Very well said, I am the same way. I will not give positive trust for deals under a certain amount of BTC/$, such as Mr. Nasty who gave Rainbowsky +trust over (maybe?) 30 bucks worth of physical coin(s) he won in some raffle. 
Personally as for "deals", I never give positive trust unless 1, 2, or 3 (or combination thereof) occur:
1. They pay me first without any escrow, with at least a trade value of 500 USD worth of BTC (Typically for something I am selling or auctioning).
2. I receive the item in perfect standing, with no issues.
OR:
1. I buy or sell a good, and escrow is used, and both parties are satisfied.
OR:
People such as yourself who are critical thinkers, and Lauda who leaves excellent feedback - This would include well known and respect anti-scammers like suchmoon, lovesmyfamlis, coolcryptovator, etc etc...
I highly value opinions or ratings of other users like them, even if I have never traded a satoshi.
Having known Lauda over a period of time, I realized they were just a bit trigger-happy at first, but they always went back and revised and removed any errors. They just erred on the side of caution, which I don't think is a bad thing. I have done this myself admittedly, sometimes not having enough time to maintain my own list.
However, I'd just like to state for the record, I never trusted Lauda as a person, just their ratings. That's the only reason they still exist in my trustlist, and having taken heat from even Theymos about it, I still don't care, everycon can fuck off there lol 😂
As for Rainbowsky, check it, he's up to more shenanigans - Selling the same item in two different places, and keeps deleting the evidence (The last post lol).
https://archive.is/Z34U2
Cheers
Personally as for "deals", I never give positive trust unless 1, 2, or 3 (or combination thereof) occur:
1. They pay me first without any escrow, with at least a trade value of 500 USD worth of BTC (Typically for something I am selling or auctioning).
2. I receive the item in perfect standing, with no issues.
OR:
1. I buy or sell a good, and escrow is used, and both parties are satisfied.
OR:
People such as yourself who are critical thinkers, and Lauda who leaves excellent feedback - This would include well known and respect anti-scammers like suchmoon, lovesmyfamlis, coolcryptovator, etc etc...
I highly value opinions or ratings of other users like them, even if I have never traded a satoshi.
I also know that Lauda was aghast at how cheaply some people give positive trust feedback.
Having known Lauda over a period of time, I realized they were just a bit trigger-happy at first, but they always went back and revised and removed any errors. They just erred on the side of caution, which I don't think is a bad thing. I have done this myself admittedly, sometimes not having enough time to maintain my own list.
However, I'd just like to state for the record, I never trusted Lauda as a person, just their ratings. That's the only reason they still exist in my trustlist, and having taken heat from even Theymos about it, I still don't care, everycon can fuck off there lol 😂
As for Rainbowsky, check it, he's up to more shenanigans - Selling the same item in two different places, and keeps deleting the evidence (The last post lol).
https://archive.is/Z34U2
Cheers