Trash80toHP_Mini said:

I'd beat him up for more than that, something like $150 total out of pocket for a box of working shards seems more like it to me. $80 less eBay fees plus whatever he netted with that egregious "shipping & mishandling" fee is more than is deserved in my book. What postage sticker price was on that package anyway?

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So I asked him for $280 back, because a "junk" TAM recently sold on eBay for $150. I told him that this is basically junk now, as it's only value to me was as a display piece. He agreed to $280. 

I looked up Fedex from Chicago to Reno, and it appears, based on a 20x20x20 inch box (like it shipped in), it really was about $65 to ship to me. That wasn't the shipping method specified in the auction.