Of course he was......NOW that the transaction is cancelled, you can't leave him a negative. Had you gone thru with the deal, and paid, you could have EASILY gotten your money back from paypal and left him a big red NEG. He is going to do whatever he ca to keep that from happening. and I strongly disagree....negatives are very hard to get removed....they have to meet a certain criteria, and this would not have qualified.
I see someone watching the United sign this seller has on the watched items above. I am just posting this to warn people interested in porcelain signs that havent seen this discussion before. These sellers and signs make me sick.