I paid by paypal. ALready filed with them. It really isnt about the money at all its the fact that he sold a part that should have gone in the trash. I would feel horrible if I mailed that to someone.
I realize 5 bux is 5 bux. There's 2 sides to every story, only 1 was playing out in public. The person you zapped quietly PM'ed us for help/advice. So your thread was moved for review by admins. After reading it, and the other side of the story I'll leave it removed.
If you're expecting to get a brand new set of bumpers for $5... I wouldn't expect that to happen. I think the seller will probably take his lumps and give you your $5 back. So lets not crucify him.
Wait for him to make it right. It sounds like he will. I don't want to get into the middle of anything, but I wanted to point out 2 things:
There's 2 sides to the story.
Your reply wasn't mischivously removed. The seller inquired to a mod for advice... at that time, the thread in question was moved to be reviewed. Since it's now been posted/updated with other information (mod discussion and a personal PM he got related to the subject) I'm going to leave it out of sight. It sounds like the guy wants to make things right. That's all I'm trying to say.