how do do you feel this should be handled? buying something in escrow and a site exit scams before you get a chance to release the escrow to the vendor due to the site being dead.
it just seems like a weird grey area because not really sure of the "right" thing to do. it's not right for the buyer to have to pay twice because the vendor never recieved funds, but on the other end of the spectrum, it sucks the vendor is out a pack and doesn't recieve funds.
I'm talking small'ish orders < 250usd
Would the vendor give you any BTC back if you FE'd and the site went down before he could send it? Probably not. It's a risk both buyer and vendor take.