How's the escrow service on LocalBitcoins?

[The 4ner]

Has anyone here used the escrow service on LocalBitcoins? If yes, how was it?

[GiganticDays]

I've used it a few times as a buyer. No probs.

[scribe]

Used a couple of times as a seller, no problems - mostly through web, and may have tried the SMS out just to check but can't remember. Helpful for newbies to the site as it obviously increases trust, but I still like face-to-face to get a good idea of whether the other party is reliable.

[The 4ner]

Thanks for the replies guys. Someone just contacted me to purchase a coin. So, yeah, I wanted to get an idea of just how many in the community have successfully used their escrow service.

[Welsh]

Thanks for the replies guys. Someone just contacted me to purchase a coin. So, yeah, I wanted to get an idea of just how many in the community have successfully used their escrow service.

Yeah, the escrow service is pretty reliable and safe I believe, I haven't heard anything bad about them.

[Lethos]

As a BTC seller, I've found it to be good standard service. It is very quick and reliable, no issues there.
It's rare that it's not used.

[DannyHamilton]

They have two services.  They have an "escrow" service for online transactions, and the have a "transaction service" for face-to-face transactions (sort of a stripped down escrow).

I've never used the "escrow" service, but I've used the "transaction service" several times and never had an issue with it.