I would run from this as fast as I possibly could. Jim
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > Vanagonauts: > > I am looking at 1985 Franken Westy for sale via Kijiji and the vendor > wants to transact through an escrow agent (eConsignmentShop.com). > > Apparently, eConsignementShop.com already has possession of the vehicle > (on consignment) and it is being stored in one of their {franchise} > warehouses in a rather remote BC community. The transaction procedure is > described as follows: > > 1) I forward payment to eConsignementShop.com which they hold in escrow > (wire transfer to their {our of country} bank account); > 2) eConsignmentShop.com delivers the vehicle to the location I specify > (within 1000 miles of their warehouse facility); > 3) I have seven days to evaluate the vehicle and decided whether it is > satisfactory; > 4) a) If I decide the vehicle is all I expect it to be, > eConsignmentShop.com releases payment to the seller; > b) If I conclude the vehicle is not what was advertised (not worth > the purchase price), eConsignmentShop.com retrieves the vehicle > (at the sellers expense) and refunds the purchase amount to me. > > Sounds simple enough ... but with more than a quarter century's experience > in information security, I'm not the "e-trusting" type. > > I have been trying to carry out diligence on the company itself, > (eConsignment Shop, Inc. 2778 Forsyth Rd, Winter Park, Florida 32792), but > to-date have been unable to find sufficient evidence to confirm whether > they are a legitimate business or a scam. > > Do any of you have experience - good or bad - with eConsignmentShop.com or > know where I might be able to find additional information on this company? > > Feel free to respond off-line as this is really a tangental Vanagon > question. > > Roy |
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