Vic, this case will be closed when you refund the extra $12 you gouged me for postage and handling. You can send it to me via PayPal to wayne@deliafamily.com. Until then, you will continue to be exposed as a low-level petty crook.

You keep harping that I didn't read your eBay post, but that's entirely irrelevant. Your posts said NOTHING about your refusal to combine shipping charges. The whole problem, which you are evidently too stupid to understand, is that you ACTUALLY DID combine shipping (9 chips, 1 envelope, $1.29 postage) but you charged $16.65 to do that, pocketing the difference - under the excuse that you didn't combine shipping. If I'm charged $1.85 shipping for nine individual chips, at the bare minimum, I want nine separate envelopes - and even then, I would do no further business with you, because there are cheaper and more efficient ways of delivering the items. You got a negative feedback for that, and you refused eBay's Square Trade arbitration because you knew you'd lose - eBay strongly disapproves of "fee avoidance" which you were doing.

In the meantime, you have changed your policy. You now claim to combine shipping for discount charges, which I frankly think is not gonna happen - you're just lying. If you were telling the truth, you'd have no hesitation to refund my money when you sold under the former, much less successful shipping policy.

Your stupidity in failing to understand the situation has very nearly entirely ruined your reputation on this board, which is a shame, because you could have enjoyed your hobby more and may have been a more accepted, contributing participant. Instead, for a mere pittance which you are too proud to rectify, you've sold out your own reputation - which is exactly what you deserve.

Actions like yours have costs and benefits. The benefit, of course, is that you get to keep the $12 in excess postage charges from me that you never applied to postage. The cost, however, is much worse, and while difficult to quantify with any precision, it's clear that your business on this board is significantly overshadowed by lengthy discussions of your dishonesty and low character, resulting in many, many missed trades and many sales you never made.

Until you resolve this situation, or leave the board permanently, I'll feel free to remind you of your shady dealings every time you post - no matter how many smiley-face icons you care to include.

WMD