Dave the same thing was said on the paintabll forum when they started it, now its so coomon and wide spread that if you dont post feedback basically no one will deal with you. By at the very minimum showing thats you have zero feedback rater then doing nothing shows your either new or you just dont frequently buy things but you have nothing to hide. like i said its not a flawless system but then again you also said yea you can just search thier name and see what comes up, but guys still send pms asking what your dealing with a person is.
until we make it a point that everyone start using the system it will not change. so rather then having 1000 posts asking whatsup with so and so, you simply give them directions to check the feedback , if there isnt any then a flag should be raised.