i feel like i am the guy that just always seems to find the wrong people to deal with on the web...i want to warn you all about using any escrow service online...do your homework and then do some more. there are only a couple legit ones! i almost got hosed for $125k! i was trying to buy a 328ci, and the guy recommened using an escrow service(safer-bay.com) i checked the site, and checked all the links, and not knowing exactly what i was looking for did not realize it was a fraudulent escrow service. to register for the transfer of $ for the bimmer, you have to give them an acct number that they "track" the transfer with. well, that acct had 125k in it and thank GOD i got an email from another ebayer that warned me and made me look a bit harder. i found this site...www.carbuyingtips.com
the guy that compiled all the info actually shut the site down within a couple hrs of me notifying him about my situation. the site was very helpful and saved me a butt load of money. i know this is off topic, but i wanted to put it where everyone could see it...i hope that this experience can help one of you in the future.

 

I can handle it. Jeff_Iwata@yahoo.com paypal escrow service.

Thank the lord you found out! wow

 

no kiddin. really scary how legit these sites look! the saferbay site was really well done...the car info all checked out, but the escrow service was all part of the scam. kinda glad it didn't work out...i really want to get another max!

 

I wish I had 125K in the bank

 

that is the BEST site...

 

The guy who started it, Jeff Ostroff worked in my group at Motorola. He just quit in April. Kinda interesting.

 

Wait, you were gonna pay $125,000 for a 328ci?

 

He had to give an account # for "tracking purposes, and it happened to have $125K in it that they could have taken.

 

Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem shelling any significant amount of $ online. Noone can ever convince me of the logic of sending someone, somewhere, some service anywhere any kind of $$ and wait for the product to be delivered. I limit my losses on Ebay at $100. If I am buying anythin over $100 I better know where to find you and you better be local. If not, you better believe I'rather pay full retail for my peace of mind.

 

Eh, never give account # to an account that has that much $$$ in it over the internet.

 

I found that website when I was shopping for an engagement ring. I mean I could not thank that guy enough. Had it not been for his information I would have feel like a real jack right now. After reading this site, I went to Jersey to shop around and here comes the guy with a 1.2 carat for $1600 . Oh yeah! did I mention he told me it was a "I" color "VS1"? What a d&Ck? Thaks again to Jeff! I laughed in that fool's face.

 

the money was transfered from another acct because we were supposed to close on our house on the 1st, leaving only 12k still in there, but the seller had a lein that had to be taken care of so the 113k didn't come out yet. if it weren't for that, i would have been "ok". we had to close the acct and stop a wire transfer for 10k that would have gone out this am! just hope that we dont hear anymore from these guys in the form of identity theft! that is where i am really concerned. as far as checking the seller...his info checked out, and the info on the car was all legit too. i had bmw run an history report on the vin and it matched what was told to me, and the carfax said the same thing. i had addresses and contact numbers, even checked the address to make sure it existed by using a anywho.com. it all seemed legit like i said, just lucky to have found out before the $ was wired!

 

what ever he did at motorola, if he did it half as good as he does helpin people out with stuff like this, they lost a great employee. i know he is running like 6 sites like the carbuyingtips.com but for other things like wedding tips and baby tips...he also has a new daughter that has some health issues that really take up a lot of his time, so that may be the reason behind him leavin?

 

exactly. i never buy online. peace of mind is worth retail price.

 

i figured i would get my fair share of scolding when i posted this. at least i was lucky and maybe this will be a reminder to those who were like me and thought that stuff like this doesnt happen to them! should have learned after getting ****ed around by www.rimshop.com! (no acct numbers givin here)http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=130142

 

Consider yourself lucky, bro!