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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: BulkChemBuyer on September 27, 2012, 12:43 pm

Title: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: BulkChemBuyer on September 27, 2012, 12:43 pm
I'm about to start up a seller account.

I have an account that's been a member for 3 months. Will it show this stat when I purchase the vendor status, or will it reset to 0?

Thanks!
Title: Re: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: psychedelicmind on September 27, 2012, 01:32 pm
They recommend on the 'seller's guide' that you open up a brand new account and become a vendor from that.

This is for the vendor's safety, as other vendors would have your address etc, from your old account, if you've bought stuff on SR.

Hope this helps
Title: Re: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: Knomo on September 27, 2012, 01:44 pm
It's actually right there in the contract you 'sign' when making a sellers account.

• If you have used this account as a buyer, stop now. You want to use a fresh, clean, account.

Link to sellers guide: http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/sellers_guide
Title: Re: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: Addy on September 27, 2012, 02:21 pm
They recommend on the 'seller's guide' that you open up a brand new account and become a vendor from that.

This is for the vendor's safety, as other vendors would have your address etc, from your old account, if you've bought stuff on SR.

Hope this helps
This. Don't tell the feds that you, as a seller, have given away your address in the past. Even if none of your previous vendors have been LE, and even if none of your previous vendors keep addresses to sell to those who inquire, either one of those is still possible, and LE may choose to pursue you as a result.Why give them reason to pick you as someone to go after?
Title: Re: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: Tryptonite on September 27, 2012, 04:25 pm
To answer you question, no, it will not reset. I had my account for three months before I made it a vendor's account (I did not buy anything with the account beforehand), & it still said that I had been a member for those three previous months.
Title: Re: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: Wadozo on September 28, 2012, 01:56 am
To answer you question, no, it will not reset. I had my account for three months before I made it a vendor's account (I did not buy anything with the account beforehand), & it still said that I had been a member for those three previous months.

Tryptonite, as Knomo points out, you obviously didn't read what you agreed to if you didn't create a new vendor's account to that of your existing buyer's one. Regardless if you used it or not, you haven't been a vendor for that length of time. To be frank, your misrepresenting yourself and not being honest with customers who look at how long you've been vending for when deciding who to place an order with.
Title: Re: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: modest mouse on September 28, 2012, 06:03 am
wadozo you said that Tryp "didnt read what you agreed to" ??

i think you should read the agreement and sellers guide again. there is no where (unless i missed it, which is possible) that says if you opened your acct earlier that you must start a new one to become a seller.

i agree it does not accurately show how long they have been vending, yet they are not going against the contract. all it says that if you used the account as a buyer that you should open a clean acct...

agreement:
"If you have used this account as a buyer, stop now. You want to use a fresh, clean, account"

sellers guide:
"We strongly encourage you to create a separate account for making purchases. If you do not, it is possible for an adversary to find out your mailing address. If you buy something from them, and provide an address, they know that the address belongs to you and can see from your feedback how much you are selling and what you are selling. "
Title: Re: When you become a seller, does your "Member for: " time reset to 0?
Post by: Wadozo on September 28, 2012, 06:45 am
wadozo you said that Tryp "didnt read what you agreed to" ??

i think you should read the agreement and sellers guide again. there is no where (unless i missed it, which is possible) that says if you opened your acct earlier that you must start a new one to become a seller.

i agree it does not accurately show how long they have been vending, yet they are not going against the contract. all it says that if you used the account as a buyer that you should open a clean acct...

agreement:
"If you have used this account as a buyer, stop now. You want to use a fresh, clean, account"

sellers guide:
"We strongly encourage you to create a separate account for making purchases. If you do not, it is possible for an adversary to find out your mailing address. If you buy something from them, and provide an address, they know that the address belongs to you and can see from your feedback how much you are selling and what you are selling. "

modest mouse, I was referring to a post below by Knomo. You've answered your own question. You wrote this at the beginning of your post

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i think you should read the agreement and sellers guide again. there is no where (unless i missed it, which is possible) that says if you opened your acct earlier that you must start a new one to become a seller.

only to write this further on down the page

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agreement: "If you have used this account as a buyer, stop now. You want to use a fresh, clean, account"

I realize he states that he hasn't used it to buy anything, however an unused 3 month old account, originally opened as a buyer's account, is certainly not "fresh" in anyone's language. The few vendor's that I queried all have a separate buyer and vending account, which without splitting hairs, is what should be happening IMO. (and it is only my opinion)

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i agree it does not accurately show how long they have been vending, yet they are not going against the contract. all it says that if you used the account as a buyer that you should open a clean acct...

At the very least, it's dishonest. When your opening a business, you can ill afford to be dishonest, especially on an anonymous hidden web site, where reputation is everything.  :)