Esccrow services

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  1. gangst, Jan 26, 2005

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    Hi all,

    I'v put my windows laptop on ebay, to sell so i can replace it with a powermac my laptop on ebay, and iv had an offer, the buyer says he wants to use an escrow service, to which i have never used. What are your experiences with escrow services?
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.


    Thanks in advance
     
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  2. Sun Baked, Jan 26, 2005

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    Don't use an escrow service outside of the one available inside e-Bay...

    Many times a fraud ring will set up their own escrow service, and get free stuff from people on eBay.

    Many, many, many fake escrow services that suck much more that eBay.

    especially if they talk about being owed/founded by Internet Escrow Services, Fidelity National Financial, or Micro General

    https://www.escrow.com/fic/ficspot.asp

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    see current fraud at http://www.safeweb-transactions.net/company.php

    Which is funny when you see where the physical business address resolves to...

    http://pview.findlaw.com/view/3003099_1
     
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  3. bigandy, Jan 26, 2005

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    use paypal. they give gauarantees.

    escrows give squat.
     
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