Incoming new account in 2 minutes. Actually they probably make or have made dozens as has already been stated.
Banning does nothing. It can't be enforced effectively. I can't believe this isn't obvious to you.
People will still go to Skype, PM and other places to buy and sell without missing a step.
Give us some viable solutions instead of quoting the same thing over and over.



EDIT: Personal attacks do nothing for your credibility.

And I would be happy to read your list and compare notes. I do believe those that are bought/sold and discovered deserve some type of warning.

Selling of accounts is nearly impossible if not completely impossible to control. You will have a hard time proving an account sold or bought if the account owner wants it that way. No one knows for sure everyone with whom they deal. This is the way the internet works and has so from the beginning. Simply insist on escrow for your trades it will protect in the future, problem all but solved. As has been stated many times, Trust is a starting point not an end all, be all.
I know this is hard and one has to do a little thinking but a little common sense goes a long way. Let me give you an example:
Account "Fred" has 20 positives. When looking at 15 of them, they are left by the same newbie and the trades are for $5 Paypal for the equivalent in BTC and all made within a week time frame. Could it be possible this was "bought Trust?" Possibly alt account of the buyer?
My thinking process would lean towards yes. The next conclusion would be either stay away or start following the Trust trail for more information. Also, after 15 trades for $5, would I trust a deal for $500? No I would not.
Account "Alice" has 5 trades from 5 different people on the Default list. All were buys over $300 each over a 1 month time period. If I wanted to sell a $300 item to this person, would I? After reading ALL Trust and it checks out, I would use escrow and proceed.
Same account but "Alice" has not posted for a year. I would suspect a stolen or sold account and either use escrow or pass on any trades.
Some Trust is spiteful and malicious but normally it is easy to spot.
Bottom line: You need to protect yourself, sold account or not, use your brain and don't rely on others telling you what to do. If you don't like the Trust system, don't use it. To say it is meaningless is, well, meaningless.




Same can be said for your position. After placing new rules to protect that are unenforceable, you now have a false sense of more security.

And yet that fixes nothing, accounts will still be bought and sold. The "burden of proof" should not rest on the administrators but rather upon those wanting to trade, they are not here to hand hold. It is up to the individual to check the Trust of those they deal with and actually LOOK at what has been left and who left it. Then you can form an educated opinion if you want to believe it or not. A good thing about these buys and sells; it makes you really check the account before you trade. At least it should.
Trust is not meaningless, it is a good starting point.

Did you admit you were buying BTC? If so the digital goods clause was invoked. However, if you funded via credit card, you can still file a charge back with them and Paypal won't lose money if at all possible.
Please post your proof from Paypal.

There is ALWAYS risk with Paypal.

You were warned. When one finds himself in a deep hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. I believe this applies here.

No it isn't. You are trying to buy Trust and that is not a trustworthy action. Scammers do this.

And this means what exactly?

How about working to improve your rating instead of trying to take a short cut and purchase Trust?
Instead of green you may end up with red.

Attempting to buy Trust won't get you much of anywhere and it may even cause your Trust to go the other way.
Bragging rights, really?

Some reading for you: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=14632.0

It isn't the loan in particular that is in question, rather you have no Trust to be holding any collateral. I would suggest you contact a trustworthy escrow, work out a deal and update your OP to reflect. Otherwise, this really looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

Third party escrow is strongly urged for all collateral.

Perhaps you need to reread my "hyperbole" instead of answering with your FUD.
Scams happen everyday, in every county, city, state and country. It's been going on since man has existed. You want utopia, there is no utopia.

Greed. It's what causes most scams and the subsequent successes of the scammers. Many of these "deals" happen in Skype, Yahoo and other off site places and only come here to open an accusation thread, seeking some kind of help for their gullible actions. The really sad part is they usually fall for the same scam over and over again.
Throw in people sprinkling dust on the beggars, gamblers and "loan" seekers, this only keeps them coming back and bringing their pals.
Start banning accounts and scammers only create more accounts and stay deeper in the shadows, there is no winning this fight.
If people want to be censored, there are an unlimited places they can go but for myself, I would rather have the freedom here than have a select politically correct few deleting my posts at will.

Here is some reading while you wait: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=14632.0

Any updates on this?

Someone is paying for that electricity, it isn't free. If you are not the boss you could lose your job. To have enough ASICs to even attempt a profit, you would need thousands of watts of power. Most offices can't handle that type of demand.
As I stated earlier, read all the other scores of threads on this subject.