Did they also have their too good to be true listings up? combine that with the sudden huge expansion in their inventory and use of googled images of their supposed products it sounds like you may have overlooked some pretty big red flags, the vendors rating is only one piece of the puzzle, you need to be clued into other tell-tail signs, that and the multiple threads warning about the danger signs. I'm not trying to be a dick here, I am just trying to make you aware of the other things you need to be on the look out for. Anyway I have a strong suspicion the FE rule is going to be looked at in the not too distant future, it will most probably be brought to the community to discuss in the first instance. There always will be some people who have to FE if you want to order though, new buyers or buyers with shitty stats may well be asked to FE if they want to buy from a vendor, under those circumstances I think vendors are well within their rights to ask for FE, don't like it then don't order, simple.