I understand completely what you said. And I **think** that has to be SR'S reason(s) for doing... taking.. the account name away.. But the facts are...and the truth is...that because he has the rep he does, that losing those stats is no big deal at all...I mean none. All his customers will go off what he has done in the past. And all he really loses is the feedback(and that will come right back in a little bit) and how long the account has been a vendor for...As to the the top %...let's go with your example of top 5%....that really means NOTHING......and he can recoup what ever number he was at ...within a few weeks. The feedback, is almost the same thing...meaning he will have the same customers that he had with his old name and will for sure just mention he was xxx with xxx and that will work. He is no way at all will be treated like a new vendor. He will not be a newbie with no history...he will be the vendor formally named xxx. Since you are a vendor, you have to understand where I am coming from. Those "things" he loses, mean nothing. He will recoup it all very soon. And because everything is the exact same for him, he just needs to make all new listings and then list the items and he will be back to normal within a few weeks. It would be a way better situation, if SR fines him, then suspends him for say ....30 days.That seems a lot better then to just take away his account. We all know that any vendor that loses his account can just sign back up. I realize that. But in this exact situation, DPR himself said that he hopes and assumes BG will get another account and keep vending. Just like Bruce Cambell(sp?) opened another account and kept vending. ***OFF TOPIC*** I think the issue people have is if DPR took the right action and I happen to agree with him in how he handled this situation...but I am not even talking about that in my argument above. I understand what DPR meant..and I understand that how BG handled this is a huge factor in his discipline. As he actually ratted himself out. He handled this fuck up...the best way anyone could and is clearly a stand up guy and a great vendor. BUT at the end of the day he kept addresses and this should be a black and white issue.. As Libby loves to state all the time .... a rule is a rule. How Bruce was handled is terrible. And less then 10 days after that mess...this happens and I think that it is setting a bad precedent. And I think Bruce got fucked. Why in the world DPR made a post about how he handled this is beyond me. And the ONLY focus should be that he kept addresses!!!! The fact he handled this really good in the end, or that he ratted himself out...blah blah blah...makes NO DIFFERENCE! The fact is he kept addresses!!! THE NUMBER ONE RULE ON SR....DO NOT KEEP ADDRESSES!!! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES! What I do not understand is how this was a hard decision for DPR. According to everything I know...if you break a rule ....and this happens to be the number one rule!!!.....you lose your account. PERIOD. Though I agree that BG handled this at the end awesome...in the beginning ...he saved addresses and he did it for a really stupid reason. And the rule he broke and what he is getting disciplined is for keeping address. And DPR made it sound like this was a hard decision because of how BG handled this in the end. But BG was not getting disciplined for the actions at the end! The problem lies in the fact SR takes the stance.....if you break a rule you are out. And because of that...in the last two examples we all know about,(though there have been other vendor deletions in between these two, they are just getting no press) BG and BC... silk road (DPR)... had to take the stance where he deletes both vendor accounts. And CLEARLY he had troubles doing it and in fact said so...and in both these cases he said he hopes they just get new accounts...and that is what I am talking about. And because DPR takes this stance...why delete their accounts in the first place? I mean, I totally agree with your reasons as to what happens by them having their accounts deleted...but the truth is ...it takes less then 1 hours and they are back up...and so it just seems like a silly thing. Fort the record...I think Bruce should never have had his account deleted. I also only know that BG kept addresses...and that is a HUGE...I mean a major NO,NO...and his reason for it...(and the fact is... there is never a reason to justify it)...was REALLY FUCKING STUPID. But I do LOVE how he acted like a professional golfer and did the honorable thing...he told on himself. And clearly because of the way he handled it...DPR did not want to discipline him at all...but he had to. And the same go's for Bruce. And I think this community would be a lot better served if neither had their account name taken away... as this looks bad for silk road. If you do not agree with me that a fine and 30 day account suspension would have been a lot better...then what about a fine, 30 days, and they take away all the stats and feedback and just make them re-earn it all??? That would look better for silk road. As it looks bad IMO that they take away the account, then encourage them to just rejoin under a new name.