Of course using escrows is good, if you're dealing with the right/trusted user and not an impostor. That being said, mind you that scammers now impersonate reputable users on either Telegram or other social handles to act as escrows and any fund sent to the scammer can't be recovered, see: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5281221.0, that topic is an example of how this scam works, before choosing an escrow, verify (don't just send, thinking it's safe) through the community and a signed message from the escrow.