You are puzzled because an order took to long, yet he still left 5/5?? What is so puzzling about that? Maybe for him "too long" is 20 hours? We will never know because you give us a tiny bit of feedback left and it is out of context.  You are on a site that has been available for over 2 years. MILLIONS of dollars are spent buying drugs by tens of thousands of people and under normal circumstances 99% of orders go through with out a hitch. Yet you find it a pain in the arse because you are skeptical. **PAGING ASTOR LINE 1** PAGING ASTOR LINE 1 " we have a newbie here that is perfect for you and Pine to recruit! Not sure what you mean by" review guide" as there is no such thing on Silk Road. But it sounds like you are referring to vendors feedback. The reason you see a lot of 5/5's is because a lot of people are very happy and received their drugs. I can tell already that you do not want to believe this. As you are still puzzled that someone said it took too long and you do not understand why that buyer didn't leave a 1/5. I will help you solve the puzzle...that guy left the 5/5 probably because he was very happy with his drugs and he realizes that sometimes things in the mail take time. Maybe he lives in Argentina and he ordered weed from Germany. In that case it could have taken 10 days and that is a "long time" to wait, but in reality... that is just the standard time for an order. So though he hated to wait, he got his drugs and he is not a dick or an idiot so he left the 5/5. Or maybe it was a buyer of mine that ordered from me at 6pm EST and he received it the next day at 11am. And because he has a sense of humor, he put " took to long". As 17 hours coast to coast in America is a "long time". Astor said this And though his very first sentence is 100% accurate. Him answering your post and questions with this response, just shows how out of touch he is. And how bad his advice is. You are a guy that does not even trust bitcoins or SR yet!!! And you never asked " What is better in determining how to choose a vendor? By reading the feedback's of vendors on there vendor page(s) or by reading the forums and finding reviews there?" Had you asked that..then Astor's response would have still been terrible at best. As the only thing he says that is accurate is his first sentence. As Hungry Ghost CORRECTLY pointed out...forum reviews are spotty at best and should be taken with a grain of salt. As a lot of them are coming from a shill account or from someone that was given a freebee to write a review. In fact there are "hero" members in this forum that only get their drugs this way. As they are broke dick losers. "Paging......" just playin.. But of course the OP never asked that. He did of course ask----  And as usual Astor in his post never addresses the question you ask. In fact what he does do is ignore your question and instead tells you how you should go to the forums and read them and find a "trusted reviewer" (that is like saying an honest politician or a smart girl). The very thing you ask "if it can be bumped up"...so to speak. What you should do is read all the feedback on the vendors page. And then find the exact drug you want and read the vendors feedback for that item. Make sure they have them!( feedback) Also since you are so paranoid and a skeptic, I would suggest you choose a vendor that has been here over a year and has a perfect feedback rating(100), has over 300 transactions, and happens to be in your home country. And most importantly....uses PGP! FUCK NO! I was kidding about the pgp...the most important thing is NEVER FINALIZE EARLY! And as long as you follow that simple rule. You can not lose your money. And if you stick with a vendor that has been here over a year, with a 100 feedback and has over 300 transactions and you stay in escrow(meaning do not FE) then you will 100% get the drug you ordered. (Do not use RxKing) Good luck