Silk Road forums
Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: betaraybob on April 01, 2012, 09:44 pm
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i just wanted to bring it up and see if there was something here that DPR can implement to stop these final cycle SR vendors(TM). something along the lines of a final early escrow system, where the money is still protected by SR until DPR or whoever else handles the situation investigates and makes a ruling on these scammers(if they are). don't like being the pessimist here but ALL vendors have the potential to run these final cycle scams at any point. it's built into the system. people say dont fe but im saying either get rid of it altogether(which would severely hamper the big vendors to stay supplied) or bring in some sort of new protection for the buyer. everyone here is paying taxes direct to SR so why can't we expect some sort of protection based from that? these stories pop up here every couple of weeks or so and its always the same. some more protection for the buyer would be appreciated.
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could you please explain in basic terms what final cycle scams are?
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It says pretty explicitly to finalize early at your own risk. Anyone who gets scammed by going out of escrow is asking for it. If a dealer on the street asked you for money upfront and said they'd bring you your product in a week I doubt you would do it, and if you would you must be completely daft. Don't do it here either.
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They already set up escrow if people choose to go outside of it then nothing more SR can do about it. You simply cannot protect people from themselves so it is the BUYERS responsibility use the tools SR has provided to protect themselves, in the end no one can do it for them.
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could you please explain in basic terms what final cycle scams are?
I think betaraybob means a vendor with a good reputation asking customers to finalize early and not sending out the orders for as long as they can until they pack up and leave with everyone's money.
Regarding protection for early finalization, Silk Road already provides protection with escrow. I don't think there's much else they can realistically do.
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The best protection possible is already in place. Its the escrow system.
Your basically asking for escrow on early finalization, which is an oxymoron.