This question brings up a question of my own. Let's say you HAVE in fact been burnt by a less than honest webmaster, most board have rules about bringing beef out into the open.
How do you handle smoking out a rat? I am new to most of the webmaster hangouts but not so new to the market so I guess I can say that it irks me to the 10th power that I let another webmaster get over on me.
And to go back to what Hazel asked is how do you know about the "big guys"? because from my perspective in my niche the person I had dealings with appeared to be on the up and up which was why I trusted him in the first place. Shame on me.
BTW... I hope no one takes it that I am questioning any of the heavy hitters mentioned on this thread or who post on this board, just the particular person I resent.