I won a copy of MM2 in good used condition. The seller even mentions that the spine is in good condition... I get it from the US post office today and the spin must have been bent at a 90 degree angle. It was packed in a bubble yellow envelop and some plastic grocery bags as wrapping...

This is the first time I've had a problematic transaction and I'm not sure what kind of feedback I should give him. I thought about contacting him and asking him to forget about our feedbacks.

What is the best way to handle this?

thanks.

Contact him and tell him exactly what you told us and see what he does.  Normally things can be worked out without threating negative feedback.

Email the seller!  I pack in a box when I feel the book is flimsy enough to warrent it, but the darn postal workeres can occasionally bend a VERY thick book (even through cardboard)  If the seller is reasonable they will offer to allow you to return it, or possibly just offer you a deal of some sort.  I know I NEVER want my buyers to come away feeling cheated or sad about their purchase.  Any less than positive feedbacks I've recieved have always been from people who didn't bother to email me when they found a problem with their item because if they had emailed I would have satisfied them in one way or another.  (Well, that and someone who left me a neutral in 2000 because I didn't leave them feedback fast enough) Give the seller a chance to make this a positive transaction.  =)

A wise choice, Lord of the Insane.

The seller was as much a victim of chance as you.

Those books can only be bent by considerable force...I don't think a couple of pieces of cardboard would have helped.

Both of you showed good judgement...him in offering a refund and you in simply calling it a wash.  

I guess I have just been lucky so far.  

    I have been blundering about Ebay, meeting good people and getting mostly awesome service...yourself included, GraysonAC.

    The Acaeum has been a lot of fun as well.