always use escrow. don't know how many times we have to tell people, always use escrow.
This.
Also, I really have to wonder why you would EVER send BTC first. Unless it's someone heavy who brushes his teeth with BTC, it's just not intelligent to send a one-way good to someone you don't know.
What happend to the thread where bitcoiners were hunting you down? I was loving that story then it stopped.