9 May
2008
9 May
'08
8:37 a.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Marden P. Marshall wrote:
Yes. My company bought a good bit of surplus RS/6000 equipment a few
years ago, mostly in fairly pricey lots. We used whatever was the
popular "e-escrow" service at the time. The reputable dealers were fine
with it, and happy to go to the little extra effort. The sellers who
had spotty feedbacks with slow shipping or failure to pack properly
refused to accept escrow.
So basically, the sellers who accepted escrow deals weren't the ones
with whom we needed the escrow protection. No big surprise.
I must say I'm often amused by the "Monday-morning quarterbacking" on
this list. Hindsight is a wonderfully useless thing.
Doc
I'm not going to bother debating the value of this particular item
with you. That would be a moot point. As for the seller ponying up
to the bar and taking responsibility, the answer is that so far he has
not.
For that price, I would have used an escrow service, regardless of the
item (collector piece, television, whatever).
Has anyone had any experience using escrow services for higher-priced
items?