Not sure why eBay started using them, but it is a totally a way of tying up your money from a sale (guess they are getting interest, on top of there charges), they have no clue what an Auction is and want you to let customer have what they bought at auction """" BEFORE PAYING FOR IT """", been an eBay customer for 17 years, with a 100% rating selling many Classic Cars, and get paid at end of auction, as an auction should be, never had to release a car to ship across country before buyer pays for it and has to let them know to release the funds to you. What part of an auction don't they understand. I canceled my sell just because of Escrow.com as that's not the way to do business and all there doing is trying to play with your money and charge you for it.