I have no problem with SR getting their cut, in fact Silk Road and I could perhaps work this out between us. The previous issue really has nothing to do with the escrow, a few customers even finalized and I refunded them manually in that situation. I suspect the packs were stolen, by a certain postal worker that I was friendly with and had worked out a nice system for shipping with. Basically I think he waited until he saw that I had a very large amount of packs and decided to yank them. I have no proof of this but again the problem is moot as I have worked out a new system to ship that he would have no access to. The escrow problem derives from the fact that I am not comfortable putting thousands of dollars into the hands of someone else I don't personally know (hell probably not even someone i do personally know). I know you guys put Silk Road on a pedestal and he is a great guy, but he is not immune to law enforcement, hackers, or server problems. All your money is on his server. If something happens to it, you can kiss your money goodbye. I know Silk Road would do everything in his power to prevent this, but stuff like that can be out of his control. I have been in this scene long enough to know that these sites do not last forever, and if you believe Silk Road will be here forever you are kidding yourself. I guess I just tend to think ahead, and yes I am being selfish. But I'm not going to commit a felony and lose money. Yes the volatility costed me a lot of money before the hedging feature was implemented. I have never used the feature so I don't know how well it works. There is also the issue of buyer fraud and slackers who don't login to confirm delivery. During my last LSD sale I had about 5 or 6 users who never confirmed delivery until it auto-finalized. Guess how long it takes to auto-finalize? 30 days. In that time BTC went from 31$ to 17$. I don't think escrow hedging would cover that big of a drop. As far as product goes, I don't see anyone else offering Opana IR or Dilaudid in the opiate category, and certainly no US->US LSD vendors last I looked. I can see there is about a 50/50 split on people who think this is okay and people who don't. Basically i think it comes down to Silk Road himself deciding, as it is his site. I will respect his wishes whatever he decides. Nomad had the idea of me just not shipping until the transactions are finalized. That sounds like it would work good for me and SR. SR gets their cut and I don't have to wait for funds from escrow. Thats exactly why I started this thread. Kinks must be worked out. Again, like I said in the beginning, if someone does not feel comfortable going through me without escrow, then I would ask they don't buy from me in the first place. I am not asking for special treatment, but I do think that trusted sellers that have been around for a long time and proven themselves should have some extra privileges per say (not sure if that is the right word to use here). Kind Bud, 3Jane, bloomingcolor, DigitalAlch. These are all vendors that should be regarded as highly trusted in my eyes.@SR_Seller_Accounts That could have been said with much less hostility. Like I said, I have no problem with Silk Road taking their cut. If they implemented the feature then I would happily use it. I am willing to work this out with Silk Road himself. Yeah, I want money. Isn't that why people vend? I am not trying to be philanthropic or altruistic. For some reason, my topics always start these debates when I don't mean them to.