Quote from: MetaD13 on July 10, 2012, 11:08 pmSince I'm new to the SR, a couple of vendors have told me that they will only sell to me if I finalize early. Can someone give me some details on this? Should I do it?Thanks in advance.Hi buddy,I would advise against it unless they have a solid reputation i.e over 6 months on SR and 100% positive feedback. Essentially what they're asking you to do is release your Bitcoins from escrow so they can get their hands on them before you've actually received your product, as opposed to you receiving your product, confirming via SR that you received and then (and only then!) is the seller paid.You can boost your reputation by buying some digital goods as we discussed (Check out CaptainPicard, Echo and Warweed for instance) and through making smaller orders at first. V.