Quote from: robotrippin on December 11, 2012, 02:00 amQuote from: brusselsprout on December 11, 2012, 12:50 amQuote from: robotrippin on December 11, 2012, 12:47 amFE is against the rules already. I don't see how allowing it if you pay more will do anything but increase scams. They will just have to increase the scam so they can recoup the increased fee. I do hear they are cracking down on it more now, but it will never disappear as long as people are still doing it. SO JUST STOP FINALIZING EARLY!!I could be mistaken, but I believe vendors are allowed to ask for FE once they have a certain amount of transactions completed. I'm sure a vendor will verify this either way.I also could be wrong, and if that's the case then what we are talking about is already in place ;)I thought I was reading something a bit ago about FE was banned and the vendor price was raised. It could of been a wish list, complete BS or real. Either way, I also would like to know what is the actual policy.Hi robotrippin,Even though you're not a vendor, you should take a read through the Seller's Guide in order to gain a better understanding of the rules governing them:http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/sellers_guideQuote from: Silk Road Seller's Guide - "Listing" sectionNOTICE: If you are a new vendor, you may not ask your customers to finalize their orders and release payment to you before you ship, a practice known as "finalizing early". If you do this, you will lose your selling privileges. Once you have completed 35 successful transactions and have been a seller for at least one month, you may ask your customers to finalize early without repercussion. In no way do we support finalizing early in general and this rule should not be construed as support for finalizing early for more established vendors. Hope that's helped.- grahamgreene