Honestly, you didnt make a statement by making a reasonable offer, heck, you didnt even waste his time, he wont give two you know whats and a you know what , he only cares about making the most money possible. The only way you might actually make a statement with that person is doing what Bill suggested, but I think it would work better if those few thousand people contacted him , so, at the very least, you waste a lot of his time.