Oh well another deal gone.
Phillip, as I wrote on the first post "We can consider using an escrow service." This is due to a decision of my business partner who prefer to receive another way of payment and I cannot convince him other way. Norm should have asked my partner if he was ok with using an escrow service before contacting you. I apologize for the confusion as there are too many parties involved.
I did ask him . He said "yes". Then he changed his mind. You should have asked your business partner before "posting" here. This shoddy, surrogate approach does little to invoke trust here. Let's also take into account that your account, while old, has been "inactive" for quite some time. It's concerning that it was recently re-activated for this sole purpose. To act as a surrogate for people who have no forum presence or knowledge of the community.