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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: respect the jux on February 07, 2012, 06:09 pm
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I am a newb to silk road, the only reason I am even fucking with this site is because I just moved 2000 miles away from my city and I have no sources for anything. What do I need to do to convince vendors that I am a legitimate buyer? I've acquired bitcoins, I've placed 2 orders, I am willing to finalize early with a reputable vendor, but the 2 vendors I have placed orders with are not communicating with me through messages. What piece of the puzzle am I missing here? I have downloaded GPG, still figuring that out. Can some one please educate me? I have used the forum search looking for info for new buyers but I haven't really come up with anything relevant.
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is it typical for a vendor to send some kind of confirmation message.. like hey, here's whats gonna happen.. ?
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Hello ! And welcome on SR !
Finalize early is not a rule, some vendors accept to work 100 % in escrow even for new buyers. When a seller wants you to finalize early he writes it on his profile, or sends a message to ask for it. Are your orders marked "processing" or "in transit" ? You can't finalize before it's "in transit".
In any case it's never a good idea to finalize early, after a few months on SR and about 20 transactions I finalized before receiving the product only one time, it was for small amount and with one of the top seller.
is it typical for a vendor to send some kind of confirmation message.. like hey, here's whats gonna happen.. ?
No, some send message and others don't ! It takes time to answer all messages, some sellers seem too busy to do that if they consider it's useless.
WL
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Do not finalize early! You will get scammed that way. Just make an order and be patient. Also take precautions with the address you use to receive them. There isn't much else to it. Getting here was the hard part :)
Welcome to the Silk Road.
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Thank you so much for the info, I have made contact with one of my vendors and everything seems kosher, wasn't asked to finalize early or anything. I'm starting to get the hang of this, and again thanks for the help.
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I'm a new member too. I just made my second purchase this morning and the vendor has yet to send me a message or process my order. I think this is due to the high volume of sales made over customer appreciation weekend. The vendor has a bunch of orders in front of yours that he still hasn't been able to process yet. Just wait a few days and I'm sure you'll hear from him or have your order processed.
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The only tip i can give you is check the buyer before you buy. Check the feedback, check the forum and still there is a chance you will get ripped off (e.g. Holland). I'm also not a fan of finalising early, if btc should drop thats the risk the seller should take. They are selling their stuff at 2,3 times the street rate (wich i don't have a problem with) but they should take the risks involving escrow.
In your case the seller is probably too busy after a hectic weekend, so just have patience. Unless if you didn't check and double checked you probably got ripped off ;)