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Originally posted by Sinkhole21:
i just think i would make people feel more safe
I know, and that's exactly the problem. Feeling more safe when they aren't leads to much bigger problems and far more people being ripped off, which can't possibly be good.
Registering addresses wouldn't be much help. Comparing addresses really can't be done well automatically. A couple misspelled words or formatting an address differently could get around that. Having someone manually view all of them and compare them to existing lists is way too much work. What about people with repeat offenses of minor bad trading practices that haven't been severe or frequent enough to get banned? If people don't search the BTA, they won't be aware of these things, and it's fairly important to know just who you're dealing with.
If people are going to trade online, making sure to follow the proper procedures to be safe is always going to be necessary. It just takes a couple minutes to search and be sure that who you're trading with isn't listed as a bad trader or a known ripper, and it's not unreasonable to expect. People have to take a little responsibility for themselves at some point, because we just don't have the time or ability to do it all for people.
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