3rd party transactions

[Mr.Cambio]

Have you ever made a purchase via the net, that included a 3rd party?

For example, i'm selling a car, and there is one person from (let's say) the USA who is interested in my car.

he cannot come to Greece, so a 3rd party company arranges the transaction, the transport and has the responsibility that money and car reach their destination.

Have you heard that?

In a seach of a new car for me, it is offered this via this office (http://www.eco-trust.com/), but i am suspicious. Of course i'd like to take the plane and see the car in the flesh, and give the amount hand by hand.

Any common experience?

 

[rotorheadcase]

Escrow agents like this are not uncommon, but then again neither are the scams out to take your hard earned money. They look like a genuine agency but I would proceed cautiously and not transfer only until you a absolutely certain that the car you have in mind is the real thing. I have use a solicitor in the past for a couple of high dollar transactions but they were only from one side of Australia to the other and not international.

Neil

 

[Mr.Cambio]

Cheers Neil...and how can you be sure that the car is real, unless you see it? Documents can be fake...