James_in_MD
Well-known member
OT - question about ebay motors & escrow.com...
A friend of mine is considering buying a truck listed on ebay (classified listing, not an auction). He asked me for some advice on the matter, and I was not much help. Here's the deal - the truck he wants is priced below mkt (~40%?) but it is overseas in Europe. Its a few years old and has (or is said to have!) very low mileage. My friend has a fair amount of pics of the truck and he says everything looks good on it. Supposedly, the seller is willing to ship the truck to NJ so my friend can look at it/ get it inspected. However he has to put up all monies through escrow.com before the seller will ship it. If the truck is not "as advertised", he can walk away from the deal. I don't know much about escrow.com, but it sounds a little to good to be true to me. Does anyone here have any insight into deals like this or any knowledge of escrow.com? Any hidden customs "gotchas" lurking? I would appreciate any input y'all could pass along.
Thanks in advance!
A friend of mine is considering buying a truck listed on ebay (classified listing, not an auction). He asked me for some advice on the matter, and I was not much help. Here's the deal - the truck he wants is priced below mkt (~40%?) but it is overseas in Europe. Its a few years old and has (or is said to have!) very low mileage. My friend has a fair amount of pics of the truck and he says everything looks good on it. Supposedly, the seller is willing to ship the truck to NJ so my friend can look at it/ get it inspected. However he has to put up all monies through escrow.com before the seller will ship it. If the truck is not "as advertised", he can walk away from the deal. I don't know much about escrow.com, but it sounds a little to good to be true to me. Does anyone here have any insight into deals like this or any knowledge of escrow.com? Any hidden customs "gotchas" lurking? I would appreciate any input y'all could pass along.
Thanks in advance!
