Do you have any recommendations on where to do business like this that is better... trustworthy?
Nowhere. What you are asking for is literally impossible, at least for person-to-person transactions. All you can do is check the user's reputation and use a reputable escrow. If you don't want to do that, all you can do is use an exchange, which I know isn't the answer you wanted to hear.
who can we use as a escrow?
Good question, nobody is really reputable anymore. There use to be Gavin's escrow, ClearCoin, but he shut that down. You can try BTCrow, but don't be suprised if, once they gain more volume, they just decide to take everyone's coins and run like MyBitcoin did*.
*Don't even try arguing this, the technicals confirm it.
wow... I first read this with my cellphone and was very surprised that someone say that. Then once I logged on my computer I saw that you were a moderator on this forum... I'm very very surprised that a moderator try to harm my business made to help others from scammers and have already made good and big transactions over 80 BTC...
This is a very bad practice you did today. It's a false accusation and lead potentials users to not use it and getting scammed again by other malicious people such as MiddleMan.
I don't know if you're just mad because you loose your bitcoins with MyBitcoin and you loose faith in bitcoin, but what I can ensure is that you have absolutely no reason of saying this and trying to harm my business...
Reported to ... ahhh sure you're a moderator you just gonna ignore this reporting ...
I have only respect for your business. However, you have to agree that you nor any other escrow service currently out there is actually as reputable as an escrow service should be.
That being said, I will probably still use you in any transaction that requires me to use an escrow, just because you're the best we have.
Do you have any recommendations on where to do business like this that is better... trustworthy?
Nowhere. What you are asking for is literally impossible, at least for person-to-person transactions. All you can do is check the user's reputation and use a reputable escrow. If you don't want to do that, all you can do is use an exchange, which I know isn't the answer you wanted to hear.
I've always wondered though,why doesn't the site have a built-in escrow service w/ a built-in feedback option instead of outsourcing to tertiary forum holders ? It seems quite logical and could save a lot of patience about trust issues....not to mention it could promote the ideal of Bitcoin a whole lot quicker knowing that there is at least some foundation for a more secure transaction even if by appearance like what paypal did for Ebay.
Because we're already a large central point of failure. The community needs to decentralize, and that would make the issue worse.
