Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 35076, member: 669&quot;]If only that were true.&nbsp; Take it from a guy who litigated several thousand cases over a 30+ year career in corporate legal departments, very often obtaining the judgment is only the first arduous step on the way to getting your money.&nbsp; Bankruptcy, distance, and limitations on the right to levy on assets are only a few of the problems.&nbsp; When I retired there were uncollected judgments for at least a half-million dollars in my files.&nbsp; Luckily, I collected enough settlements and judgments along the way to keep my job.<img src="http://64.91.226.227/images/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to the question: other posters have given most of the fundamental reasons, all of which have some merit to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I ask if the seller will accept escrow at my expense before bidding more than $1,000 if I don&#039;t already know and trust the seller.&nbsp; If not, I don&#039;t bid.&nbsp; On potential bids of $500 or more, I consider escrow on a case by case basis, and on smaller purchases IMHO the risk of no escrow is outweighed by the extra cost and hassel.&nbsp;&nbsp; But then, I carefully check out what I am bidding on, as well as the feedback on sellers I haven&#039;t previously dealt with, including reading the first 15-20 negs and neutrals.&nbsp; (More than that, and no matter how many positives are listed, I look for somewhere else to do my buying.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in