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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: dipmyfry on February 21, 2012, 06:24 am

Title: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: dipmyfry on February 21, 2012, 06:24 am
I think silkroad should make another site a much more private site for all the higher up buyers and Vendors. Like a separate url were not everyone can just register with only a few clicks. A site were a far more sophisticated community of vendors and buyers can exchange with out any worries of LE trolling around looking for a bust! It seems highly possible. all vendors who have been here for a good while would be allowed also buyers im sure sr can do this and provide a more underground community such as ovdb: quantity wise and vendor wise but not in the sense of how public and hot that forum was. Any ways this is just what i think.  What is everyone elses thoughts on this ?
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: keepitallism on February 21, 2012, 07:06 am
How about just the higher ranked trustworthy vendors but still allow all buyers so noobs like me won't get scammed again? Just make sure the vendors are appointed by the admins and all that jazz
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: TravellingWithoutMoving on February 21, 2012, 07:28 am
...its probably already in use..
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: tony76 on February 21, 2012, 08:34 am
...its probably already in use..

I would hope i'd be invited as a vendor if there were such a place

Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: redforeva on February 21, 2012, 09:10 am
It exist in many forms. Just have to look under the dark side of the moon
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: cindylove on February 21, 2012, 11:29 am
But then that would mean that the public SR would lose a lot of good vendors & buyers. Not good IMO.
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: midas on February 21, 2012, 03:53 pm
This is a free market place. If too many scammers appear, people will buy only from one source. If that source starts charging too much or delivering shit product, you can always see a lucrative opportunity and create some competition.

Would be nice to have a better way to verify if seller did send the package and buyer indeed received the contents.
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: dipmyfry on February 21, 2012, 05:44 pm
Im sure many exist as a matter a fact i know of 2 that dont just allow anyone to join which i find pretty great but i guess those are for the cool kids.      I am just putting it out there what if anything ever happens to the public SR similar to what happened to ovdb ?  If so we would have a sr for the longterm members. and vendors could still vend in the public forum just have another one for the more serious buyers/vendors who wish to trade with ease 
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: moonbear on February 21, 2012, 05:48 pm
Im sure many exist as a matter a fact i know of 2 that dont just allow anyone to join which i find pretty great but i guess those are for the cool kids.      I am just putting it out there what if anything ever happens to the public SR similar to what happened to ovdb ?  If so we would have a sr for the longterm members. and vendors could still vend in the public forum just have another one for the more serious buyers/vendors who wish to trade with ease
What was ovdb and what happened to it anyway?
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: dipmyfry on February 21, 2012, 06:18 pm
But then that would mean that the public SR would lose a lot of good vendors & buyers. Not good IMO.


silkroad has been getting so much publicity i doubt this would matter new vendors would appear in no time
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: rise_against on February 21, 2012, 11:54 pm
there should be at least 2 or 3 backup servers in case the main server is found or compromised.
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: Derpasaurus on February 22, 2012, 06:58 am
What was ovdb and what happened to it anyway?

Open Vendor Database
Basically a forum that had trust rankings gleaned from the usual private source forums that around. The admin just lost interest and shut it down, was too much maintenance
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: Laughing Man on February 22, 2012, 07:03 am
Sites like this already exist, no need to re-create them. SR is public and should remain that way.
Title: Re: SILKROAD and SILKROAD2
Post by: dipmyfry on February 22, 2012, 07:43 pm
Thats what everyone says. I find my self on some of those and you can never have to many silkroads