Ebay dilemma...HELP!

Right now I have perfect feedback and I`m almost certain that if I don`t refund his money (no matter what the P.O. did/does) that he`ll give me a negative feedback. It`s a buyers responsibility to opt for insurance and the carriers responsibility to deliver the item intact. I offered him UPS as a carrier, which automatically insures up to $100.00 but they were a dollar more and he decided not to use them. It`s an inequity that (although it`s out of my hands once I`ve shipped the item) he can give me negative feedback for what the carrier did and I cannot give him negative feedback. I feel absolutely powerless. I`m between a rock and a hard place, I guess all I can do for now is hope that the post office will honor the insurance claim.

I wouldn't worry about the one negative feedback, I don't think people pay as much attention to it as they used to, esp since the system is all screwed up. Have you noticed that feedback is only good for 12 months now? You can get two dozen negatives, 12 months later get 1 positive and you've got 100% positive feedback again. Ebay has rendered the feedback system pretty much useless.