mike_nyc said:The pattern that distinguishes a bad batch from an exit is behaviour rather than product.
I disagree that testing history is decisive. It tells you what a supplier did when they were being watched. Continuity of behaviour under stress — a late shipment, a failed test, a complaint — is more predictive than any run of good results.
WendyG_ATL said:Eight months with one supplier, then a change in how they communicate that I noticed before I noticed anything about the product.
Shipping damage protocol for vendor vetting orders: if your package arrives with visible damage, temperature excursion, or broken vials:
Reputable vendors will replace damaged shipments without argument. If they push back, that's a red flag about the vendor.
Dr.AddMedPHL said:I disagree that testing history is decisive.
Coming at Dr.AddMedPHL’s question from a different direction. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.
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Shop Reference StandardsA narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
How people are distinguishing a supplier having a bad batch from a supplier on the way out?
Reporting back.
Went back through my own correspondence with an earlier supplier and the warning signs were all there in the replies, weeks before the quality changed. I was reading the product and not the behaviour.