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[*] posted on 8-2-2017 at 17:58
Does anyone know what happened to GalliumSource?


Several months ago, I remember noticing that a company called GalliumSource was willing to ship me a fair quantity of sodium via legal means for a good price, and they don't seem to be around any more. Does anyone know what happened to them?



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[*] posted on 8-2-2017 at 18:39


This has been raised before recently.
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=71...
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[*] posted on 8-2-2017 at 20:05


They seem to have gone under. It's unfortunate. I see a lot of other sodium I could buy, but it's either outrageously priced or likely to be shipped using methods of questionable ethics.



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[*] posted on 8-2-2017 at 20:16


I got my Na from Onyxmet
http://onyxmet.com/?route=product/product&path=69_78_224...
Tom and Anna give great service and the prices are reasonable.
Shipping has not been a hassle in any orders I have done thus far.
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[*] posted on 8-2-2017 at 21:44


I consider them reputable... their prices are not as good as GalliumSource's but aren't bad... I'm guessing they'll actually ship it legally too. While I'm not fond of the idea of customs looking through my chemical purchases, Onyxmet does look like a good source for sodium, and they have other things I want....



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[*] posted on 8-2-2017 at 23:44


They actually are good. I have ordered materials several times from them. They are not a source for typical bulk chemicals, but for small quantities of rare chemicals they are the best place I know. Nice for element collectors too.



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[*] posted on 9-2-2017 at 00:34


I'm going to place a small order and see how it goes.



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[*] posted on 9-2-2017 at 20:00


Great. Onyxmet is down. I haven't ordered anything... does this happen a lot?



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[*] posted on 9-2-2017 at 20:04


Nah, sounds like their service provider has been hacked.



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[*] posted on 9-2-2017 at 20:32


It looks like they have been having severe problems with hackers lately in Poland. Banks got hacked using malware distributed by a regulatory authority's server....



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[*] posted on 10-2-2017 at 05:25


Yay! Onyxmet is back up again.



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