There is often this idea out here, that we're all out for our own gain. To steal when given the chance, to lie in order to rip each other off, and so on. That you should never trust your vendor, and that your vendor shouldn't trust you.
Working behind the scenes for as long as I have, I can personally attest that this isn't the case at all. I see so many people with the opportunity to do so, simply not. Vendors refunding to avoid the hassle only for the buyer to come back a week later asking for a bitcoin address to pay for what was purchased. Buyers angry and feeling ripped off after wait times too long to handle giving the vendor a second chance to make things right, only to end up with more weight than was purchased to make up for the wait.
So many times I've seen two people calling each other every awful name they can imagine simply calm down, and finalize their successful transaction after it turns out that neither were attempting to scam the other.
You people are far better than you think, and this tiny but growing community that we've built together is far kinder than you can possibly imagine.
Maybe a lot of us here are out for our own gain, but that isn't our priority. Being a good citizen of tor comes first.
Edit
One particular instance that sticks out to me. A buyer had gotten about 20% less product than was advertised and so the vendor was doing a partial refund. This was some cheap $100 listing.
Only the vendor was apparently doing other bitcoin transactions too, and accidentally sent several thousand dollars to the buyer. The vendor would have had to close up shop because that was not just his profit that was his total sales for some weeks too.
The buyer asked for a bitcoin address and returned all the money, and the vendor sent him several hundred dollars worth of product and that 20% refund too.
Tor karma is real.
One particular instance that sticks out to me. A buyer had gotten about 20% less product than was advertised and so the vendor was doing a partial refund. This was some cheap $100 listing.
Only the vendor was apparently doing other bitcoin transactions too, and accidentally sent several thousand dollars to the buyer. The vendor would have had to close up shop because that was not just his profit that was his total sales for some weeks too.
The buyer asked for a bitcoin address and returned all the money, and the vendor sent him several hundred dollars worth of product and that 20% refund too.
Tor karma is real.