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Dear Ms. X,

I’m sorry to have upset you, but I’ll stand by my comment. Here’s why: You lied to me. You told me that you shipped the book, but then you waited almost a week to do so. That’s rude. Bewildering too, considering you could have just as easily chosen to inform me of the delay. Maybe you didn’t expect me to look at the postmark, but curiosity got the better of me after it apparently took 15 days for the book to arrive. After that long a wait, I was beginning to think that media mail was unreliable.

Also, the book is not in “perfect condition” as you claim. It’s an old, well-worn, yellowed copy. Not that I care about the condition of the book, but by stating so in a public forum as you did, you appear to be lying once again. (In the future you may want to consider noting the condition of the books in your inventory to avoid further disputes.)

Finally, if you had emailed me explaining the situation instead of calling me names (”anal-retentive”) in a public forum, I’d have gladly changed my feedback score. But this sort of vindictive rhetoric over one lousy feedback point? You come off as petty and spiteful.

Sincerely,

-C

P.S. Your excuse about not being able to get to the post office for a few days because you lacked a car was laughably transparent and an obvious half-truth, if not an outright lie.