it's a scam.  How could you imagine otherwise?  mcneely

---- Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> Vanagonauts:
>
> I am looking at 1985 Franken Westy for sale via Kijiji and the vendor wants to transact through an escrow agent (eConsignmentShop.com).
>
> Apparently,  eConsignementShop.com already has possession of the vehicle (on consignment) and it is being stored in one of their {franchise} warehouses in a rather remote BC community.   The transaction procedure is described as follows:
>
> 1) I forward payment to eConsignementShop.com which they hold in escrow (wire transfer to their {our of country} bank account);
> 2) eConsignmentShop.com delivers the vehicle to the location I specify (within 1000 miles of their warehouse facility);
> 3) I have seven days to evaluate the vehicle and decided whether it is satisfactory;
> 4)  a) If I decide the vehicle is all I expect it to be, eConsignmentShop.com releases payment to the seller;
>       b) If I conclude the vehicle is not what was advertised (not worth the purchase price), eConsignmentShop.com retrieves the vehicle
>           (at the sellers expense) and refunds the purchase amount to me.
>
> Sounds simple enough ... but with more than a quarter century's experience in information security, I'm not the "e-trusting" type.
>
> I have been trying to carry out diligence on the company itself, (eConsignment Shop, Inc. 2778 Forsyth Rd, Winter Park, Florida 32792), but to-date have been unable to find sufficient evidence to confirm whether they are a legitimate business or a scam.
>
> Do any of you have experience - good or bad - with eConsignmentShop.com or know where I might be able to find additional information on this company?
>
> Feel free to respond off-line as this is really a tangental Vanagon question.
>
> Roy

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David McNeely