Re:That is why..... (Score 1)

I've done similar things to find out if someone is trustworthy or not before making a purchase. Back when the Nindento DS was just about to come out in Japan, I was hunting on eBay to get one rather then wait months for it to come out in the US. I found a seller who had a few of them, but he had recently changed accounts and had no feedback. I asked him why, and he said the new account name was more memorable. He signed his email with his name, so I searched for it and found an entry in someone's guestbook from years ago, where he mentioned his store in NY. I searched New York yellow pages and found that the store really did exist, and matched his username. So I bid on the DS, got a fabulous deal since no one else wanted to risk it, received it safe and sound, and gave the seller some glowing feedback. After that he got to sell his merchandise for higher prices, and I didn't have to worry about being ripped off.