Just read a moronic post about NEVER EVER NEVER and if you did you are an idiot and deserve to lose all your money.
Who ever wrote this is a 16 year old kid trying to buy drugs who has no idea what he/she is doing, because they don't understand the basic fundamentals of business and commerce. You want your vendors to make money so they will never rip you off. The more money the vendor makes, the less they will rip you off.
If you don't FE with a well reputable vendor, then they lose money when bitcoin goes down in value. Sometimes bitcoin goes down 20% (or more) in a week. What kind of shitty business model is this.
are there are vendors you should never FE?...yes
are there are vendors you should sometimes FE ?.....yes
are there vendors you should always FE? for sure
Now if you mixed a vendor that you should never or sometimes FE and FE'd with them thinking its 100% safe...that is a mistake.
99% of my purchases I FE..why....because I choose top vendors who are trustworthy, have a long time great reputation that I have a long purchase history with.
I want my vendor to succeed, I don't want my vendors loosing money while BTC are falling. I am greatfull for their hard work giving me drugs that nobody else on earth would bother giving me risking long term jail sentences.
Before you FE, at least take your time research them on reddit, communicate with them a few times, ask to buy without FE the first time to see how their stealth is..etc..etc..then one day FE always with them. In other words, DO YOU FREAKING HOMEWORK KID!!!
Here are the vendors that I always fe with.
crazy-eights
(old) appollonian (new apollo is a douche and would never buy from him again)
instrument
gammagoblin
unclepsychedelic
houselannister
canadianforger
polira
alice in holland (RIP)
if you are looking to save 5 dollars by picking a shady vendor and FEing and you never bothered to create a relationship, then that is your fault. Don't tell others if FEing is bad cuz you got burned.
I only lost money once time by FEing, and that was 100% my fault for not doing my homework and having bad judgement...but agora refunded my money so its all good.
Should you FE? yes if you know whats up.
And always thank you vendors after receiving your totally illegal drugs in the mail.
Peace
Other then that one 'Never FE' thread, I think the general opinion of the DNM community isn't an issue about Finalizing Early, but more about choosing reputable vendors since 9 out of 10 of the 'I got scammed' threads seem to ignore that by FE with unknown vendors.