[Bliggity]

A belated thanks to everyone for the replies here. If I had taken a minute to read the eBay policy originally (but why do the extra work when this board exists!?), I would have realized that the seller covers the return shipping for broken/damaged items. As it turns out, the seller here did not want to pay for the return shipping for a broken printer, so he refunded my payment and let me keep the broken printer, taking it as a total loss. I told him that if I was able to sell it locally I would kick him the money from the deal to help cover his losses. Seemed like a fair result.