The Cryptothrift admins are great, they respond quickly and I feel that they are really doing their best. That said, the website is crawling with scammers!!!

Below is a summary of my 10 transactions in Cryptothrift:

$5 amazon gift code - successful
$150 paypal transfer - successful
$200 paypal transfer - successful

$30 paypal transfer - seller never responded after the payment; Admin refunded the escrow
$20 paypal transfer - seller was a scammer/wanted me to release escrow first; Admin refunded the escrow
$50 amazon gift code - seller was a scammer/wanted me to release escrow first; Admin refunded the escrow
$50 amazon gift code - seller was a scammer/gave me an invalid code; Admin refunded the escrow

$30 paypal transfer - seller sent payment but then reported it as unauthorized transaction on Paypal; nothing Admin can do because escrow was released
$95 paypal transfer - seller sent payment but then reported it as unauthorized transaction on Paypal; nothing Admin can do because escrow was released

The last two transactions is more of a Paypal issue, I guess. But just beware. 7 of the 10 transactions were scammers.