I agree with you. When I read the thing, my first thought was: "oh great, we're applauding somebody who is pushing this lawsuit-happy society?". He dropped it,

I agree with you. When I read the thing, my first thought was: "oh great, we're applauding somebody who is pushing this lawsuit-happy society?". He dropped it, too bad for him, be a big man and buy a new one. I wouldn't be surprised if his credit card company could have even swallowed the costs as part of the CC benefits. Additionally, I feel like Amazon is "one of the good ones" in terms of customer satisfaction and customer support. Going the legal way on them is doing a disservice to everyone else.