Bubby'sndalab
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Iam not taking shit outta context-it is what it is-in my opinion you're downing ppl-i was jus teasing u w/heisendork-not everyone has cheddar to have extravagant grow rooms & lights-not trying to start anything
Greenpoint seeds!!
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40AmpstoFreedom
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Well this thread is back to, if there isn't a picture, I am not reading the post for few weeks lol.
Heisengrow
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I hope not
blowincherrypie
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no.. contest dude is actually a pretty cool guy.. Dont know much about basement kid other than he really seems to luv him some Gu..
Chunky Stool
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Sorry to hear that you got caught up in the S1 debacle -- and I know how much time & effort it takes to grow a 7 footer.
Major bummer.
I'm not saying all GPS strains are fire. In fact, Texas Butter left me somewhat unimpressed when grown outdoors.
Bodega bubblegum and 'half & half' (CV) did much better.
socaljoe
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Any pics to post?
I kind of struck out on my Bodega Bubblegum. My two ladies have been nothing but trouble...I kind of wish I had just cut them down months ago. Your BB looked killer, mine are stretchy and floppy with terrible structure. It is what it is though
SouthBySouthwest
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I've was a loyal customer but stopped being a GPS customer in May due to CC fraud and, more importantly, the poor response by the GPS staff addressing the issue. The fact that the fraud reports continue to roll-in simply indicates where their minds are. I am very sad to see this but since it appears that this continues to be an on-going problem, I post the following for review.
Here are the emails I had sent to GPS,
May 12 2018:
Hello ~Gu,
Lot’s of chit-chat on rollitup recently but there is one thing caught my eye that I’d thought I should bring to your attention. One user had reported stolen credit card information apparently thinking it had something to do with a GPS transaction.
Whether it had anything to do with the payment processor that GPS is using or not, I cannot know. But, I also had my credit card number stolen shortly after using Payofix (a couple of fraudulent charge attempts). Hence, my decision to switch my payment method to money order on my most recent order.
At the time, knowing it’s difficult to know for certain where and when credit card information is leaked or stolen, I ignored this. Although, I very rarely have had this problem in past. However, If there is more than one report of CC fraud shortly after using Payofix, I would tend to be a bit more concerned.
Considering some of the issues that seem to have occurred with the GPS site, gold nuggets, and so forth as of late, it might be wise to review the overall security of the payment processing starting from your site through to the transaction processor. In particular, if there have been other reports of stolen credit card information. This is still anecdotal but now it appear there is at least one other with a similar issue. More of a “heads-up” than anything else.
Lot’s of chit-chat on rollitup recently but there is one thing caught my eye that I’d thought I should bring to your attention. One user had reported stolen credit card information apparently thinking it had something to do with a GPS transaction.
Whether it had anything to do with the payment processor that GPS is using or not, I cannot know. But, I also had my credit card number stolen shortly after using Payofix (a couple of fraudulent charge attempts). Hence, my decision to switch my payment method to money order on my most recent order.
At the time, knowing it’s difficult to know for certain where and when credit card information is leaked or stolen, I ignored this. Although, I very rarely have had this problem in past. However, If there is more than one report of CC fraud shortly after using Payofix, I would tend to be a bit more concerned.
Considering some of the issues that seem to have occurred with the GPS site, gold nuggets, and so forth as of late, it might be wise to review the overall security of the payment processing starting from your site through to the transaction processor. In particular, if there have been other reports of stolen credit card information. This is still anecdotal but now it appear there is at least one other with a similar issue. More of a “heads-up” than anything else.
A response was received May 14th. In response to them essentially indicating "it's not their problem"
May 14 2018:
Hello ****,
Thank you for the response. I thank you for your offer to provide documentation to assist any recovery needed through the CC company. I have already taken care of these items and these emails are more of an alert to GPS. The reason I was giving you the heads-up at this point (as my problem was revealed in late March) is because there appear to be additional reports from others about the same or similar issue. Though your processor is PCI compliant, everything in the chain including the ordering portal (e.g. your website at which point the cc information is entered), any human interaction in the chain, etc has to be accounted for.
