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My big tell is to add like 100,000 of one type of primer to the cart. If it allows that, they are a scam.
ALSO, if they have no hazmat shipping charge they are almost always a scam.
The only place that I have bought from that did not have a hazmat charge was NormaUSA.
At least one vendor - I forget which - occasionally has free hazmat if you order over $99 of hazardous materials, WITH a coupon. That might be Midsouth Shooters Supply.
Midsouth are cool people. Bought a lot of reloading supplies from them over the years.
While I have a personal beef with both Brownell's and MidwayUSA, both of them routinely offer either free shipping or free hazmat. Usually on the weekends. Brownell's bought out Gamaliel Shooting Supply, which is how they got into the reloading supply business... they were once just a parts and tools business.
Local gun shops are an option for your initial needs to cover learning the basics. Most shops will sell primers in the 100 count flats, instead of the 1,000 count bricks, and propellants by the pound instead of the 8 lb kegs. So, if you just want enough to try out a combination, yeah, that works despite costing you more per finished round.
Once you have your own favorite recipes down pat, you buy in bulk from the mail order houses.