Even if one party decides to buy up all of the seller accounts and resell them, big deal! in the end, people with some money are able to pick up a seller account, it doesn't matter if it changes hands 2 times or a hundred.The LE excuse is just a weasly one as far as I'm concerned. I'm pretty sure the bids aren't that high (it would be nice if SR could publish results - not users, mind you, just "winning bid amount" - to give the next round an idea of what to look for.) This would actually benefit SR I'm pretty sure becuase the benchmark would climb for a while and there would be more BC coming in for the site. Even if LE is picking up accounts big deal. They don't bust buyers like they do sellers, and there is no link back to the seller anyway except through SR.As for purchasing bitcoins, it is an absolute must that you purchase them with an anonymous CC (prepaid gift card that requires no ID), or are generating them via a mining program. There are coin shuffling services out there too that let you mix in with a ton of other transactions so it's virtually impossible to link the origin of the coins. I believe SR already does coin mixing within the site but a second round wouldn't hurt.@Greenhamster - sounds like you are frustrated but it's no reason to flip out like 4chan kid. This is a new thing. SR just came out with it. As with everything else, I'm sure he's open to suggestions (he has an entire forum section devoted to that), so positive results would probably be more attainable by stating the benefits of adding a service instead of throwing a type-tantrum and vomiting all over this forum.I think having an escrow fee on the buyer side makes sense Even 15% or something just to tamp constant scamming. A buyer rating system is ideal as well from a seller perspective, so that scammers can be flagged asap and the community can know about it - other than that if you are a seller and you have issues with a customer, post his username and your story in the Rumor Mill section of the forum - sellers check there all the time.As to the risks - a seller can be out his product, sure (I'm not mitigating the financial liability at all). I'm just saying that so far my experience has been solid so I dont' have to jack my prices up to accomodate a 50% rip-off rate. There is also arbitration whereby SR will mediate a dispute. If you are a reputable seller chances are you are going to at least have your side of the story honestly considered. This whole thing is a work and progress and it seems to be off the ground solidly. There will be many kinks along the way and that's not counting personal security issues, just keep feeding in suggestions and hopefully the good ones will be adopted over time and we can have an even better, more secure and mutually-beneficial community than we do now.