just an fyi - and I am not saying you ae doing this but there are many many scammers who agree to escrow as long as shipping is paid up front and direct. Then they never ship the item. While buyer is safe on the purchase they have lost what was paid for shipping.
Yes there are a lot of people who do stuff like that. $25 by itself means nothing to me. I can prove that I was recently scammed out of $400.