snide, it doesn't have to be 'middleman' business. I mean, why not contact the domain owner directly and deal with them rather than giving money to a middleman?

snide, it doesn't have to be 'middleman' business. I mean, why not contact the domain owner directly and deal with them rather than giving money to a middleman? If Spencer had done that, then most likely he could have used an escrow service like escrow.com and the transaction would have gone much smoother. My experience as Sedo, even as a seller, has been slow, as once I submit a message, it takes a day for Sedo to respond.