Run screaming, or at least choose a different escrow company, perhaps one that eBay or some other organization that you've heard of recommends. The info below shows that the domain was created/purchased a earlier this month, and there is no real contact information. There should at least be real mailing addresses, etc. Wonder what the phone numbers shown below would turn up?
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id10t@localhost $ whois escrow-sd.com
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[Redirected to whois.melbourneit.com]
[Querying whois.melbourneit.com]
[whois.melbourneit.com]
Domain Name.......... escrow-sd.com
Creation Date........ 2004-06-04
Registration Date.... 2004-06-04
Expiry Date.......... 2005-06-04
Organisation Name.... John Smith
Organisation Address. Tallahassee
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Tallahassee
Organisation Address. 32305
Organisation Address. N\/A
Organisation Address. GREAT BRITAIN (UK)
Admin Name........... John Smith
Admin Address........ Tallahassee
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Tallahassee
Admin Address........ 32305
Admin Address........ N\/A
Admin Address........ GREAT BRITAIN (UK)
Admin Email.......... topbpnet@hotmail.com
Admin Phone.......... +44.6056948243
Admin Fax............ +44.6056948243
Tech Name............ John Smith
Tech Address......... Tallahassee
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Tallahassee
Tech Address......... 32305
Tech Address......... N\/A
Tech Address......... GREAT BRITAIN (UK)
Tech Email........... escrow_sd@yahoo.com
Tech Phone........... +44.6056948243
Tech Fax............. +44.6056948243
Name Server.......... ns1.dns.com.cn
Name Server.......... ns2.dns.com.cn