Did prices go up?

Comment · Fri, June 11, 2021 · 104 pts

Unfortunately, yes. We just went through a big audit that found we were dangerously low on some products. We had single digit margins on some things. As everyone here knows, I value consistency above most things. This is

Comment · Fri, June 11, 2021 · 32 pts

It's my pleasure! I really do hate having to do shit like this. We are just in a very strange period right now, and my usual strategy of keeping things the same as long as we can and riding out the storm isn't possible a

Comment · Fri, June 11, 2021 · 8 pts

Yeah, I really feel for everyone on a budget. These inflationary periods disproportionately affect people living paycheck to paycheck. I hope that the government is right, and this is a temporary thing that will normaliz

Comment · Fri, June 11, 2021 · 12 pts

I'm not surprised either, just disappointed. Thanks for the support! I really do hope this is a temporary period that normalizes soon. Everyone really just wants to get back to normal.

Comment · Fri, June 11, 2021 · 24 pts

Glad I can help shed some light on things! A lot of people may not consciously think about all this stuff going on, but they are affected by it daily. Tariffs are just the stupid cherry on top of the economic shit sundae

Comment · Fri, June 11, 2021 · 7 pts

Yes, it is still in the works. Travel restrictions have made it take longer, but I am hoping those are lifted for vaccinated people soon. It's looking like July will be when things start to ease. Then I can actually get

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 15 pts

I unequivocally feel you. It's not something I take lightly. I knew when I made the tough decision to adjust that we would be here having this conversation right now. I just had no idea how bad the cost overrun situation

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 9 pts

Well there is a tongkat ali shortage, and not only are costs going up, but it will be impossible to get for a while soon. Luckily we placed big orders that should hold us for a while. I am crossing my fingers it's enough

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 11 pts

I share your concern. This whole thing is only consolidating power in large companies that can weather the logistical storm. Small businesses and independent operations are getting hammered hard. Many have already closed

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 8 pts

I don't think it was preplanned. However, you can be damn sure that they are leveraging it to their advantage now. This pandemic has been one of the largest transfers of wealth in human history. The amounts of wealth acc

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 6 pts

Maybe, even if that is only because $272B in 2028 will only be worth $151.9B in today's dollars. LOL. I kid, but there is some truth to that. It's really hard to say what the market will be worth in 7 years, but it's cer

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 2 pts

Yes, creatine we had to raise the most. That's a fucking mess right now. Raw material costs tripled. I kept the price as low as I could. It's only getting worse.

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 5 pts

The majority of our products did not have a price change. It was around 30 of our several hundred product catalog. Many of them only had the smallest size change. For instance, the smallest size of phenibut went up 13%.

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 6 pts

I understand the optics, but the majority of our products had no price increase. It was about 30 products out of our catalog of several hundred. Many times it was just the smallest size. The other sizes stayed the same.

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 7 pts

Something needs to change, that's for sure; lots, actually. I really hope it does, because the current path society is on doesn't seem good. I just hope that everyone can come together and help change things in a product

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 4 pts

I am not opposed to that. Let me speak to the team about it. It would probably be a good fit for a larger size. I know we just rejected a big shipment of L-citrulline DL-malate for failing our lab testing, though. I hope

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 3 pts

The big players are always the big winners in most industries. It's unfortunate, but pretty much the rule. There are so many entrenched interests in the way of someone coming in to rock the boat.

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 1 pts

No worries! I really do understand people's frustration. I am trying to be open and honest with everyone about what is going on. It's not ideal, but the majority of our catalog was not changed. I just don't want people t

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 2 pts

I totally understand. However, most of our catalog was not changed. It was roughly 30 products out of several hundred we have. Many times it was just the small size, and the other sizes didn't have to change. Creatine is

Comment · Sat, June 12, 2021 · 3 pts

Actually packaging it wouldn't take long. We have the jars and can run them on our auto-fill line. It's just dependent on when we can get a new batch in that passes our testing. That's the biggest hurdle. It's hard to sa

Comment · Sun, June 13, 2021 · 3 pts

That's good! I wish more people would realize that the people at the top want us divided. It's easier to take advantage of situations when people are distracted fighting each other. It only hurts ourselves when we fill o

Comment · Sun, June 13, 2021 · 1 pts

I am crying, too. The raw material tripled in price, and then we have tariffs on top. It's out of control! I really hope it is a temporary thing.

Comment · Mon, June 14, 2021 · 3 pts

Unfortunately not. We would have literally been losing money on every unit of some products. It's not ideal, but I only touched what we absolutely had to. Many of those were the smallest sizes of things. Most of the time

Comment · Mon, June 14, 2021 · 1 pts

Unfortunately not. We have been trying as hard as we could to get anything we could out before the sale, but what is up right now is what will be available for the sale.

Comment · Mon, June 14, 2021 · 1 pts

Probably 3-4 weeks for cistanche. Maybe a little longer for ginger.

Comment · Tue, June 15, 2021 · 2 pts

Manufacturing setbacks. We were waiting on tooling for the tablet machines to put the score line in. That tooling just got here. I was considering not scoring them, but I really wanted the ability to break them in half t

Comment · Tue, June 15, 2021 · 2 pts

We should be good for the next year, barring any insane increases in demand.