The crucial point here isn’t that I didn’t read the fine print — I often don’t. The key point here is that the company, by agreeing to refund my last $15 (for shipping and handling) showed “good faith” — that they were not, in fact, trying to screw me over, but genuinely made a mistake, and wanted to correct it. That means to me that they are not trying to shovel broken cameras back and forth, skimming $15 off the transaction each time, but they really wanted to sell me a good camera, and it didn’t work out.

I also felt it neccesary to retract the accusation of fraud because of the small print, but that is not the key point of the shift in direction — rather, it is the good faith put forth by Adorama.

All I got to say about eBay transactions is Caveat Lector! There is often stuff like this mentioned in the fine print. We should have a conversation about how not to get bit by sellers on eBay. I generally purchase several items a week on eBay and feel I am pretty well versed on the ins and outs of transacting business on eBay.