I see that the post was deleted, but I don't know why, and it definitely wasn't me. That said, it would not be the moderators who would address the policy - moderators are here on the forums to answer questions, watch for scams, and delete spam, but we don't have any say in the policies or anything like that. Something to consider: this has absolutely everything to do with the BTC rate. If it had decreased, then vendors who received a bond refund would be receiving LESS USD than they initially paid. It could have gone either way, and I'm not sure anyone could have anticipated it going so high so quickly!