I must agree with Santa here, even if he is a corsair scum ....
But that stuff happens to me all the time.
3 type of traders :
Why dont you talk more to traders ? Because they usualy run, and you dont have that time to type while avoiding asteroids and stuff.
I also get pissed sometimes about something, then I dont talk much to traders... specialy to those with history of runners... so I make it short...
Usualy after they get destroyed, they send PM's : I will kill you now, or they start using the "F" words. I got no respect for those !
But there are this nice traders who stop neer you, even if you dont ask them, and the happly donate you some credits, because they know that you gonna leave them for at least 4 houres, and protect agains wilds or suchs.
And there you have the traders that actually RP, and you negotiate with them, and all sides are happy. That is the best type in my opinion and I respect those traders.
Each type has its own "tax" rate, but still even haniball's are fair.. they give each trader at least 2-4 houres of free trade. so they maybe loose 3 mil in one run... but they are "tax" free for onother 20 runs... So it is more profitabble to them just to pay, and not loose their cargo, or make runs around the system where pirate is .