Whatever happened with your arrangement? Your last message was that you'd look for an escrow and see what happens, and then you disappeared for over a month? I'm not taking any sides here, but based on what's publicly posted here on this thread, your behavior is extremely untrustworthy. Maybe something else happened behind the scenes, but perception is everything.
To be honest, I too had the same suspicions but withheld them pending a done deal proving my assumptions wrong. But it seems no deal happened.
I suspect he wants to pay by letter of credit (LOC) or use an external non-forum escrow. And I also have a feeling he wants the coins sent to his wallet after providing proof of wire and not when the actual wired funds are credited to the seller's Singapore bank account.
Bank Wire or Credit Letter if you choose to use the bank as a scrow also works for me.
That got me thinking.