Quote from: Issuvi on December 19, 2012, 02:59 amSorry, I had to laugh at this one. Maybe you should go complain to your country's consumer protection agency.Normally, this would be a "vote with your feet" situation. I've only been here a week, but already it's clear that SR's success is all about access and volume. The recent publicity has brought a lot of new people (inc. me) I'm sure. This is dangerous, but also GOOD, right? What other site provides as large a pool of potential buyers? I can see BML, but at least where I am there just isn't nearly as much volume as SR. Ah. Perhaps you should read my previous posts, along with words 3 - 16 from my post you quoted. The last issue that sprung up here, regarding the moderators, had members calling for an explanation. In that case, an explanation was not required (you'll have to read the thread to understand why as I need my bed, I'm afraid); however, in this case, an explanation IS required as the current situation is something that undermines trust in Silk Road, and undermines trust in vendors when a buyer sees a picture with "SR QuickBuy!" on it without knowing that there is a reason for it which falls outside of the vendor's control.Vendors pay commission to sell here, with customers paying that commission by proxy as it is factored into the prices charged; therefore, every one of us, both buyer and seller, needs an explanation as to how and why this issue has occurred. Perhaps you should spend more time researching how things work on Silk Road, thus giving you more insight as to why an explanation is required in this instance, and less time advising people to complain to their country's consumer protection agency.To reply to the rest of your post: yes, SR's success is indeed all about access and volume; we have 90%+ up-time, which, for a site such as this is absolutely remarkable. We also has a huge volume of sellers and buyers here, so we do have the volume.Yes, it is good that new people are here. Silk Road is not just a place to buy drugs, it is also the manifestation of a revolutionary idea and a hotbed of agorism - the more people that get exposed to that, the better.And I presume you mean 'BMR', not 'BML'. There is a very limited pool of potential buyers over there, and it is also rife with scams, mainly due to the low cost of obtaining vendor privileges.I'm not entirely sure what any of your post had to do with the topic at hand though. This issue is not being caused by an influx of new members, nor has it got anything to do with access nor volume, so nothing that you said is even remotely related to the topic under discussion.- grahamgreene