i am a member of another forum, that also has a classifieds section in it, they have a feedback system, where poeple can leave comments on the person as a buyer/seller
In general, we amateur astronomers are a pretty tight knit bunch, and are unlikely to take advantage of each other, although after a recent sale i had on IIS classifieds went wrong, maybe its an idea to think about somethink like this? Lets face it, there is nothing much that Mike, or the admin staff can do about these things, so isnt even a little public protection a prudent idea?