>>
>>Fact is, any method of payment to an MM (besides cash in hand) leaves
>>a trail back to the payer. Even an "anonymous" reputation system that
>>allowed me to accept a CC or cheque from someone without knowing his
>>identity, would result in the banking transactions revealing his
>>identity to me, so there would be really no point in using the
>>"anonymous" system in the first place!
>>
>>Thus, unless the buyer was using cash to pay me, it would be pointless
>>to use an "anonymous" reputation system, and if he was using cash to
>>pay me... I wouldn't need to know his reputation anyway!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Sidd.
Precisely,
Gold has always been a bearer instrument, and should stay that way -- what
this whole discussion boils down to is this:
I really do not care who you are (and have no desire to find out),, so long
as you pay for the gold with Cash -- either FRN's or Bank Wire.
It's real simple -- If you want to retain anonymity -- then do not request
to settle with anything else but Cash, period. Then the exchange provider
doesn't have to worry about tracking you down if the payment goes bad,,
because the payment will not go bad.
Frankly,, lets call a spade a spade,, the only reason we require any kind of
ID or verification is simply incase your payment goes wrong -- then we have
some means of finding you and extracting the payment for the bullion you
received (on your word that your payment was good).
Now,, once we have established a business relationship and completed some
trades without problems,, then we have some mutual trust built up between us
and we both may feel comfortable with alternative means of settlement.
Regards,
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