The impression that I’m getting from the response is the “it’s not our problem” response. And, I certainly understand that if the theft of information is occurring with your vendor, you are correct, it is not your fault. I also understand the difficulties in your industry.
But, in reality, it very much could be your problem, in particular, if you are aware that this is occurring. Worse, if it’s on-going and happening to more than one individual, then it’s a matter of refusing to protect your customers from potential fraud. The implications of which are not good from a variety viewpoints including customer confidence.
This is not a threat, I have confidence in GPS will be able to review potential points of weakness. I’m simply trying to make you aware that I have had encountered an issue and potentially others have had recent issues with how the transactions are occurring with the current CC processor. That was essentially the point of the email.
Thank you for the response. I thank you for your offer to provide documentation to assist any recovery needed through the CC company. I have already taken care of these items and these emails are more of an alert to GPS. The reason I was giving you the heads-up at this point (as my problem was revealed in late March) is because there appear to be additional reports from others about the same or similar issue. Though your processor is PCI compliant, everything in the chain including the ordering portal (e.g. your website at which point the cc information is entered), any human interaction in the chain, etc has to be accounted for.
The impression that I’m getting from the response is the “it’s not our problem” response. And, I certainly understand that if the theft of information is occurring with your vendor, you are correct, it is not your fault. I also understand the difficulties in your industry.
But, in reality, it very much could be your problem, in particular, if you are aware that this is occurring. Worse, if it’s on-going and happening to more than one individual, then it’s a matter of refusing to protect your customers from potential fraud. The implications of which are not good from a variety viewpoints including customer confidence.
This is not a threat, I have confidence in GPS will be able to review potential points of weakness. I’m simply trying to make you aware that I have had encountered an issue and potentially others have had recent issues with how the transactions are occurring with the current CC processor. That was essentially the point of the email.
Around this time I had posted a warning here on RIU regarding the issue and also PM'ed GPS. I did receive a response from GPS via PM. The response was polite but the feeling was they would take no responsibility, would not take any action to protect their customer, will continue allowing the use of Payofix while, at the same time, complaining about the reports of the issue. This was in the midst of several concurrent fraud reports from RIU users.
I'm not posting their response(s) directly but I will post my response to their response:
May 17th, 2018:
You are hurt? Really? Constant affirmation? I was personally affected by this fraud. Fraud very much hurts those that are affected. The CC fraud was occurring, GPS was made aware it was occurring, it has been occurring for some time now. And, GPS has refused to address this. GPS has not indicated that they are even looking into it. Even something as simple as a temporary pause would have satisfied some. And, as far as we know, this may still be occurring. The response has been and is currently, not our problem?
I'm afraid to say this is precisely why it ended up, publicly, in the forums. I would suspect if it occurs again, it will also again appear in the forums. If it occurs on your watch, whether it's the transaction processor or your website that's leaking the information, it is the choice of GPS to take this risk knowing that they may be risking their customer information.
The last thing anyone wants to do is to hurt you in any way. I have been fair with my posts and, in fact, embargoed my comments while awaiting an email response from GPS (days ago). I have nothing against you, you have a great business, and quality product but I'm afraid I disagree with your stance on this specifically. I will, though, assume that GPS is looking into this and, as such, I will refrain from commenting further on this matter on the RIU forum until such time there are new reports of compromised CC information.
Thanks
I'm afraid to say this is precisely why it ended up, publicly, in the forums. I would suspect if it occurs again, it will also again appear in the forums. If it occurs on your watch, whether it's the transaction processor or your website that's leaking the information, it is the choice of GPS to take this risk knowing that they may be risking their customer information.
The last thing anyone wants to do is to hurt you in any way. I have been fair with my posts and, in fact, embargoed my comments while awaiting an email response from GPS (days ago). I have nothing against you, you have a great business, and quality product but I'm afraid I disagree with your stance on this specifically. I will, though, assume that GPS is looking into this and, as such, I will refrain from commenting further on this matter on the RIU forum until such time there are new reports of compromised CC information.
