There is a huge void in the Silk Road market in these areas, and this is the only way I will fill it. Nomad and I chat all the time, he knows I'm legit. That thread is meant for new vendors who are trying to scam I believe. Silk Road and nomad should know that I will respect their wishes if they have a problem with it. I will never pressure anyone to go outside of escrow. You should expect to go around the escrow if you place an order through me. Hopefully Silk Road will eventually add the option to bypass escrow for elder vendors, but I am not sure if they plan on implementing this or not. I have been eyeballing the hedging feature for a bit, but I have had such bad experience with the escrow that I am still hesitant to use it at all. It doesn't solve the problem of buyer fraud or if Silk Road goes down, which we know they are prone to doing (Sorry SR :P). God forbid, what if it it didn't come back up? Now hopefully he would still be able to redistribute the funds based on backup addresses and/or through this forum. What if he is arrested or LE seizes the servers? On a normal legal marketplace escrow is low-risk for both consumer and vendor but here we all know LE wants this place gone. It's too much risk for me. I prefer the old ways of doing things. Sorry I'm such a stubborn bastard... HEH