The forums were absolutely fine that day. In fact there were several threads about the issue, including one multiple pages long where we were discussing all of it in real time as it was happening. SR didn't say "we're keeping your money as OUR profit" -- the order you placed was with a vendor who was using escrow hedging, which is stated in your cart when you add an item. You chose that vendor, and you chose to place an order with them. If you had placed an order with a vendor NOT using escrow hedging, then you wouldn't have lost any money when the order was canceled. Or, if you had simply not tried to "game the system" with the fake coins, then that too would have prevented your $50 loss.