And I bet that if it was TSP that was caught self escrowing he would be deep in negative trust (quite possibly including one from QuickSeller) for that scammy behavior. He'd get hit harder than either QuickSeller or TomatoCage.
I don't think so considering that both TC and QS are of the opinion that self escrowing is not a scam. Unless they are hypocrites, though I have seen nothing to suggest they are.
Just a few posts ago...
...99.999% of the time setting up a fake "3rd" party escrow is clearly a scam.
He was talking about a situation in which resulted in money being sent to escrow and then the escrow running away with the money. This was not the case in this situation. Both at the time of the trade, and now, the other party was appearing to be happy with the trade.
It is more tending towards discouraging the practice than whether you actually did scam someone.
The reason for the negative trust was dishonesty, faking weird things, shady behavior and not following practices trusted people are expected to. Not because you scammed anyone.