Silk Road pulls a vendor's account whilst investigating accusations of off-site dealing.mrouid's account is currently suspended pending the results of such an investigation, but that does not mean that he is guilty of anything as of right now. mrouid did not 'buttfuck' people; his prices were what they were because this is a free market.mtljohn, I have returned your PM regarding this situation.mrouid has not been 'banned' in the literal sense of the word, his account has been suspended pending investigation. If I were to make such a claim against a vendor, their account too would be suspended pending investigation regardless of whether or not they have done something wrong.Accusations of scamming behaviour are dealt with less severely, taking a large number of people to complain before action is taken, presumably, but not definitively because off-site dealing directly affects Silk Road's coffers and directly affects its ability to continue.Accusations about avoiding commission are dealt with quickly. DPR certainly deserves his commission, but immediately suspending the vendor's account is a huge inconvenience to any innocent vendor who may find themselves at the butt of such accusations, and an inconvenience to any buyers who may have current orders with said vendors. I can't currently think of a better solution though, so I won't attack the solution that is currently in place.Quote from: mtljohn on November 06, 2012, 10:28 pm[SNIP]this is why he is banned and he should be... DPR and the admins deserve every penny they make... I dont think they had to change their commission structure half way in and try to grab some more coin.. but hey.. I dont care. I'm happy paying DPR his cut.... I guess mrouid just thought that DPR didn't need or deserve the money! >:(It should be noted that mtljohn is not averse to doing business off-site by offering "SR down specials", as shown in the following post:Quote from: mtljohn on November 02, 2012, 09:59 pmSR is down...contact me via e-mail for any questions or orders... SR down specials while the site is down!!!johnmtl@tormail.orgJohnOne's own laundry should be clean before one begins airing the laundry of others, whether it be clean or dirty.- grahamgreene