Has any heard of rawshipping.com?

This is -not- a good idea. There are fradulent escrow sights out there, and to be honest, this looks like one of them. Look at their "how it works" section. It's simplistic and grammatically incorrect. I know that doesn't seem significant, but it's one of the biggest warning signs for fradulence. That's what all the consumer protection organizations say. Escrow.com is the only escrow site you should use, period.

What Albertporter said. Doubled. Google "reshipping" for your first eyeopening scare. Then Google Rawshipping.com or just rawshipping and be extra concerned - 'cause there's nothing there. Then peruse the www.rawshipping.com site and be at least sceptical. If they really are in the UK, be even more sceptical. Read the FAQ and stuff like that, and then look closely at the bottom of the page - the copyright is by United Shippers. Google United Shippers and come up with United Shippers, Mumbai.

None of that means it is a scam. But if they really are in the UK and they really are real I would have expected something a bit different.

And for the real kicker (at least to me) - if you click on the "register" link there's a testimonial under ATV by a "Tom Boal, Huntsville ON". Google that phrase and you might find the first response from boatsforsale.org (in Toronto). The second link from Google was for "www.transathlantics.com/thrd_register.php" - and it's practically the same register page as at RawShipping. Heck - the whole transathlantics.com site looks just like RawShipping w/ a different name. Curious, at best.

If it was just me - I'd run away from this as fast as possible. It just doesn't pass my litmus test and I work hard enough for my money to risk even $.02 with something like Rawshipping.

Thanks guys...Its really nice to be part of a board where everyone looks out for one another. I emailed the seller and told him that i would not complete the sale using rawshipping. He has come back and offered to get the package back from them (he says he mailed it to them when he decided to sell) and we can use FedEx or UPS. I have asked him to consider PayPal or escrow.com. I'll update as soon as I have something.

just curious, it seems as if you are planing on using another means of payment, Paypal you mention. Do you trust this dealer? Is he an actual dealer? Have you seen him advertise in UK Audiomags? If he is using a possibly fraudulent escrow company, I would hesitate to do business with him AT ALL.

I find it interesting that they headquarter in London, have offices in Australia and the domain admin registered under a residential address in Florida (with a European phone number.) The tech contact also uses a residential address in the U.S (California) with a European phone number.

When you couple that with absolutely no hits returned on Google (at least none that I could verify were actually about the company in question), and I would be very suspicious.

None of this conclusively proves it's a scam, but it seems awfully hokey to me.