I can see a ~0.0067 BTC TX. Does this mean localxe has paid up?
Yes it was the payment and things are fine now.
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After clearing the dues, If he want to do any further business with any member of the forum, why would you be holding the funds in advance. It should be between him, the other person and the escrow provider.
My intention was to mean business with me.
I will possibly conducting bitcoinTalk related affairs for his/their business so in that case the funds/payments will have to be either in escrow or I will hold them. Sorry if that was not clear in the other post.