There are a few options to gear up that I have encountered. I want to get some opinions on what my options are.
1. Keep looking for gear locally and try to find a legit and reliable supplier
(so far this hasn't been very sucessful, as people keep promising that they will supply, and then they disappear, or keep making excuses. I know from the polls that most people don't gearup locally, and now I understand why)
2. Find a source internationally
(I have tried this and actually made a WU trans. Its been about 14 days without any package. The order wasn't for gear though, it was for clomid, so I doubt it would get too much attn. Also, my main concern is that the country is Yugoslavia. The hookup isn't listed on any scammer lists, but someone did call him out and list his name and address as a scam (in the scammer forum in jan). You can PM me and if I've talked to you before I can give you the website)
3. Get the gear myself
(I live in houston, about 6 hours from mexico. I also goto school in the OC, ca which is about 1 hour from TJ. I would hate to go looking for gear in TJ since that place is reallly ghetto and I would have no idea where to go. The tx/mex border on the otherhand has pharmacies on the border where you can park your car and go get what you need. I am just weighing the risks of doing it myself with the benifits of saving some money and not worrying about gearshops alltogether)
I am a first timer who has done nothing but research and I don't plan on starting till I have everything planned out and ready to go. If I'm missing something here, please PM me. Otherwise, please feel free to give feedback on my options here.