Neither of those components cause my trust to be inflated or dissipated; however a safe trade in my eyes is waged on how well I know the person. We're all real people behind a computer screen at the end of the day, so the reputation we've gained throughout the interwebs is meaningless unless we are genuinely credible. In short, we as a community have seen many members that appeared trustworthy (ie @Amazon, @Bug, etc) fall to the temptation of momentary gain. All of this is leading me to say - know and trust the characteristics of the person, not their accomplishments such as feedback or staff position. I'd trust @Catastrophe or @Raflesia with any sum of currency even if neither of them have feedback or a staff position.