Comment · Thu, September 17, 2015 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Nootropics Depot
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 98 points
I think a lot of us were upset when Nootropics Depot suddenly shut down last year. Matt and everyone at the Parmatrix team provided great products and services, and were a huge asset to the community. They were the first Nootropics company to have their own in-house testing lab, and helped me out with all manner of things. I also became very good friends with Matt and the whole crew over there. So when the executive decision was made to shut the site down, it came as a surprise to me as well. When they came back a couple months later with a drastically reduced product list, it was never really the same. Nobody was more heartbroken and frustrated than Matt. The company he worked hard to build was shut off, and he had to step back from the community that he loved to be a part of.
Since the executive decision was made to steer the larger company away from Nootropics, and Matt's hands were tied with what he could do. It was only a matter of time before the site shut down completely. Seeing the inevitable ahead, a couple months ago Matt approached me about a possible solution to the problem. He could not resurrect the company that he built from scratch, but I could. His hands were tie…
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errs · 1 points
It's only going to occur when real competition occurs.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
It's less about competition, and more about cost and supply. We were the first to even do a large synthesis of it. So the costs were high. I got my supplier to bring the synth down some now, which is why we dropped the prices on the site. However, now the Tianeptine Sodium shortage is affecting the amount of supply we can get.
Once I can get a reliably consistent supply at a good price, we should be able to bring it down more. More competition could actually hurt that, by continually screwing with the Tianeptine supply we can get. Hell, I got 8kg of Tianeptine Sodium today with solvent left in it, because suppliers are trying to rush things out to meet demand. It is really annoying. Now it just delays everything even more, and drives costs up.