$28 for one merit. Are you serious? I don't think so, my friend.
You can earn merit by contributing to the forum through your constructive posts. Getting merits by contribution, don't have to spend money to get them.
I learned the situation about buying Merit, and easily found willing to sell me Merit at a price of $ 28 for 1.
I can afford to buy, but this is against the worthy goal of "Merit". Merit is more than money!
Furthermore, merit exchanging violates forum rules and destroys the original objectives of merit system. And you know what? Sooner or later, you will be found by admin, moderators or by other users in the forum, then your account will be under high-risk of banning (temporary or permanent depends on level of abusement).
Good luck my friend.
Such a thing should be actionable, when there is someone who sells merit point then he has violated the justice and also has made a negative stigma against the forum. Should people who buy also blamed because when they can get a merit when they can make a quality post. Indeed the actors of merit exchanges can still be found, our current task is not to help the bad guys who try to sell merit, besides our active role to be able to inform all the information to the moderator is also a thing worth doing. Because when we can uncover a bad case then we can improve the credibility and quality of this forum.