I would truly hope that merit sources are not involved in selling/trading of merit because that would defeat the purpose of it. Sometimes earning merit is easy and other times, I find it hard to believe that a post I was reading was not merited by someone that had some to give. I wish we had a way to flag a post that we might think is meritable but we do not possess merit. Maybe this notification could go to a merit source for review. I know that would be a cumbersome task, so I am not really sure on how feasible it would be. I know I have saw multiple posts that I thought were of high quality but no one else did and the author was not awarded any for it. I know there are some posts out here saying to show them a good post and they will go check it out...so others are thinking of the same idea...just wish we had a way to "automate" it in the forum. I just wish the merit stuff would have started a week later when I could have became a Member on the next cycle up...lol.