You Trust, You learn. It goes both ways. The trick is to trust others with as much as you're willing to pay to learn that they aren't trustworthy. When you get that right, you always win when dealing with others, whether they're trustworthy or not.
Exactly, I trusted TradeFortress, he proved himself very untrustworthy. He owes me 10.15 BTC.
That is the title of this thread, and the point here.
I am really sorry you lost your money. But didn't TF offer to send you the money to a btc address? And did he not warn you that if he just sent the btc stamps back, someone else might use his IOUs to trade them for your stamps? I dont mean to be harsh or cold. I'm very sad it happened, but TF showed you how it could happen but you refused the btc deposit to a secure wallet. Instead you wanted your stamps on ripple with all the risk that entailed.