Quote from: JustAnotherBitcoinFan on December 01, 2014, 05:39:58 PM

Quote from: Tomatocage on December 01, 2014, 05:25:22 PM

Quote from: JustAnotherBitcoinFan on December 01, 2014, 05:16:07 PM

Already sent screen shots of my BTCe account with additional info to two different members. I'm not going to give the person who did that to me anything. They did it out of pure intention for their escrow business. That is why a lot of us have been wondering why they can be allowed to do that just out of business advancement. There was no evidence or anything...check it if you don't believe me...they do it to others all the time. If you want proof just message me and I will give it to you no problem at all.

I'm pretty sure I made it clear that I have no interest in escrowing your trade:

Quote from: Tomatocage on December 01, 2014, 03:38:14 PM

If you can demonstrate ownership of the 36+ BTC that you claim to have, or use a trusted escrow (not me, because this would clearly be a conflict of interest), I'll remove the negative feedback. However, I strongly suspect you'll do neither.

Emphasis added. Screen shots don't really count. Just sign an address or get DannyHamilton to serve as escrow. Once your funds are loaded into the escrow address I'll remove your negative rating. I'm sorry if it feels like I'm trying to strong-arm you into using escrow, but there have been far too many scams here and unfortunately I really don't know of any other way to help others from becoming victims of fraud.

That seems a bit ridiculous...strong arm everyone into using escrow if they dont fit "your" criteria!!! Wonder why people thinking your a scam. You just pointed it out yourself...you don't know any other way. How about only leave bad feedback on those you have references or proof of. Your using high rank here to benefit the escrow business that you are involved with, when you are leaving poor feedback on people you have no proof of anything negative about then says it all. Also didn't you use to defend bitinstant a long time ago...could of swore there were some issue there too?

Although my opinion probably does not carry any weight in your eyes, I have freedom of speech and will give my opinion -

From what I have seen tomatocage is fair when giving feedback. Although he does charge "1%" for his services I would think he is willing to negotiate for the sake of keeping the community safe. Even if he is not willing to lower his escrow fee, there are plenty of very reputable escrow providers who will provide escrow for free.

There are a lot of scams on this forum and the chances are if you are trying to trade with someone without escrow one of you are going to try to scam (there are a few exceptions to this rule and DannyHamilton is one of these exceptions - at least I think he is). I have also seen a large number of instances where people have posted on the currency exchange section, agree to sell a large amount (or buy a large amount) of bitcoin and then disappear when escrow is to be funded - this results in both the escrow provider and the other person attempting to trade having their time waisted and in others not wanting to trade on here at all.

If you are concerned about privacy then I would suggest that you mix your coins to a newly generated address, then send your coins back to another address via a mixer, and then sign a message with an address that recently had the 20+ BTC that you claim to have. This would at least decrease the chances of your buyer's time being wasted and may result in more people making you offers that have a higher price which would result in your advantage.