I think 1k is not a bad price for a default trust account as long as everyone can keep it well concealed. If I had 1k to spare I definately would buy it. Just hope that if anything ever did happen with the account (negative wise) the escrow would release the name of the account so it could be removed from DT.
Also. Since I'm sure the OP is pretty smart, I figure that the account he's posting with now, FunFunnyFan, is anon. via TOR, so a trace should not be able to be used against him. So if you buy the account there's only 2 other people that will know details. If it gets busted, you basically know who did it and could judge character by the actions.