As sort of a peripheral quasi business to what I do for a living, I sell domains, and I usually use escrow.com to enact and complete those sorts of transactions.

The idea is, the money is held in escrow by escrow.com, and when the domain is transfered to the new owner, only then are the monies released to the seller, etc.

Then I thought, why don't people use escrow.com for purchasing herps from people they 1) don't know, 2) have little or no references or 3) just to make everything safer and kept on the up and up.

There is an escrow fee that is based on the transaction value, but these sorts of things can be absorbed by the seller rather easily.

Just a thought.

I am looking for kinks or weaknesses in the idea, so please, play the devils advocate here.

Brandon