Itโs a very unfortunate scenario. I could be totally wrong here but maybe the seller is worried about receiving funds from Pakistan potentially showing up on his financials. Not sure.
In any case, the best way to buy and sell (depending on your country) is with anonymity. Some will big time disagree but they arenโt from countries that raise question marks. If they are, the have built a solid reputation first.
@AbdulBasit.com comes to mind.
I would not be surprised if oneโs country being shown In Whois publicly hinders some sales. Itโs unfortunate but some people are just biased. Domainers from Nigeria have opened similar threads with similar problems.
Most probably the buyer seems to be not frequent domain buyer/seller so he doesn't understand the in/out of procedures. So possibly he's thinking by using Escrow.com, still it would be reflected that funds are coming from Pakistan and not U.S. Though I'm not defending the domain seller at all but as @
Domains - Wanted said "That's not racism. That's
stupidity on his part" which I totally agree.
Also I totally agree with
@biggie.
To continue what biggie said, I would like to add something along with it. Honestly speaking, if someone wants to deal with me in Pakistan, I usually try to avoid if I'd to trust and deliver at first (anything) compare to anything dealing with West. I don't consider it racism but I consider calculating the probability of getting scammed from my region compare to West. I know and I feel more comfortable dealing with Western people because in my experience they're more trustworthy and I know of getting scammed in my country. Also I believe that every single Pakistani represents the entire nation and vice versa for every person of other nations. I feel ashamed when I hear that any Pakistani doing any wrongful activity no matter where he currently resides because I believe that person represents the entire nation and ruining everyone's reputation.
As far as my experience over a decade, I've not come across anyone who've openly attacked me on racism or even at the level of what happened with
@Riz M. - But I've found many great people from all around the world and seriously I've found very helpful, nicest people more from rest of the world if I compare with my country people.
Most people on this planet are aware of tensions and hatred between people of Pakistan and India but I've always loved Indian people because I've lived with them for 10 years in Dubai and I found them very humble and down to earth people. Even on internet doing business for more than a decade, I've never found any Indian who've attacked me in ANY WAY. They're way loving and appreciating in every way they can for expecting nothing in return... Seriously.
In the end, I judge every individual by their act no matter what religion, cast, region he represents including my family members as well.
