Just FYI, there is no reason someone would deny a 3rd party escrow if they're not gonna rip you off. That is even if they have a huge trust rating. Take that from someone who has seen an escrow himself, with 100+ rating scam only for ~25 BTC
I never used an escrow other than localbitcoins. How does it work in here?
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Well escrow here is an unbiased 3rd person , who has spent a lot of time on the forum and has gained much reputation. Lowest rep for one would be 100 considering the amount you're risking. I'd advice you to go with OgNasty(and as a PSA please be warned of impersonators, as listed
here) as an escrow for this, even Blazed(the person with the highest trust score) could do it but last I heard he wasn't doing escrows any more.
So here's more or less how it goes: You send BTC to escrow->Either one of you pays the fees->Escrow confirms -> The seller sends you the payment -> After you confirm the escrow sends the BTC to seller. Of course disputes might happens and escrows have their way of dealing with it, but as I said this is the general outline of how escrows work, OgNasty for one might not be following this.