Yup, well good luck with the auction. I think posting it on EBay might be the most satisfying solution for you anyway. You don`t have to use an escrow, nobody doubts you, you get your money.
I`d love this phone, but I don`t want to offer enough for you to even entertain. There`s also no way I`d go without escrow.
If I`m buying / selling a $300+ item, I`ll either escrow (if there were somebody in particular I felt I could trust), sell face to face, or Ebay. No question. Escrow`s like a prenup - sure, it seems cold and formal; but when somebody says that we just don`t need it, it seems all the more likely that we do.
I'm not against escrow I've just never done it before so I need to be convinced that the escrow party is trustworthy. Also if you add my Facebook, get my identification, email, address, etc. then I don't see the point in not trusting the transaction as you know exactly who you're trading with.
