I remember once seeing a post on here where someone asked which market to use and someone replied with something along the lines of
Dude. Fuck Alphabay. That shit is run by Russian carders and can't be trusted. I use Nucleus. It's totally trustworthy and is much less likely to exit scam than Alphabay.
I was a bit flabesgasted but too high to argue and respond. Now, understand not trusting Alphabay for the carders reason, but trusting Nucleus instead? Have some of us forgotten that these are illegal, anonymously ran markets? Why would anyone think ANY market can truly be trusted?
I mean, I get that some admins are more active, friendly, personable, responsive than others, and that can make one seem more trustworthy, but if politics, business, and salesmanship teach anything, its that it is much more profitable to have (or even fake) these qualities.
Suffice to say, buyers should just consider markets a dime a dozen. Simply a place that makes buying online a little easier and safer (scam wise) than before. But we're still doing illegal shit and relying mostly on other people's ethics to keep from getting screwed over. Only send money when you're ready to order, and buy from vendors with quick turnaround. And as for vendors, maybe start making a push for multisig in markets. I really hate that you guys get screwed the most out of all this.
And to the vendor I ordered from before Nuc went down, I got the reship, and I'll still check Nuc everyday to release your coins just in case we get lucky.
I bet you a bitcoin that my market could beat up your market.