@marketmaker - In a scenario where a seller has to get x dollars in sales to become "legitimate", if he were to buy the product from himself, he would not only have a "legitimate" seller account but a positive feedback score to boot, attracting some of the 28,000 or so members who are not registered on the forums, now that the waters have been tested. Same result as if he had just bought an account for the roughly $100 they are going for, but now he also has a feedback score.Scammers generally don't like putting a whole lot out there. Legit sellers are probably going to be more likely to do a solid bid for a seller account than a scammer who is just trying to skimp some BTC from the unsuspecting user-base. I think the way it is is great - still a lot of room for competition but also keeping away fly-by-nighters. SR's quality will increase as the seller-base grows, and prices should come down a bit on the buyer side. But this way we already have a ream of established sellers carrying basically every mind-altering product available, and new sellers have to be extra legitimate to pass over that benchmark. This forces not only quality of product up, but quality of overall service by sellers on SR, including shipping, which is a biggie. If someone has to compete with the best walking right in the door, this is good for the buyer.