Sorry for the late reply, folks - as I mentioned earlier, I'm on vacation.

Well, yes - cat's out of the bag. It was a bought account. I don't say this as an attempt to shield myself with it as an excuse, but I was introduced to the forum through the type of shady members that buy and sell accounts, and the normality of such practice was exaggerated in my mind. Quickly, I came to realize that that was an unwise move, but by then I had considerably invested in my presence here and figured that, since the majority of my activity was mine, it would be something to blow over. Evidently not, but I'm okay with it. Took it off my conscience, even though it may not have been in the best way.

However, I do urge the community, especially Lauda, to reconsider (if even briefly) the understandably hostile position that one may default to. I agree - account and trust farmers are despicable. However, neither of those terms are applicable to me. You'll see that I only dealt in the PayPal to BTC transactions that my lifestyle makes most convenient, and the DT ratings that I picked up along the way were simply byproducts of such. I dealt with many more non-DT members during my time here (among which was my largest transactions with the people that I trusted, even though they weren't necessarily on DT) as seen on my trust feedback.

I should have come clean of my own accord before this, explaining my situation and that I didn’t have ill intents, I know. But I do hope that the relationships that I built during my time here help attest against that as well.

Best wishes.