[Hocrest]

Chris,
The biggest problem with all of those ideas, is that primarily the scammers have been doing their business on EBay and just coming here to deny that they are the same guy that's selling on EBay.

Otherwise;
I think it's a good idea to have more info filled out in your profile, but personally if I was browsing the net, and came across a forum that required ALL of my info and a fax of my drivers license, I would never make it back for a second visit.

The multiple colors is a good idea, I think that one of the planned upgrades is a feedback system to show that type of info.