Buyer protection sounds great but.....it's always been posted in every F/S section Legion wide buyr assumes all responsiblity. this would be adding Legion accountability to the transactions. The person holding the money would of course be a senoir Legion member of course then if something goes wrong(and it will, it always does and cant be helped) then the problem lands in the lap of the Legion.
While it's a perfectly logical idea my feeling is if someone feels iffy about a transaction then they should do some research on the seller, ask around about them. This is also a point to bring up since these would be higher priced transactions they would strain someones PP account too. PP has begun reporting to the IRS this year and after a 200 transaction limit you begin to be responsible for someone elses taxes.
The base question to be answered also is would this even be something the Legion would approve of and allow as a part of the detattchment.
Rick please dont think I'm trying to shoot holes in your idea just playing devils advocate.