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That's why tracking information is not enough--you need delivery confirmation to prove delivery.  In any business, if a store ships something but the customer never gets it, the store is on the hook for reshipping or refunding unless they can prove delivery.

I am one of those who am picky about value propositions.   I fault no one who wants to stick to 1:1 trades.  I just look at it differently.  If those value cards were as easy to come by as bulk commons and uncommons (and some rares), they wouldn't carry a premium price tag at all. It's not that I'm trying to play it like an investment (though I'm sure there are some who do)--I'm just trying to get stuff on my wish list. 

The values of cards are not fixed like currency (where one $10 bill is always worth ten $1 bills)--they fluctuate (like changes between currencies).  Some cards may see pretty big fluctuations (high values early in a release cycle, and dropping when a set leaves standard), but many will retain their general value over their lifetime (unless something significant happens that affects their playablity). A few cards will see their value increase over time.  Most bulk commons and uncommons (and even some rares) have low values and will keep their low values over their lifetime.

The values used here (and on other sites) represent the prices one might expect to pay if buying the cards for funds.  I find that I could purchase most of the sub-$1 cards at my LGS for $0.10 each (or less, when buying bulk lots).  Of course, there's opportunity cost there, because I need to sort through their boxes and stacks, but that's just the way it is.

I find I don't restrict myself to 1:1 trades here or in real life.  If someone has a card I really want, I will generally offer more than the list value of the card.  How much more I offer depends on two things: 1) how much I want the card, and 2) how much the person with the card is inclined to keep it.  I'f I really wanted a Cavern of souls for example, I might well offer $30 or more in trade value if I was looking to have it right away.  In such a situation, however, I generally wouldn't offer a single $30 card for the Cavern. I'd try offering three $10 cards.  Why? Because it will likely take me much more time (and, potentially, money) to replace that $30 card than it will take to replace those individual $10 cards.

Why do most people oppose trade downs? Because they see such offers as bunches of cards that are relatively easy to get being offered in trade for something that is difficult to get.  To me, that's the primary reason to request additional value in a trade down (or to offer additional value when trying to trade up): because a bunch of relatively easy to get cards are being offered for a hard to get card.  It's about opportunity cost, and the subjective value each trader places on his or her cards.

I think an easier way to overcome the language barrier would be to add the ability to add cards by the card number (printed on all cards saved for the earliest releases).  I'm not sure if that is planned, but it would be a good feature to add.

Since you're running tokens with green, I'd work in a pair of Parallel Lives.

The price seems whacked.  I won't bother.

I am, however, planning to purchase some of the Holiday Gift Box.

I also like the idea of neutral feedback, or no feedback being considered neutral.

Ebay uses a similar system.  It lets users see what percentage of feedback was positive or negative.

To me, the "+10, -1" example presented by Sebi is a good start, but if we are going to have neutral feedback, I'd also want to know that number too.  Not necessarily as another number showing feedback ("+10, 3, -1"), but simply as the total number of completed trades (e.g., "14 trades, +10, -1) or as the percent of trades with positive feedback.  Given two people with a feedback score of "+10, -1", trading with someone with that score out of 15 trades is much less a risk than someone with the same feedback score and 30 completed trades (showing that half of the transactions were neutral).

Then, of course, there's a big difference between someone who has one negative feedback out of five trades than someone who has one negative feedback out of 500 trades.  I might avoid trading in the first example, but would have no qualms about trading in the second.

I believe most users would like to be able to review the reasons listed for feedback (negative or positive).  Looking at lessons learned by Ebay, however, we might find that traders may eventually want another field that will let them respond to any negative feedback that was left.

Example:
Trader A leaves a rating of -1, with a Reason/Comment that reads "Lousy trader. Sent me the wrong cards."
Trader B, who received negative feedback, posts a Rebuttal/Reply: "User received all cards in the trade proposal.  He wanted specific editions, but did not state that in the trade proposal.  I sent all M10 cards, but, after receiving the cards, Trader A indicated he wanted only M12 cards.

At what price do you value the remaining plains?