Calm down its only an old bike bit. End of the day you didn't follow the instructions specified in the thread, you took that risk and it back fired. You can hopefully take away from this an appreciation that "dibs" is not a universal thing. And keeping in mind this is an international forum there will be those who have no interpretation of the term at all. The one thing you can take away from this is that you have learned a lesson, however I am afraid you may have to leave a little of your dignity behind.