Thanks
It's incredible that this appears to be on-going. I was very impressed when I first started purchasing seeds from GPS. Very unfortunate business practices as of late.
Oh, I was also taken by the S1 sham, lost gold points, etc, etc.
Tangerine_
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Not trying to plug another breeder because Chunky's pics do look great but you might like Bubblegum Diesel (BG Diesel if doing a search)
The 3 phenos I grew came out very nice and they were all potent AF. That shit was putting people down! Perfect leaf to calyx ratio and good trich coverage.
Just a suggestion cuz I know there are still a few packs of that one around.
HTHs
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evergreengardener
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Without posting their response for everyone to see what is the point of this post? I read all that expecting to see the response and then you didn’t post it. Why not? Nothing is secret here if they blatantly told you “it’s not their problem” yu should post that for all to see nothing wrong with that
Thegermling
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The funny thing about the s1s, I didn’t water them for about 2 weeks (planted in the ground and survived most of the end of summer) and those fuckers stayed alive no deficiencies whatsoever. Then I chopped.Sorry to hear that you got caught up in the S1 debacle -- and I know how much time & effort it takes to grow a 7 footer.
Major bummer.
I'm not saying all GPS strains are fire. In fact, Texas Butter left me somewhat unimpressed when grown outdoors.
Bodega bubblegum and 'half & half' (CV) did much better.
JohnGlennsGarden
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"Asking for a friend," makes me LOL, every time.
40AmpstoFreedom
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Hemp is amazing.
SouthBySouthwest
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Yea, I get what you are saying. But, I think you can read between the lines. I do not have their permission to post their PM/emails and there is plenty of information in my response without posting their response(s) verbatim. Though, I will consider it.
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evergreengardener
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You don’t need their permission it was your conversation yu were the other party to the discussion. And reading between the lines on subjects like that cause a lot of problems and confusions. I will say one more time that you absolutely do not need permission from them to post their responses
nc208
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Seriously though, what the f*ck happened to GPS.
They had bomb customer service, good smoke, and a great system with the auctions. Nuggets were nice but I knew it was only a matter of time before they got ko'ed.
Dude gets married and all that just disappears with no explanation?
Can some of y'all fill me in on what's up cuz Gu only comes here to tell us to go vote for photo of the month. He's checking the thread often you can see by his profile but won't answer anyone's questions and screwing anyone who had nuggets saved up?
Seems like the Bizarro Gu to me.
They had bomb customer service, good smoke, and a great system with the auctions. Nuggets were nice but I knew it was only a matter of time before they got ko'ed.
Dude gets married and all that just disappears with no explanation?
Can some of y'all fill me in on what's up cuz Gu only comes here to tell us to go vote for photo of the month. He's checking the thread often you can see by his profile but won't answer anyone's questions and screwing anyone who had nuggets saved up?
Seems like the Bizarro Gu to me.
NoWaistedSpace
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lmao! The same.
1 I got, "kinda" looks sticky. lmao!
socaljoe
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Thanks for the recommendation.
Heisengrow
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Now now let's not be talking bad about GPS.only positive things can be said here.
ahlkemist
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For the rest of you that are to ashamed to admit what's going on and that Gu trashed us all.... Sorry just ignore me to..
And I'll leave y'all at it. I'm moving on to places with positive known intentions that are manifested from positive actions.
those that don't lie deceive and manipulate.
F#CK YOUR hundreds of nuggets. Fake pictures STILL UP
Lol
I really can dig allot of this thread the last year plus but gu is trashing any thing left.
I've had it.
Deceit that still continues.
Gu why change the wedding cake picture but not barn burner or gelato?
I think the rumor is true.
GU LOST HIS STARDAWG
I personally after 30+ packs even with some wonderful mother pheno throughout in general it's stringy shit and yes doesn't finish and stretches like hell with more male then female. I've ran numbers. I've ran the packs. Yes there are gems but not many.
Run a few dozen packs and then bust your own opinion.