He didn't make seller accounts paid-only until he put up that post. I have a seller account. I was here before the change was made, selling on SR. It doesn't affect me in the least, it only affects new people trying to get into the business.It's like signing a contract with your phone company for $20/month, and then next month they raise the price to $25 for all new customers. I still pay $20.Here is SR's original post in this forum:"Hey gang,As some of you noticed, we shut down new seller accounts briefly, but have now opened them up again. This time, we are limiting the supply of new seller accounts and auctioning them off to the highest bidders. Our hope is that by doing this, only the most professional and committed sellers will have access to seller accounts. For the time being, we will be releasing one new seller account every 48 hours, though this is subject to change. If you want to become a seller on Silk Road, click "become a seller" at the bottom of the homepage, read the seller contract and the Seller's Guide, click "I agree" at the bottom, and then you'll be taken to the bidding page. Here, you should enter the maximum bid you are willing to make for your account upgrade. The system will automatically outbid the next highest bidder up to this amount. If anything is unclear, just drop us a line. Good luck!"I'm sorry I'm not seeing anything dishonest here. It doesn't get much more straight-forward than this. I'm not sure where you are seeing a "tragic excuse" or anything contradictary. He explains the reasoning, it is his site to do with what he will, and to boot it makes perfect logical sense.For the record I don't believe in "fair". Fair is the word people always use when they want to steal or start imposing violence on people.And yes this is a "from here on out". It is not retroactive to existing sellers, it is from the time this post was made onward.Where is the misleading, lying, or manipulation in this? I'm obviously missing something.....