Patent ID: 8170937

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating the sale and conveyance of at least one item from at least one seller to a buyer across a network, said at least one seller and said buyer being remote from one another, said method comprising: directing, after sale of said at least one item to said buyer, the at least one seller to forward said at least one item to a third party, said at least one item being nonstandard; verifying, by said third party, that said at least one nonstandard item matches item description data sent to said buyer by said at least one seller; receiving payment from said buyer; transferring, after successful verification by said third party and receipt of said payment, said at least one nonstandard item to said buyer; and transmitting said payment to said at least one seller, wherein the communications between said at least one seller and said involve at least one electronic device, wherein said third party, in said verifying, employs at least one electronic device to confirm, communicate or effectuate said successful verification, wherein said third party, in said receiving, forwards said payment to a trusted party, and wherein the description data about said at least one nonstandard item includes data selected from the group consisting of: title, number, date, time, history, identifier, detail, full item description, brief item description, item scan, category, price, condition, quality, characteristics, rating and combinations thereof.