Quote from: phubaiblues on November 06, 2011, 12:12 am SilkRoad is about...we are based on the novel idea--for web anyway--of bitcoins and escrow, and that's what attracts newbies. If every seller came here, with a their own policy, then we're just like all those other websites.Part of that deserves repeating:"If every seller came here, with a their own policy, then we're just like all those other websites."Demanding out of escrow or pre-finalization before shipping as a matter of individual vendor policy is bullshit, in my opinion.Unless, of course, if you have customers with say 20/0 or better transaction histories, you then agree to send them your product, and after they have received it, they'll pay you.There's a whole wide world out there you can go to and get paid up front. This here is an escrow site. Feel free to start your own site with your own policy, but until then, how about we follow both the letter and the spirit of the policies here.