Re:One More Sign World Is Shrinking – eBay Is for Suckers
by hellweaver666 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @09:01AM
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Isn't escrow basically the opposite of trust? If you trust someone you don't need a middle man to make sure everything goes well.
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Re:One More Sign World Is Shrinking – eBay Is for Suckers
by soylentcola on Thursday December 15, 2016 @09:43AM
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I guess it's more the acceptance that buyer/seller is an adversarial relationship so you need to at least be able to trust the system or framework to be impartial and enforce honesty.
Re:One More Sign World Is Shrinking – eBay Is for Suckers
by dragonwriter on Thursday December 15, 2016 @10:56AM
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> Isn't escrow basically the opposite of trust?
No, escrow is trust-as-a-service. That is, it's a means of removing the need for trust between the transaction principals by hiring a mutually-trusted third party.