[TheUKPete]

Recently bought a pair of Yoda's for £100 inc postage on eBay. Was totally made up to get a pair at that price, brand new, unopened in the action figure style packaging and couldn't wait to receive them.

I hadn't decided what I was going to do with them but I figured I was probably going to leave them packaged initially as I'd got them for a good price a figured they might be worth a fair bit more. Only other pair for sale in my size are up for £350 on eBay at the moment.

I collected them from the Post Office last week and they were wrapped up in a couple of layers of large bubble, bubble wrap. Once unwrapped I could see they packaging had all cracked and shattered in the post.

I messaged the seller and he suggested I put a claim in with Royal Mail. I said that wasn't good enough and that it was his negligence for not putting them in a sturdy box rather than bubble wrapping them in a plastic bag. So then he calls my bluff and says fine return them for a refund...

I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I know many of you are just gonna tell me to wear them and be grateful I got them for a good price. However I am really annoyed that potentially, if I did just buy them to display that he has now ruined the future value of them by carelessly trashing the packaging.

I don't really know what the solution is beyond "stop moaning about it" but I can't help feeling really annoyed by the whole thing.