LBC merely enables each buyer to choose a seller. They are not an exchange. In future:
1. Choose a seller with over 400 customers and a spotless record who offers a no-questions-asked money-back guarantee. For example:
https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/coqui33/?ch=4ja2. If you are dissatisfied with the seller you chose, write a negative feedback to warn off others.
I will in the future. That day it was hard to find a good deal so I could not be too picky, I agree I should have noticed that the sellers account was only 2 weeks old.
I am not able to leave a review / feedback, because the trade is still in "dispute" stage.
At this stage, localbitcoins admins have the power to do release the BTC, but are not doing so.