btw
he is refusing escrow and want you to go first!
Scam Alert!
What the hell are you talking about? I want escrow and you refused.
This is what I said:

And then you said:

Looks to me like you both are misunderstanding each other, lol.
I can recommend you two this Escrow service. It's by Master-P (a bitcointalk member).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=932294.0 It has no fee for a 2-party transaction and he has good testimonials.