I was deceived by the positive review on the sales thread. He wanted me to deal with him and i said i won't deal with a newbie except via escrow or i see a review from a member with a decent post count.
You made the first mistake by justifying a newbie account's trust level with someone others positive review. We always suggest people not to make any deal with a newbie account holder where chances of getting scammed is higher.
Few minutes later he contacted me on skype and informed me that he just had a deal with a forum member with a decent post count and he had review his service that i should take a look. I check and found a post by Ejanend which made me to trust his service, after sending btc payment he blocked me. I updated his sales thread to warn members that he is a scammer but he deleted my post few minutes later. I have learn't a new lesson though
How can you keep believe on a member's positive review who made sudden entry after 10 month or more. It was your responsibility to check that members account also who posted the positive review but i don't know why you havent done that. When you are dealing with a newbie account then escrow is the only safer way. Most sad thing is that you think about escrow once but again change your mind.