Quote from: markj113 on September 07, 2015, 08:53:03 AM

Quote from: Quickseller on September 07, 2015, 08:51:22 AM

Quote from: markj113 on September 07, 2015, 08:49:21 AM

Quote from: Quickseller on September 07, 2015, 08:44:38 AM

Quote from: Vod on September 07, 2015, 08:37:17 AM

Quote from: Quickseller on September 07, 2015, 08:31:38 AM

If the other party is comfortable sending first in a direct trade (as would be indicated by the other party trusting me with escrow), then there is no difference in having them trust me as escrow. The other party accepting me as escrow means they trust me more then if they were to do a direct trade.

Of course the other party is going to be comfortable and trusting. You have been outright lying to them, telling them whatever they want to hear.

The key to being a good escrow is honesty and openness. You should not be doing any escrow, period.

Please point out the lie. Do you have an escrow agreement that says explicitly that I am not either the buyer nor the seller?

Thats a pretty poor argument.

I think when most people request the use of Escrow they expect an independent and trusted 3rd party.

When someone requests the use of escrow, they are wanting to use someone who they trust is not going to scam them.

But you dont use the the person you are trading with to act as the Escrow for that transaction otherwise it renders the purpose of Escrow useless.

But if the person who is trusting you to act as escrow is willing to trust you as escrow, then they would have been willing to send first to you if you were trading as yourself. No one just randomly requests to use escrow, they will ask to use escrow when they do not send first to the other party (and the other party does not trust them to send first to them)