I think buyers just need to stop lifting early if it bugs them that much. If enough buyers do it, sellers won't make any money, and things will revert back to normalcy pretty quickly.I don't discourage escrow in any way. However, I also encourage buyers to buy directly from me so I get the cashflow immediately. I don't coerce, but I encourage - buyers can use all of the SR protections they want, but they will pay full price for my product and a shipping fee. Buyers who wish to buy directly from me, foregoing the protection of SR escrow and instead relying entirely on my reputation as a seller, may do so. They will be rewarded with a 5% discount plus free shipping (currently it's 10% for my Halloween sale).I think coercing buyers to release is dirty. That should be a big no-no. However, if both parties are walking into the transaction knowing the risks full well, OOE shouldn't be eliminated as an option.Also, I didn't start offering direct-buy off the hop. I EARNED my rep. It wasn't even something I considered until I had 100 completed transactions within escrow. This made the transition natural - I haven't had a single issue with direct-buy customers yet, and they can't scam me for a partial refund (if that's the intent) by using escrow protection. Hell, I even accidentally swapped packages a couple of weeks ago - one guy ordered a half and got a whole oz, the other ordered the z and got half - I have since topped him up, even though I have the money and I could have said "tough luck".But my rep is important to me. Not like some posers who say "reputation is everything", but because by coincidence my reputation is commensurate to the amount of money my family has. Despite being entirely self-interested, I end up being one of the most steadfast sellers on here, which makes it not "despite" at all, but "because".That's my 2 cents. Sorry for the rant lol.