bro, you might be a mod and feel like you know more than I do, but you'd be wrong. I have seen this shit so many times in the last 20 years that I'd be surprised if there were any other models left. The sooner an american company rises to power and acquires enough wealth the sooner they start shitting on those who have made it big. It's happened to google, it's happened to facebook, amazon, and now with BHW, too.
BHW was supposed to be a marketplace full of shitty stuff and weird people, and illegal merchandise and services because... you know... it is was BHW. But as the site grew bigger and drew the attention of filthy rich idiots who can't stand competition from poorer people they have bribed their way into changing the rules in their favor, and the first rules are to get rid of the competition (the poorer or "shady" competitors, namely).