Quote from: zustroid2 on August 25, 2012, 09:01 pmIf that's the case, then why not just stop letting people register? Just to set up a site like this you need at the very least hundreds of users to make it affordable. Also, the more people buying, the lower the rate that SR is charging can be. Also, the more attention there is, the more vendors will come here, which should create competition...Because this isn't just a place where you come to buy drugs; it represents something deeper, something far more important. It, and we, represent freedom of choice. Freedom from oppression. Freedom over our own bodies and minds. And perhaps in time, this site right here will be looked back on as the catalyst that will eventually bring about the end of government control and intrusion into our daily lives.DPR founded this place, and he / she did so with an Agrorist mindset. A free market, freedom of choice, and freedom of expression. Sure, it's also a self-financing enterprise, but we currently live in a capitalist society and it's only right and fair that it's creator / creators get to benefit financially from it.You also state:QuoteI don't get the "you didn't do enough research, your fault" approach...If you want to attract more people, you need to make it easier on them to buy, not harder...Remember that the more users there are here, the cheaper drugs can be, and less likely that you get arrested...This isn't Amazon or eBay. Apart from being an incubator of rebellion, it's also an underground drug market. There are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people who regularly purchase here without needing someone to hold their hand. If you're not responsible and mature enough to take the time to research before you buy, it IS your fault.Who said anything about wanting to attract more people? There are already enough people to keep vendors busy, and a large number of excellent vendors are so busy that they now conduct their business in Stealth Mode with regular customers.More users = cheaper drugs is a fallacy. Prices are generally dictated by virtue of supply and demand. The higher the supply (i.e. the larger number of vendors offering the same product), the lower the price as they compete for business. The lower the supply (i.e. the lower the number of vendors offering the same product), the higher the demand ON that supply. The lower the supply and the higher the demand, the higher the price that vendors can charge for the product. You clearly have no idea about the basic rules of economics. :-X