Think of it more as outlining the guy's business practice for future buyers. That is the purpose of feedback.
I'd hate to be the buyer of the next hot item, have the guy pull the same trick, and then find out that he'd done it before but no one had spoken up about it.
Again, comic book dealers do it all the time, its common practice to them, no way of changing that, no matter how many bad feedbacks you leave. They get HUNDREDS of negative feedbacks and most for that reason alone..
Im not taking sides here, but unfortunately, thats just how it is
Do you leave positive feedback? If so, why?
Are you insinuating that leaving a positive feedback has the same weigh as leaving a negative?
How many negatives have YOU left?
I've left hundreds, if not thousands, of negative feedbacks. And, in each and every case, going back 17 years, I have given every single seller the chance to make it right beforehand. Not one of them can rightfully say "you never gave me the chance to make it right!"
And, because I leave negatives for sellers who think it's ok to call a book "MINT!" when it has 47 thumb dents and spine tics, or that it's ok to ship what was a 9.8 book in a bubble envelope and no cardboard, or that it's ok to sell a book that has had the entire front cover professionally repainted, and call it "slight color color" (Harry Thomas, best friend of Bob Overstreet), or covers that are completely detached, torn in half, then both pieces taped back together and back to the book, and called "still attached at staples" (a Richie Muchin venture), or sending out heavy loads in flimsy, used boxes that then break open and spill out the contents all over the place, or any of the myriad problems that come up because of sellers who don't care, with client bases that act like crack addicts, *I* end up looking like the bad guy who is clearly a "problem buyer", and am even blocked by sellers on this very board.
And, of course, those same sellers complain when someone with "perfect feedback" takes them for the inevitable ride, and no one before them bothered to leave appropriate feedback.
This situation is exactly what negative feedback is for: this guy compromised his integrity for more money. Is it a terrible crime? No. But negative feedback isn't the end of the world, either, and it is exactly designed for this situation.