So,with Dream Market no longer being an option I decided to branch out try Zion Market.
The site looked okay, functional etc, so I sent myself a modest amount of btc and placed an order.
The next day I went to log in to track my order - account not recognised. Hmm, strange. I tried a couple more times (certain I was using the right password as I wrote this down and only use a few in any case) but it just wasn't accepting it.
I clicked the link to recover an account and was told "this account does not have PGP so is irretrievable". This is bullshit - I added a PGP key as soon as I joined the site.
I have waited until today to see if my order arrived. It didn't. It seems therefore that I never placed any order, I was simply navigating around a sandbox designed to lull me into a false sense of security in the hope I'd send more BTC.
Let this be a warning to you - Zion Market will rip you off, beware!
cant wait for the next time you use a phishing page and blame it on a market.