"Since you received the chips in good order and got
exactly what you paid for,"

No he didn't, he paid to have four seperate shipments properly packed and mailed to him. What he received was one package not properly packed.

"you very well know that in a court of law you
would not have had a leg to stand on by taking the
action you did solely for what you consider poor
shipping"

In what court of law would you be talking about. I can't think of any legal basis that Jim would not be in the right to leave the negs he did. His comments explain explain the dispute, you might think Jim is wrong on this issue, but you can't really believe that expressing his displeasure in a truthful manner is not legal.