I've mentioned it here before, but I think it needs to be said in this thread again.
WE SHOULD ALL START TO USE HEATWARE.COM FOR REFERENCES.This thread is great, and the ideas for a standard way to see who's good/bad are admirable... but heatware does it for you already.
I know we can't make it a "rule" but if we could suggest that everyone in B/S/T make a heatware account, it sure would make things easier.
- It's free
- It standardizes everything
- You can see if the person was the buyer or seller, how many transactions they've made, and if they got a positive, negative, or neutral.
- You get a brief description of every transaction.
- You can backdate references, so if people were willing, you could even go through this thread and make evals for all past deals... and you'd only have to be concerned with the people you dealt with yourself.
Its just an idea, but while selling stuff here recently, I certainly know I'd like a better way to check references or give comments. Looking through this thread is getting very hard.
and no, I don't own/work for/have a stake in Heatware

I just hate to see a good way to do this go to waste