Date:         Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:44:50 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Question: Westfalia purchase (eConsignmentShop.com)
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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I second that, has "scam" written all over it! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> 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