I am having a hard time forming a real opinion on the platform, but I've never used localbitcoins either, so what say you, people knowledgeable of peer-to-peer/cash purchasing platforms?
You may take this as references:
https://www.scamguard.com/wallofcoinscom/
Most of the cases are unresolved.
User review: (negative)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1956218.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2206616.0
For a high volume site, that record is a little...though are there any sites with like...a clean record for the past 6 months? I did a search here already, cause I suspected there would be reviews...those are a little old.