See in the past there was a exchanger that was as close to officially backed as possible without actually being hired and paid to be a staff member and that ended horribly, the biggest problem with all the little problems is you have to find an anonymous person you can trust with the large scale power that comes with these solutions. I mean for every issue not full proof fixed you have to have a loyal trustworthy individual and that is just not possible for DPR to invest all his eggs in these baskets without personally controlling the issue so the SR vendors are basically outsourced solutions that are only temporary fixes. The biggest issue DPR personally handles is the tumbler and the account balances and as long as he can manage it then all the little inconveniences can be overlooked until proper long term solutions can be arranged. It's a never ending list of what is the highest priority issue to handle on any given day. In general I believe if you have any doubt about a SR vendor exchanging BTC's then you are better off to obtain your legal BTC's from legitimate currency exchanges if you want a 100% guarantee. Of course then complaints about instant access come up and the entire situation tends to cycle back to the SR vendors and convenience vs. reliability. X) nomad