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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: il74937708620 on March 14, 2012, 07:33 pm

Title: FINALIZE
Post by: il74937708620 on March 14, 2012, 07:33 pm
Hey dudes, i am knew to silk road. Question. I ordered from a seller, a few hours ago, and my bit coins in my account went down the amount i ordered, but the guy sent me a message saying i have to finalize. My order status says "processing" Is there anything else i need to do. Cause then its says once you hit the finalize button there is no reverse,  i cant find any button that says FINALIZE ????
Title: Re: FINALIZE
Post by: l1llykins on March 14, 2012, 07:49 pm
The buyer needs to mark it "in transit".

He might have been asking you if you were willing to finalize and maybe give you the option of cancelling instead.
Title: Re: FINALIZE
Post by: rake on March 14, 2012, 08:18 pm
Hey dudes, i am knew to silk road. Question. I ordered from a seller, a few hours ago, and my bit coins in my account went down the amount i ordered, but the guy sent me a message saying i have to finalize. My order status says "processing" Is there anything else i need to do. Cause then its says once you hit the finalize button there is no reverse,  i cant find any button that says FINALIZE ????

The seller is asking you to release the funds from escrow so they get transferred into his account before the item is shipped.  This is a common tactic of scammers on Silk Road, however some people also do it for sellers they trust.  Check the seller's profile, if they ask customers to finalise early to assist with their cashflow and are a long term member then they are probably legit.  If they simply demand an early finalisation then be cautious. 
Title: Re: FINALIZE
Post by: il74937708620 on March 14, 2012, 08:26 pm
ya, but my account from 20 bit coins, went down to 11, so 9 went to this dude!!
Title: Re: FINALIZE
Post by: PlutoPete on March 14, 2012, 08:55 pm
Your money went into escrow, the seller can't get it until you finalize.
Title: Re: FINALIZE
Post by: foxymeow on March 14, 2012, 09:57 pm
Hey dudes, i am knew to silk road. Question. I ordered from a seller, a few hours ago, and my bit coins in my account went down the amount i ordered, but the guy sent me a message saying i have to finalize. My order status says "processing" Is there anything else i need to do. Cause then its says once you hit the finalize button there is no reverse,  i cant find any button that says FINALIZE ????

The seller is asking you to release the funds from escrow so they get transferred into his account before the item is shipped.  This is a common tactic of scammers on Silk Road, however some people also do it for sellers they trust.  Check the seller's profile, if they ask customers to finalise early to assist with their cashflow and are a long term member then they are probably legit.  If they simply demand an early finalisation then be cautious.

Yeah I only request Early Finalization for a couple countries such as Russia, NZ, Netherlands, etc. I would watch out if a vendor is asking for Early Finalization especially if its within the same country.