Quote from: brianbertz on January 23, 2013, 03:27 amO. See I thought there was something like that but a mod told me he didn't think there was so I posted it here. I think you should be guaranteed the refund tho. Not if they feel like it. But that's cool they have that tho. Thanks for letting me knowI believe the reason for manually reviewing each request is to ensure that a vendor cannot simply pad their feedback with fake transactions by purchasing their own product (say, a gram of MDMA for $50) and making 30 fake sales to the value of $1500 over 6 weeks.A scammer could game the system by selling 30 x 1gram of MDMA at $50 per gram over 6 weeks, paying $150 in commission to Silk Road on those sales, then getting their $500 account fee back (so in effect only paying $150 [in commission] for their vendor account), and then start scamming as normal. In this case a scammer could pad their feedback and sales happy in the knowledge that they'll be getting their $500 vendor fee back automatically, and after that would only have to scam $150 in order to break even. The manual review serves as a deterrent for such behaviour.On an unrelated note, $500 is an incredibly low fee to pay to open up a global market for your product. Even in real-world legitimate business the costs involved in being able to market and sell your products are many times higher than this, so the cost:gain ratio is very low indeed.Regarding information from the mods, the forum moderators are simply that; people who moderate the forum. They have no link to the Silk Road marketplace other than possibly buying or selling there. You should frequently read the Buyer's Guide, the Seller's Guide (which I encourage everyone to read in order to get a better understanding of how the entire process works) and the Silk Road Wiki in order to keep up to date with the latest developments and changes to the rules.Silk Road Buyer's Guide:http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/buyers_guideSilk Road Seller's Guide:http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/sellers_guideSilk Road Wiki:http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki- grahamgreene