Eliminating Scamming via escrow

[Hypertrophyguy]

Why hasn't anyone come up with an escrow type service for those of us trying out new sources??
I think this would be a great idea. Of course the escrow would have to be someone trusted but that is the only hitch I can think of.

The escrow receives the payment
The source sends to the escrow
If everything is there the money continues to the source and the product to the customer.

I dont see why no one has thought of this yet.

 

[PHIL HERNON]

Many reasons why, but in principle, it is a good idea

The activity is viewed as illegal in certain countries, you add another middle man who you have to completely trust, the escrow person will want a cut for services, thus driving up the price, the escrow guy will have to be shipping things all the time.

 

[crackerjack414]

i belive ukgear had something like that a year or two ago i dont know if its still around or not or if his board is still around

 

[Tadger]

Check out Equalizer Escrow.

Chick of Anabolic Forum set it up quite a while ago.

 

[Ashop]

I read about some scammed this way for very big ammounts. Escrow and buyer are in connection and customer lost over 100.000 USD


Just use a source you trust and avoid paying a escrow. You can risk after operation is complete escrow will say " your account is investigated for trade ilegal stuff"

 

[G.E.R.M]

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i tried to do shit like this years ago.

50 dollar escrow fee..

items are shipped to escrow holder...that box is not opened and put into another box..cause you really dont wanna know what is in the box...then the box is forwarded to the buyer and the funds are forwarded to the source..

obvioulsy if anyone mentions what is in the box or what the money is for gets clipped from using the service and all packs/monies are returned minus the 50 buck escrow fee.

50 bucks per pack/deal is really like 15min of work...

 

[Tadger]

I just went through fireschool with a guy that used to run an operation like that... cept he drove up in a black sedan with darkly tinted windows, popped the trunk. Then someone put stuff in the trunk and closed it. The guy drove to the airport, popped the trunk and someone else took the stuff out, replacing it with a bunch of cash... at which point he would drive back to the starting point, pop the trunk and the first guy would take the cash... usually leaving about $1500 for my buddy. Somehow... I don't think it was AAS they were dealing with. Heh heh.