I have bought and sold from several people on this forum and would not think it impractical for someone buying from me to ask me for a reference from the board. Not that the glove/cam salesman couldn't be in cahoots with someone else, but it wouldn't/shouldn't hurt anyones feelings to be asked to give a reference. Especially when dealing in large dollar sales. (praying that qwiktwipp received his speedo) I have sent personal checks to buy stuff from the board based mainly by the numer of posts a person has that is selling an item. I believe that the moderators have a limit as to the number of posts you can have before you are allowed to buy or sell an item. It's been said already but, what goes around comes around.