I appreciate the various views on this thread and understand the concern that started it. But I would hate to see this forum bogged down with a extra rules to address an issue that isn't a serious problem.
Solution? As suggested by others:
If you don't know and trust the person, don't buy from them.
If you do know and trust a person - do buy and then post an appropriate feedback using the iTrader system.
Simple! - I think.
I agree that requiring a minimum number of posts just encourages the junk posts (as pointed out by Dan); and I really appreciate that they occur less often here - probably because of the very useful "thanks" feature. In order to encourage useful posts, the restriction could perhaps be based on "reputation". But I still think my first option is better.
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