I don't think Scott has anything to do with Hashexpert.net, it's owned by Oleg, he is also a very trusted person in the "telegram" mining community, I know him for years and we have traded large amounts of coupons and I bought a lot of mining gears from him.
With that being said, to me, someone like you shouldn't need to use escrow, you are just as trusted (if not more) trusted than any other known mining escrow, so OP should consider sending you the gears first.
Thank you for your comment about Oleg.
We have also been working with him / Hashexpert.net for a long time.
A few days ago, we sold equipment through it in the USA, so the topic is closed.