So I made several attempts to work things out w/ the seller. It was always my suspicion that he was trying to back out on the deal cuz he thought the item was worth way more than the close. He made up some story about it being damaged, but still refused to sell it either discounted, or later for the full price as-is. There is no logical reason to refuse the latter. Basically I was very diplomatic and courteous and just fed him rope to hang himself.
After the last offer to buy it in-full as-is, I reported his lying ass to fleabay and they track all the emails going back and forth. He was being a [Cheney] the whole time, but then got smacked down by ebay. The email from CS is great. I get to leave feedback (hahaha,) released from buying the item, and he will minimally not have his listing fees refunded and is still responsible for the Final Value Fee. The last part is the important part. If you, as a buyer, agree to cancel a transaction, the seller gets their fees returned. Basically no disincentive to welch. Its better for everybody to report the seller rather than to let things go.
They cannot leave - feedback nor unpaid item claims either, so at least you get the satisfaction of greasing the seller if they stiffed you, and possible banning if they do this often enough.
Best of all, since he claimed the item is damaged, if he tries to list the item again as not being described as damaged, I'll report it again to ebay for fraud using his own words! hahahaha... what a [Richard-head].
Lesson is kids, don't welch, and don't then be a [Nixon] to the people you are trying to stiff.
