Quote from: nice1 on August 23, 2012, 07:53 pmI'm leaving. I'm not stupid enought to try anyone else when i get pure RCs on google and Ive never been ripped with them - ever.Anyone new here, leave now my advice.Meh, your leaving will be no big loss to the community.There are thousands of new buyers here - never mind the fact that we were all new once - and there continues to be a large influx of new users weekly, the majority of whom seem to be making successful transactions judging by positive feedback, and lack of forum posts regarding bad transactions. There are the odd "I've been scammed" threads, yes, but these are mostly from people who fail to do their due diligence by researching vendors and reading up on how to conduct business here BEFORE making their purchase.As it currently stands I have 39 transactions under my belt over the past 10 / 11 months with a value of over $8000 and I'm yet to lose a single cent, or receive any 'bunk' products. Follow your gut instinct, never leave the safety of the escrow system unless you're comfortable with the possibility of losing your money and not being able to enter into resolution in the event of a situation such as the one you found yourself in, and always research your vendors before you buy.It is NOT hard to make successful transactions on here.As for:QuoteI'll be teling every one I know on every forum I can about whats going on here. Your a bunch of con artists and thieves.Go for it. Nobody is forced to be here, and nobody is forced to buy from any vendor. Quite a large number of excellent vendors have entered stealth mode because they were being overwhelmed by new orders, and wanted to keep their quality of service at a high level.Go ahead and tell everyone you know on every forum you can that 'everyone on Silk Road is a thief, and everybody there, especially the admins and mods, are in on a conspiracy to rip off new users!' It's not going to make a blind bit of difference. Sorry to tell you, but you, just like me, are completely insignificant when compared to the scale of the Road. There are enough buyers here to accommodate hundreds more vendors.Try Black Market Reloaded if you want to make some successful transactions, I'm sure the well-renowned completely trustworthy vendors there will be licking licking their lips at the sight of you coming along.Paranoia is part and parcel of this type of business and is to be expected, but you really do need a new tinfoil hat. You had a bad transaction. Chalk it up to experience and be a LOT more careful in future. Never leave escrow, and if you have an issue, discuss it with your vendor. If you get no satisfaction there, take it to resolution. Or just toss all of your toys out of the pram and stomp your feet about it. Nobody really cares.Perhaps approach the issue, and the community, with a modicum of decorum and you might garner a little sympathy. Insulting the users, the vendors, the mods and the SR admins by labeling us "a bunch of con artists and thieves" will earn you nothing but disdain here.- grahamgreene