Well...I just got an email from a user who got what he was waiting for from this user in question. His deal is closed to satisfaction now. So what does it all mean?

RCU will continue to follow its policy from day one regarding fraudelent trading. Nothing has changed since we opened the site. The only thing that was supposed to change was the use of credit cards to verify buyers and since most don't want that option we cannot guarantee that every seller will be a good one. Traders shown to be acting in a fraudelent manner are suspended, period.

For those who are suspect we do our due diligence same as before and deal with it accordingly just like on the old site. No process has changed. On the old good/bad/ugly forum AND the old karma system some users would wait for days or weeks until we could verify facts before they would see their negative rating posted. At least now if you post a karma feedback you see it right now. I'd say in light of that the new RCU offers significantly more protection than the old site.

In the end anybody who gets ripped off will want to blame somebody for it. Why not blame RCU for allowing that person to list their ad. That surely makes it our fault, right? This is the internet so do whatever you need to do in a deal to feel comfortable with what you risk INCLUDING possibly using an escrow service (they are not expensive). If in doubt use it or make sure you know who you are dealing with.