Quick Fix sold at less than full price?

[lampost]

I need some reassurance here.. I've used Quick Fix successfully 4-5 times and I have faith in the product. However, I have a test coming up this week for a new job and I'm disconcerted about the following blurb I read on the Spectrum Labs site (youreinluck.com):

"If you have purchased Quick Fix at below standard prices you most likely have purchased an illegal, counterfeit product that will not work."

Standard prices on the Spectrum site are $45.00 for the 3oz (QF Plus). However, I picked it up at my local headshop for $19.99. I have bought Quick Fix from here in the past a couple times. I'm pretty sure the cheaper product from the headshop has worked for me (I can't remember for certain though as I've bought it a few times and not had to use it). Everything leads me to believe it is legitimate product. The handwarmer is "Spectrum Labs" brand. It is batch P9F-12. It looks identical to QF I've purchased before that definitely did work.

Is this something I should worry about? Or is this just Spectrum scaring us into buying it directly from them at a premium?

This headshop is a respectable shop in Denver with a few stores in the metro area. I'm just confused that they've been selling it at less than half price for awhile now. I think a year or two ago I picked some up even for $14.99.

Any input (particularly from BT) would be encouraging. I could probably order some tomorrow because I don't think my test will be until Tues or Weds.

Peace,
LP

[Burnt Toast]

Is this something I should worry about? Or is this just Spectrum scaring us into buying it directly from them at a premium?

Heres option #3: It could be that the headshop scored such a helluva deal in buying it by the bulk, that they are not hurting their profit margin by selling at $19.99.

If you are concerned that the QF batch from the headshop may be bogus, you can always run your own validity test on the batch to see that the creatinine, S/G, pH, etc; are all within acceptable limits. These test kits are inexpensive and can be found by doing a Google search for "drug adulteration test kits"

[sweetleaf1221]

.....and I just got some of those test strips.......can I assume that directly dipping the strip into the QF container will not hurt anything, (since thats what they do at the lab anyway) ?

I also got the 2 oz QF, so there isn't any to spare. I think it was $21.....?

[Burnt Toast]

.....and I just got some of those test strips.......can I assume that directly dipping the strip into the QF container will not hurt anything, (since thats what they do at the lab anyway) ?

The labs use a dropper instead of submerging the strip into the sample.

And you should too.

Read post #13 of this thread:
http://boards.cannabis.com/drug-testing/143928-sample-validity-even-pre-employment-test.html#post1756820

[sweetleaf1221]

Thanks BT !