This little thought came to me through discussions on the chatbox in the forums...
Please try to be careful when using the trading posts as there has been a spate of people buying goods, then having them pillaged back off them. Also you advertise yourself as a potential target if you are selling large quantities of goods at the trading post for low prices. This suggests that you have an excess of goods and would make a nice little pillaging target. So please be aware
.
P.S. A good idea is to not stash too many goods in one colony, try to use it up with upgrades or convert it to gold that cannot be pillaged! Again i would like to reiterate the importance of hideouts! If they can't see what you have they won't covet it!