Do you mean the black vs light green vs dark green positive trust?

Sure you wouldn't lose the satoshis, and may never send the PayPal funds (who could force you?) or even if you send them you may charge back several months later (so not even an escrow could force you to fulfill the deal). So of course there's no risk for you at all with the method you propose.

The problem is for the other party. Nobody will/should deal that way.

I want to believe that. As I said I really don't like that practice at all. Probably at least a neutral is required to discourage using their escrow services. The problem is we'll never know who else does that or how common it is.

Is it a fact extraKrispy is an alt of tomatocage? Where's the proof? The linked thread doesn't suggest that.

Edit: I've been pointed out here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=938340.msg10358524#msg10358524

Indeed extraKrispy seems to be an alt account of tomatocage. I must say I'm disappointed at TC. While I don't think acting as escrow for himself is exactly scam I do think it's wrong. The same (or even more) applies to leaving a positive feedback to his own alt, especially from a DT account. The minimum TC could do is remove that feedback and stop doing that.

Since this seems to be a common practice I decided to remove the neutral feedback I had left on QS' profile just because I won't leave feedback everywhere.

Here you posted a message implying you control the Twitter account @kevinguillem. It's possible the hacker got that account too so it's probable not enough to recover the account but if you prove you control that account (and due to the change in activity of that account since its password was changed on the 15th of August) then I'll leave a negative feedback on Skatebird, at least until more information is provided. You can just tweet something like "This is Sk8tebird at bitcointalk" or similar; or DM my account @ecuamobi if you prefer, I'm temporarily following you.

A negative feedback can at least make the hacked account useless and force/encourage the hacker to give it back, as it has happened before.

Edit: Done

I didn't mean he left a negative rating, I meant he negated QS on the DT as in "~Quickseller" shown as "Quickseller"

No, it doesn't. It just means QS' feedback is shown as untrusted by default.

He doesn't appear on either TC's or BadBears's list on my side (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;full), probably there's some cache.

At the moment both TC and BadBear removed QS from the DT and dooglus has him negated. As a result he has '-1' on level 2 and therefore can't be on any other level, regardless of how many people from DT levels 2+ add him.
If a single person from level 1 adds him then he'd be back on level 2 as I've seen '0' is enough to be there (unless that logic changed recently).

It's black if it's positive but lower than 5. Light green between 5 and 14. And dark green when it's 15 or higher:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1066857.msg11433784#msg11433784

Most of the users I trust are already in DT. Here are some who aren't and you may consider:
b!z
devthedev
monbux

You could also check the list for users who are on DT level 2 only once and add them again just in case if you trust them, or explicitly negate them if you don't.

You're not offering a valid collateral. The collateral should be worth more than the loan plus interest and be sent before receiving the loan.

If you don't have a valid collateral to offer then you should lock this thread immediately. Otherwise you'll get negative trust in a few minutes.

I've verified the address 1EfX... is the same waldohoover sent the original payment from (as shown on OP) so I've removed my feedback. I'm glad this is solved. It would still help if chalkboard17 signs a message with the address 1LGpnsY37LjehreTfAp1PiR7H7e6s8ufos to clear any doubts. I hope waldohoover will post soon to confirm everything is settled now.

Thank you very much Joebrann! I really appreciate it.

I confirm the address posted by the lender (shown on my signed message) has now received the full amount. I'm ready to send the collateral to a FTC address given by Joebrann.

You already posted your Sia address on the image. It just extremely difficult to copy and paste it from there. I think the closest you can get to prove he really never sent the coins is to point us to the Sia block explorer with your address, and it shouldn't affect your privacy posting a public address.
And it's always best to use escrow, even with 'legit' accounts, especially for deals of that amount! I'd never refuse using escrow and I'm sure no honest member would no matter how trusted his account is.

I've left a feedback on SirZelmer's profile. May I ask why you trusted him with BTC1.5 considering he's just a Full Member without any trusted feedback and on his last untrusted feedback he's being accused of scamming? Sorry to point out the obvious but you can always use escrow. If someone refuses using it then you can be sure he's trying to scam.
Probably you will need to post the whole conversion or further proof only if SirZelmer posts here with another version of the story. For the moment can you post the address where you were supposed to receive the coins along with the link to open it on the blockchain?

That is not valid collateral. Any collateral you offer must be easily sold for more than BTC9.
If you can't give valid collateral you won't get a loan for that amount here.

That aside, can you sign a message with an address posted long ago? The fact you just reset your password and now are asking for a huge loan seems suspicious.

Thanks. These 8 domains have been pushed to your account: mosthated.org, findgirls.org, coinhost.org, microbill.org, btcwings.com, bet.pink, btcdating.com, microcasino.org

I confirm this is correct and that I've received all 3 domains: btcbet.pw and primefaucet.com (as a sale for 0.4 BTC) and btchost.org (as collateral)
The pending repayment for this loan is: 2.2625 BTC.

liteon please confirm your namecheap information to push back the 8 expiring domains.

There are two separate problems here:

DjVoodo: do you deny it was a stolen code or a code obtained with a stolen credit card or any other illegal means? Are you recognizing that accusation? How exactly did you get that code? Were you surprised at all with the news that Amazon cancelled that gift card?

turtlehurricane: please post the receipt you got when you sent that item back. Also any emails or other communication with the seller. I'm sure you got something.

Yes, not at the moment but there will be more giveaways in the future. I will post on Twitter (and most probably here too) when that happens.