If you walk into your local Home Depot, and place 20 MH/20 HPS bulbs on the counter, 50lbs of potting soil, 5gal buckets, every fertilizer they carry, extension cords, etc., etc., AND pay for it with a credit card, your transaction might get flagged as suspicious. But, even then, if you happen to be rung up by a 15 year old kid, who's as clueless as they come, it's likely that it would go unnoticed for a long time. If the DEA, or local fuzz happened to request information from that store...which is fairly uncommon...then your name might show up. It might not, too. There may have been someone who purchased 100MH/100HPS bulbs, 250lbs of potting soil, etc.......

Lots of people pay for everything with cash. If you're using a debit card, you can get cash pretty much anywhere you go. If you're truly paranoid about showing up on Uncle Sam's list of personal growers, then just pay cash. But Uncle Sam is much less worried about you, and far more concerned with your neighbor who just built a meth lab out in his backyard, to care whether or not you have a small grow-op going on in your closet.
Mr. Clandestine Reviewed by Mr. Clandestine on . Using Debit/Credit Cards or PayPall to buy equipment? Is this a safe thing to do or will it be a flag to a card company? Paper leaves no trails and tells no tales after all. Thanks for the advice. Rating: 5