For the record element00 DID say in the beginning that I didn't have to get involved, and that he could handle his business. Somewhere in the following exchanges, I believed he was receptive to me helping him. Mike told me that an unhappy member was going to post about their bad experience, and it went from there.
Man, I really don't want to drag this whole thing out again. It really is as simple as both guys telling me their side and I sincerely tried to help both dudes out. For the record, I DID recommend initially to Mike that he just reship the order, Mike chose differently, and I respected that.
Element and I never did have a negative exchange between us. I still consider him a "Meso friend".