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Well, I don't know what to say other than better luck next time. Call it a relatively cheap learning experience I guess. I wouldn't bother retracting the negative feedback, since obviously the seller is duping people by using wording that can be taken several ways and construed in even more. It's what feedback is for; to protect the buyers.

Here's the Merriam-Webster definition.

1pre·print
Pronunciation: \ˈprē-ˌprint, ˌprē-ˈprint\
Function: noun
Date: 1889
1 : an issue of a technical paper often in preliminary form before its publication in a journal
2 : something (as an advertisement) printed before the rest of the publication in which it is to appear.

On a personal note I never bother giving someone the business for any shipped item if the shipping rate seems too high. I got hit(once) by the shipping demon on a $25 one-spot power supply from some crook from FLA. My fault for clicking prematurely without reading the entire listing. He got me for $23 shipping. Pricetag on shipping invoice? Something like $5

Live and learn. Whenever I've sold items, I always put "Buyer to pay actual shipping costs. I'm not in the shipping business." My own little personal shot at people that think that a trip to the post office constitutes a $10 to $20 handling fee.

However for every crook out there, there's always another really honest seller. I recently bought a small bottle of Acheson shielding paint from an Ebay seller who refunded me $4 of the $11 shipping because he overquoted me on the shipping price. Great guy.