services disagreeing by that much is agreement, not a discrepancy, and treating it otherwise starts…
Why the directory has two tiers, since the question comes up whenever somebody new finds it.
Twenty suppliers have enough independent results, over enough separate lots, over enough time, that the log says something. Those get a page, a test table and a link to their own storefront so you can compare their claims with the record.
The rest — nearly two hundred names — get a row, a band and a report count. Not because they are bad, but because two results is an anecdote about a vial. Manufacturing a score out of that would make the whole directory worthless, and the contrast is the point.
buy small first, test it, then decide
Where a supplier holds regional stock, ask which lines are actually held there rather than drop-shipped. It changes the lead time and it changes the customs question.
the wider-market names in the table are there because nobody has enough data on them
a directory entry is a record, not a recommendation
How many separate lots is that across? One lot tested twice is one data point.
what does the certificate actually carry — that is the whole question
Which lane, and what was the quoted lead time at checkout?