Another perspective. Lets say a vendor sells F2F. The going rate in his area for product X is 40.00. To make it worthwhile for a vendor to sell here, he needs to make more than what he would F2F. For example, Silk road gets 5 percent which is 2.00 then priority shipping is between 5-6 with DC. Then add another 2 bucks for mailing material and decent printed labels. That adds almost 10 bucks to that order. Then the time. To do it right. you have to wear gloves, etc. and then travel to the post office add a couple of bucks for that. So, right there brings the cost to about 52 bucks. Now, lets add the cost to get the BTC's into cash, lets add about 5 percent for the mt gox fees and other fees. thats another 2 bucks. So, now we are at 54.00 dollars for the 40.00 item. Then there is the BTC fluctuation. Since its hedged right now, it shouldn't take too long to do all of this. so lets add just a buck for that. So, now, for me to put 40 bucks into my pocket, I have to charge at least 55.00 just to make what I would normally make. So for the pain in the butt fee lets add 5 bucks. etc lets say the product goes for 60.00 and thats being conservative. So, basically thats roughly a 33 percent mark up that needs to be done in order for it to be worth selling on SR. Now, it depends on the product, etc. If I have an endless supply and it only costs me 10 bucks, then I would need to sale on SR because it means a lot more profit. But, if youre limited on the items its very important that the vendor gets what he is asking for on sr because it wouldn't be that difficult to unload to friends, etc. The above is hypothetical and everyone is different. I just want to point out that a vendor needs to add a substantial amount to cost to make it worth it .It also depends depend on the product, etc. I just wanted to put things into perspective a little bit more for buyers. So, if you see that it costs between 30 percent and 40 percent more than what you can get it for, the above is probably the reason. i know I may have not made sense, but I'm tired.