Bitcointalk Escrows - Trade Safely!

[GamerBless]

Here is the usual escrow procedure for physical goods:

1. Buyer and seller both need to contact me and provide details of deal.
2. I will then send them a confirmation pm and both need to agree it.
3. Buyer need to make payment to me and include escrow fees (If he's paying escrow)
4. I will then send seller a payment confirmation pm. (or the seller checks the bitcoin escrow address using any block explorer website.)
5. Then Seller needs to provide item to buyer and pm me tracking/proof so I can check it and confirm delivery with buyer.
6. Upon buyers confirmation, I will release escrow.

The most important part is the shipping needs to have tracking and can be checked online. For your own protection, you may want insurance as well but that is on the seller.

Dabs, thanks for the info. Beside BTC, do you have other modes of payment?

Also, in the event the product shipped is not what is agreed on (I apologise for my ignorance) and I don't accept the delivery, what then? Like, it's a brick or something.

[OmegaStarScream]

Dabs, thanks for the info. Beside BTC, do you have other modes of payment?

Also, in the event the product shipped is not what is agreed on (I apologise for my ignorance) and I don't accept the delivery, what then? Like, it's a brick or something.

1.Using anything else as a payment method (like PayPal or anything that is reversible) will make using an escrow totally useless as someone could simply wait till he receive the goods and chargeback.
2. I will assume that you will need to provide a proof for that and probably ship the item back to the seller.

[Quickseller]

Here is the usual escrow procedure for physical goods:

1. Buyer and seller both need to contact me and provide details of deal.
2. I will then send them a confirmation pm and both need to agree it.
3. Buyer need to make payment to me and include escrow fees (If he's paying escrow)
4. I will then send seller a payment confirmation pm. (or the seller checks the bitcoin escrow address using any block explorer website.)
5. Then Seller needs to provide item to buyer and pm me tracking/proof so I can check it and confirm delivery with buyer.
6. Upon buyers confirmation, I will release escrow.

The most important part is the shipping needs to have tracking and can be checked online. For your own protection, you may want insurance as well but that is on the seller.

Dabs, thanks for the info. Beside BTC, do you have other modes of payment?

Also, in the event the product shipped is not what is agreed on (I apologise for my ignorance) and I don't accept the delivery, what then? Like, it's a brick or something.

What happens when/if delivery is refused should be spelled out in the escrow agreement (in other words you and your trading partner should agree on what happens in this scenario).

[vladlondon]

I am a domain name industry professional with 18 years experience. Offering free domain name multisig escrow via bitrated.com. See details at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1710956.0

Please update the table in the initial post:

vladlondon

0%

Domain Name Escrow

Available

[ANN]

Thanks!

[AndreXavier]

Which member offer best escrow service, here on this forum?

[ultrloa]

Which member offer best escrow service, here on this forum?

Ognasty,SebastianJu and monbux are the best escrow existing here but i think they have minimum amount required to hold on so they will not wasting their time for an little deal, but if you want to find other trusted guys who offered that maybe you should try to contact SFR,minerjoe or maybe even lutpin can do escrow.

[Serge V.]

Which member offer best escrow service, here on this forum?

If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.

The truth is that the best escrow agent - is when there is no agent, and a user can use MultiSig.  

[OmegaStarScream]

Which member offer best escrow service, here on this forum?

There are plenty of trusted members (I'd recommend OgNasty , devthedev ....) around here and don't hear those who say that you shouldn't use an escrow because he could scam you . We understand that some of trusted escrows as Master-p betrayed our trust but that doesn't make the other members not trustworthy.

[ranochigo]

ranochigo

Free

Bitcoin only.

PGP/Bitcoin address

[ANN]

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[bitbunnny]

Which member offer best escrow service, here on this forum?

There are plenty of trusted members (I'd recommend OgNasty , devthedev ....) around here and don't hear those who say that you shouldn't use an escrow because he could scam you . We understand that some of trusted escrows as Master-p betrayed our trust but that doesn't make the other members not trustworthy.

The risk of scam always exists. But if you don't use escrow the risk is even bigger. And just because here on forum are some members who are not trustworthy we can't say that some service is scam too. It's always good to do some research before you choose someone, be careful and everything will be fine.

[marcotheminer]

Just a reminder, hilarious is allowed to update this thread.

[Dudeperfect]

Hi, I would like to share the details of my brand new escrow service.

Dudeperfect

FEE

0%
   

FOR WHAT?

Micro Trades < 0.05BTC
   

PGP?

