To think this eBay message is emotional blackmail?

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Backstory.
I bought shoes from eBay, pretty cheap and so not expecting them to last over a year. I've been to China lots and so know the quality issues. They fell apart after 4 weeks.

I wrote to the seller. They offered a 5% refund. Then asked me to repair them, I explained this would cost more than the shoes, then a 10% refund. I've said full refund.

Now they've sent three emails saying half. I've taken it up with eBay.

I got this this morning.

Dear Cutsomer:
Thanks for all your message,i am just a graduate student,i need pay the money from the salary.
I live in BJ ,and the living cost is very hugh for me,But i really don't want lose my job ,i want to do my best to help you solve this problem.I don;t want to come back my home because is ver shame for going back.Plz give me chance to.PLz.

you are a generious person .both of us step back a little ,
i really do my best to give you half refund as conpensaction with lose profit in this transaction.
Hope you really could undderstand our hard ,we sincerely hope you satisfied with this solution,
as you know ,it's really not easy to do this work well and i am just a worker ,our company have police ,
we should give refund after receive the item ,it's really my best could offer to you ,
Please understand each other in this issue .we will give you a good price in your next order !
Hope you happy with this refund and please think about it.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration 
Looking forward to hear from your reply 
Have a bless day !
Your sincerely

Don't buy cheap fakes and exploit if you choose to .... Tough

Because you bought from china, if they were listed as item location china then you're responsible for return postage costs, and needs to be tracked to prove delivery back to seller, Probably cost you more than half to return them.

Wasn't OP quoting another poster's use of "Daddy" to be fair? She wasn't seriously using it herself?

My phone keeps missing out vital words.

I blame those pesky Chinese factory workers.

Not too sure what the aim of this OP is. Given OP's knowledge of exploitative Chinese work conditions, I thought s/he would be inclined to believe the eBay seller rather than call it blackmail.

This thread is madder than a box of frogs. The OP is indeed BU, you buy cheap shit online you get cheap shit. The high horse and entitled attitude doesnt help. Chalk this one up to experience and maybe behave a little less brattishly.

I used daddy, to be fair to OP. Ebay isn't a retail store and if the seller is set up as a private seller, consumer rights act doesn't apply. You can only claim "not as described" but as she's used them repeatedly, not sure eBay will agree.