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i'd really appreciate it if somebody could help me out of my paranoia.

2 days before in the early morning an order was set "in transit" by my vendor. it's a domestic order and envelopes are shipped in my country at latest in 2 days. but nothing happened today.
had a similar problem with my order i made before. it was a domestic order, too and it took more than 1 week for arrival. i'm quite sure that it's not the fault of my vendor... he is just great.
i'm thinking of my address being put on a black list since my last order. nevertheless i received it. this seems to me like they observe my address and collect evidences.  but i don't know at all...
in this context i'm facing that i sent a package yesterday in the afternoon that arrived today in another country makes me more than nervous...
if they bust me my whole life would be in danger because of my job and my family...
my stomachache atm because of this shit can't be more painful...

please excuse my bad english, but i'm not a linguist/ native english speaker. this is my third thread here at the forums. in the first and second thread somebody helped due to his answer. if i'd know how to give good karma points to everybody who helps me in any way i'd do it.

Hi Newbie83,

Please refer to the Silk Road Wiki here:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions#Order_questions

As wraithe said, please give your order more time to arrive. As you said yourself, a previous domestic order took more than 1 week to arrive.

Regarding karma, you will be able to give positive or negative karma once you reach 100 posts.

Libertas

I keep getting logged out randomly, sometimes even after just a couple of minutes on the site. Is this common, it's happened to me a lot and I've only been here a few days. I definitely type in the correct user/pass/captcha but it just won't log back in. How common is this?

If you continue having problems with logouts, try hitting the "New Identity" button in the Vidalia Control Panel a couple of times 'til you get a stable connection.

Libertas

Best place to start is the Silk Road Wiki.
In particular, the buyer's guide..

 http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Buyer%27s_Guide


A very basic explanation of bitcoins could be summarised as follows..

Bitcoins are just like any other currency. Think of it as buying foreign money for when you go on holiday.
You basically give someone money, and they sell you the equivalent amount in bitcoins, based on current exchange rates.

Read the seller's guide, then read the whole wiki.
It can seem confusing at first, but just have patience. You'll be buying your meds in no time.

+1, android465764E

Libertas

Please see the Sticky regarding this topic in the main forum here:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=161834.0

Libertas

By the way, I used the SR.onion.to url to log in.

BTW, I'm a veteran member...

 

Libertas, got it. Although one of my complaints is that the seller guide is not concise and clear. After reading it, I feel like it's consistent with my existing understanding of SR, but I can remember anything specific passages. I think one of the issues is, it is more of a guide, not contract. Some effort needs to be made to dilute the contractual obligations that I agreed to as a vendor, and put it into the contract, so that it's numbered list of roughly 1 page. If the vendor is unsure what some of the terms mean, then he is redirected to the guide, which goes into detail about how things work. Right the contract has only a few bullet points, and most are either vague or unenforceable. I suggest opening a different wiki page that vendors can actually edit, and let they themselves create the rules which will govern them.

The vast majority of the vendors here seem to have absolutely no problem with the Seller's Guide. It is not "more of a guide, not a contract" - point 5 of the Seller contract (out of only 7 points in total) explicitly states:

Read the Seller's Guide. Don't skip this step as it includes further information you will held accountable for as a Vendor!

Therefore, it can be presumed without doubt that the passages set out in the Seller's Guide are considered an intrinsic part of the Seller contract.

Allowing vendors to create rules to govern themselves is a ridiculous suggestion. Finalising Early would be enforced by the majority of vendors, they would allow themselves to keep buyer details and addresses, and would allow themselves to list items that are restricted (such as counterfeit currency, stolen goods, child pornography, items whose purpose it is to defraud etc.), completely going against the spirit and wishes of the community.

Vendors are not the most important members here - they are on equal footing with buyers; one is not superior to the other, nor will they be permitted to be.

Libertas

Haven't heard back on this yet folks, but if you can't find your vendor stats by clicking around on the options available to you inside your vendor account then I'm afraid there's no way of seeing them.

Perhaps consider opening up a thread in the Feature Requests forum and asking other vendors to add their opinion there too?

Thread locked as resolved.

Libertas

Just a quick update , you guys are wrong.
I just recently went through this first hand, before this I hadnt enterd resolution till a few days before expire (hoping it was going to show almost to the end)

In this last case I got bunk product  and the vendor was refusing to answer me or even read messages (still is) so I wanted to enter resolution right away. It came available when there was 7 days till Auto Finalize.
I put it into resolution and right away it jumped to 5 days untill expiry. (SR gets involved)

Just thought I would update for anyone whose interested

Strange, that. I'll double check with an administrator in case we have been misinformed. Apologies if that is the case, Hendrix99, and thanks for letting us know.

Thread locked as resolved.

Libertas