Hi, I bought an item listed as “Pre-owned - Excellent,” but it arrived damaged with visible deformation. I contacted the seller through eBay messages. The seller replied that he could refund me $50 and admitted he could’ve packaged it better. He also said he had not been paid by eBay yet and that it should take 2-3 days after delivery. He also wrote: “If you complain I’ll never get paid,” which seemed unusual to me. I accepted the $50 refund through eBay messages and gave him until Monday evening, June 8, for an update. After that, the seller somehow found my personal phone number and texted me outside eBay, saying that eBay does not like exchanges of emails or numbers, but that he found my number. I replied only to ask him to keep all communication through eBay messages. I haven’t heard from him since, and no refund or update was received. I would prefer to keep the item and receive the agreed $50 partial refund, rather than return the item. However, eBay’s help flow only seems to let me open a full return request with return shipping. What is the correct process here? Should I open the return request anyway and explain that I want the agreed partial refund, or is there another way to get eBay to review the messages and help with the partial refund? Thanks.