If you Finalise Early and willfully remove yourself from the protection of the escrow center you leave yourself open to the possibility of getting scammed. You seem to be somewhat offended because you did not receive a 'thank you' or a 'sorry' from the vendor in question - packages do occasionally fail to arrive due to reasons outside of a vendor's control. The vendor offered to make up for this by including a free extra with your next order but you stated that you did not want to. That, it would seem, should be the end of it. If you believe a vendor has scammed you you are free to use the 'report this vendor' link on their profile and include as much detail as possible. Locking this thread as it isn't really going anywhere. Libertas