QS may have done something "bad", but it surely didn't result in a loss for anyone but himself.
And thank goodness for that. I commend the community for recognizing that his behavior was very untrustworthy, and deserving of the inability to provide escrow services.
Just because escrows have alts doesn't mean they're not trustworthy.
Simply having alt accounts isn't the issue.
Escrowing deals as one of the interested parties under the pretense of being a disinterested third party is deceptive and fraudulent. And at the least, the other party involved was swindled out of the escrow fee in each instance.
Further, QS was caught using alt accounts to shill, farm trust and otherwise abuse the trust system (e.g. using multiple accounts to neg trust people). Is this how a trustworthy person acts?
On that subject, John K's feedback says it best. He was "engaging in self-collusion by the means of using alt accounts in order present a facade of trust in his business dealings." Now, why would one want to do that?
There was a reason QS was so intent on maintaining his own anonymity (a point to consider when choosing an escrow). I'll just leave this here.
Most savvy people who do business on this forum knew what Quickseller was doing. He was very clearly farming trust for months before opening up an escrow service. He was waiting for an opportunity to walk away with thousands of coins -- there is not a doubt in my mind.
All the while, he was taking the role of scam buster (often railroading people on baseless evidence) and using an army of alts to support himself in any discussion. I, for one, never mentioned a damn thing, though I suspected a lot of shady behavior for a long time -- for fear that he would target my reputation, as he has done to others. Now, the tables have turned.
Personally, I don't give a shit what happens to him. Because I know exactly what he was doing. This is not a court of law, and the point of emphasis for me is intention. Some of us know he is scum, and just don't care about these pretenses.
All the while, he was taking the role of scam buster (often railroading people on baseless evidence) and using an army of alts to support himself in any discussion. I, for one, never mentioned a damn thing, though I suspected a lot of shady behavior for a long time -- for fear that he would target my reputation, as he has done to others. Now, the tables have turned.
Personally, I don't give a shit what happens to him. Because I know exactly what he was doing. This is not a court of law, and the point of emphasis for me is intention. Some of us know he is scum, and just don't care about these pretenses.
But yeah, people like SebastianJu/OgNasty who have over an year of forum trading without any real issues are preferable as an escrow.
