If each font I.D. cost you $1.00 each time, in the last 6 months, you could have paid for your very own copy of the best Font I.D software available.
http://www.findmyfont.com
It's not going to give you a perfect I.D. each time, but it's damn fast and generally I.D.'s with near perfection and after all...they are a Merchant Member here. For those obscurities that FMF misses...... S101 of course.