He's not a hero member. Not even close. This is why I don't do business with folks under the rank of Full Member, and I rarely even deal with those at that rank. There are just too many scammers running rampant here who leverage whatever trust and rank status they can--and then they scam, like this.
Don't trust anyone here, regardless of rank. I have a problem with taking my own advice, but it's really the only way to stay safe. Always use escrow, even if the person has green trust. You just never know who you're dealing with or if an account is hacked. Sorry you got scammed.
Not really, do you know many bitcointalk accounts with Full member and up are selling on other sites? To OP, you should really use escrow service next time.
$45 is not much so some users are lazy but please that fall right into scammers trap, just need to increase the amount of person get into their dirty trick.