Available
   

[ANN]

I am offering 0.0003BTC each to buyer and seller in first 5 trades. Please have a look on my Ann thread for more details.

[layoutph]

I am a freelancer, your escrow service looks good. Would consider your service for a bitcointalk.org client soon.

Hi, I would like to share the details of my brand new escrow service.

Dudeperfect

FEE

0%
   

FOR WHAT?

Micro Trades < 0.05BTC
   

PGP?

Available
   

[ANN]

I am offering 0.0003BTC each to buyer and seller in first 5 trades. Please have a look on my Ann thread for more details.

[Dudeperfect]

I am a freelancer, your escrow service looks good. Would consider your service for a bitcointalk.org client soon.

Hi, I would like to share the details of my brand new escrow service.

Dudeperfect

FEE

0%
   

FOR WHAT?

Micro Trades < 0.05BTC
   

PGP?

Available
   

[ANN]

I am offering 0.0003BTC each to buyer and seller in first 5 trades. Please have a look on my Ann thread for more details.

Thank you for the reply, This is my little contribution to the community. I am trying my best to give a helping hand to ensure safety in the deals.

P.S - I have taken down the reward for using my service. Let's keep it natural and simple.

[xtyling]

Hi, any escrow service for free available ?

[Wandering Soul~]

Hi, any escrow service for free available ?

Please read the OP cause all of the details that you need is there .

It seems like Monbux's is busy in real life so as of now he is just accepting large transaction, If you still want to visit his ANN thread . Here it is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=631008.0

The best choice for you right now is SebastianJu, Which you should contact on slack for faster transaction. Quoting what he said:

Hi guys, please everyone send me a pm on bitcointalk when you want me to do an escrow. A message here or an email can take long until I see it. PM is the fastest way to reach me as of now.

Edit: I just added my slack channel to my profile. When you see me online then please don't hesitate to contact me on there.

Here is the link of his ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1102721.0

They have 0 fees but both have a tipping jar where you can send any amount .

[wallet4bitcoin]

Would it be possible for someone to update the initial thread?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.620

Many of the top 10 (Big Sellers) are no longer offering escrow & many of the ANN links have not had active posts for over a year.
Looking for a good 0-1% escrow to handle a goods purchase for $30btc between me & Kirch for my service here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1855702.msg18479939#msg18479939

Tks 

[OmegaStarScream]

Would it be possible for someone to update the initial thread?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.620

Many of the top 10 (Big Sellers) are no longer offering escrow & many of the ANN links have not had active posts for over a year.
Looking for a good 0-1% escrow to handle a goods purchase for $30btc between me & Kirch for my service here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1855702.msg18479939#msg18479939

Tks 

Marcotheminer said that Hilarious (I guess he was referring to the moderator) is able to edit the thread but I see that he didn't do it for some reasons: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.msg17545441#msg17545441
I however could recommend using SebastianJu as an escrow as he still offer his services and I actually contacted him a few days ago to escrow a deal with kirch as well, we didn't do the transaction though since kirch has already sold his payoneer funds.

[wallet4bitcoin]

Marcotheminer said that Hilarious (I guess he was referring to the moderator) is able to edit the thread but I see that he didn't do it for some reasons: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.msg17545441#msg17545441
I however could recommend using SebastianJu as an escrow as he still offer his services and I actually contacted him a few days ago to escrow a deal with kirch as well, we didn't do the transaction though since kirch has already sold his payoneer funds.

Tks contacted SebastianJu too but no reply 
I really do feel there's a loop hole / potential for some-one to make business offering 1% maybe even higher for reliable escrow service in relation to goods on btctalk. Having PM most of the mentioned escrow's I can say there is no-one truly responsive & serious at offering this as a service.
Also Kirch seems to have got cold feet despite me offering him a 50% discount & reducing our trade to $9! 

[nydiacaskey01]

Tks contacted SebastianJu too but no reply  
I really do feel there's a loop hole / potential for some-one to make business offering 1% maybe even higher for reliable escrow service in relation to goods on btctalk. Having PM most of the mentioned escrow's I can say there is no-one truly responsive & serious at offering this as a service.
Also Kirch seems to have got cold feet despite me offering him a 50% discount & reducing our trade to $9!  

If you wan't to trade safely then be patient in waiting for a reply from the escrows listed in this thread. There are also alternative escrow out there who are not in the list but they gained enough reputation to be trusted in this forum to act as a third party like yahoo62278, mexxer-2,Lutpin and Zazarb. This guys will not ruin their name for a small transaction (even with big transactions).