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FYSGiving the guy the benefit of the doubt, it looks to me that he was burned (made and error) in listing a price guide value for an item. Whoever bought the item, probably tried to back out by stating they overbid because of the quoted book value in the description. The fight resulted in some over the top wording. That is the optomistic side of the coin.
Personally I put a disclaimer in my auction descriptions that insurance is optional and the buyer is resposible for lost or damaged shipments, if insurance is not purchased. Just recently, after many transactions and having 100% positive feedback, a person contacted me that his shipment was not received. I wrote back and pointed out my desciption and asked him what he would would do if he was the seller and the exact circumances existed. No response, as of yet.
In any case, the outcome of my story is not yet known, but going over the top with my next description wording and/or forcing people to buy insurance has crossed my mind.