About the escrow:
We are fine with a 100% prepayment and they are no reasons to use third-party services.
Also, I'll come back to you with the references and a link for a Forbes publication very soon:)
Cheers
What do you even mean by that? Off course you would like 100% prepayment, but from a buyer's perspective, it is not safe. You are fine with it, but since you are a newbie with no trade history, it is not recommended that someone should send you any money in advance.
Even if you had a few trades, dealing without escrow is essentially the same thing as asking to be ripped off (from the buyer's perspective).
PS: I haven't called you a scammer. But scammers are the ones who avoid using escrow, leaving the buyers in vulnerable situations. By refusing to protect the buyer, you are essentially doing the same thing as every con artist on the forum has done before you. I hope you understand.
PPS :
You haven't clarified on this yet. Why did you claim the last date was passing by soon but you're still here taking orders for late March?