claims to have dropped the item and damaged it.

I offered to take it anyway. They just refunded my money. (The total was $17 with shipping.)

If the seller can back out of the sale if they don't like the price, there's really no reason to have reserve prices, opening bids, etc. is there?


Now the question is... do I bother leaving negative feedback?

he may retaliate if you leave him a negative and do the same for you.

I think if you file a complaint they can't leave negative feedback for you.