This has been an ongoing discussion 'over there'... yes you paid your vendor fee but I think I speak for the majority of vendors (the ones that voted at least) that getting access to the forum is for ACTIVE vendors who sell ILLEGAL products. It is not a 'boys club' or some elite thing we have going on... just doing our best to keep it private for those vendors who need it most. If you sell legal products 'only' or have hardly any sales then you most likely don't need to be there or you need to prove you are here to be an active vendor... as far as the 'Private Info' or special info dealing with LE... meh, there isn't anything there that hasn't been published here 1000 times. The ONLY thing most important for us vendors in regards to vendor info are our extensive asshole buyers lists... yes scammers we ARE tracking you!!In fact lets make this an informative thread to assist the buyers... how to get on the 'Bad Buyer or Suspicious Buyer' list:1. Ask us to take anything other than BTC2. Leave us a less than 5/5 feedback without telling us why, or just being unfair in general. 3. Copy/Paste the same suspicious message to multiple vendors (we compare msgs)4. extorting a vendor by saying you will leave bad feedback to get something extra or free5. saying the package didn't arrive when the tracking says it did.Let me better explain #2 as I know this could cause some controversy. As a buyer you have the 'right' to leave us a bad review. We vendors have virtually no recourse since we have no way to respond to a bad review. Sometimes it IS our fault and there have been many posts from vendors in the vendor forum where a vendor has asked for our opinion and we have sided with the buyer... many times!! we do make mistakes and the vendor forum is a great way for us to discuss what went wrong and how to improve future orders.With that said there are also many unreasonable and simply put 'asshole' buyers who expect way more than what we can provide and 'demand' free product... and other unreasonable requests. For example say a buyer leaves me a 4/5 due to the package arriving a day late... I shipped it when I said I would so if it got there a day late is that really MY fault? of course it isn't my fault. So what I would do is explain the situation and provide proof to the other vendors via messages and shipping info and provide the buyers user name... this in no way will keep this buyer from being able to purchase from other vendors, it just gives others vendors the heads up that the buyer 'could' be a potential problem person and if you deal with them you have been warned.The feedback system is a powerful tool and as a buyer you should respect the fact that many of us work very hard and will pay a TERRIBLE price if we get caught... please leave fair feedback. If you are not happy with something PLEASE contact the vendor first and try and resolve it before it gets this far. My only 4/5 was a guy who simply thought the quality of one of my products was not up to par... fair enough, we discussed it and I thanked him for his honest interpretation. I didn't put him on the list as he didn't deserve to be there, he was just being honest. That should cover the vendor forum... if you have any questions feel free to msg me.Thanks!!TJPS: and for the paranoid folks: your private info such as name or address is NEVER posted over there... that will get a vendor banned... we do have rules.