Beware! - Sorry to have to inform everyone but even some of these escrow
companies have turned out to be scams too. They advertise in the response
text of messages on the auction sites, through newsgroups, message boards
and e-mail to suck you in. Don't recall all the particulars or names but it
has been well documented in the news over the last few weeks. Use ONLY the
escrow services that are formally authorized and recommended by major sites
such as e-Bay, not anywhere else !!!
Good advice.
Jerry Erbesfield
Was -73 Black Beauty B roadster
Now - C-5 Vette Black Beauty roadster - and lovin it!
jerbesfield@mindspring.com
http://jerbesfield.home.mindspring.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of David Breneman
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:17 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: help possible scam?
David Councill SEZ -
> If its a real deal, make sure they pay what is due, no excess, and
> allow
> several weeks to insure the funds are good (or get your bank to sign off
on
> something to that effect) before you make the next move.
Frequently, when high-value transactions are conducted over long distances,
the buyer and seller use an escrow company to hold both the merchandise and
the payment until the payment clears, then the company sees that each party
receives his half of the transaction. I don't know the names of any of
these companies, but I do know that they exist, and for good reason.
--
David Breneman | "Before there were CDs there were
Distributed Systems S/W Analyst | records, and before there were
Airborne Express, Inc. | records, there were 78s."
david.breneman@airborne.com | --- Seen on eBay
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