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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 56193, member: 51&quot;]Yikes, just saw this post ---good news...then stress!&nbsp; Oh, I hope it all works out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kard, if you open a case, you need to wait 4 days to allow the buyer to pay.&nbsp; (Yes, non-paying buyer can leave a negative during that window of time -- makes no sense, but that is how it works.)&nbsp; As soon as the time is up Ebay allows you to &quot;close the case&quot; and all fees are refunded, item is available to be relisted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just note, that sometimes at the last minute, the buyer will pay.&nbsp; If not, once the case is closed, as I understand it, the non-paying bidder can no longer leave feedback. (And as someone suggested, at this point <i>block them</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not exactly sure, but if you try to relist before the case is closed, you might wind up not only with defects, but paying double fees (as if there were two such items) so you&#039;d be fighting that battle with Ebay. </p><p><br /></p><p>One other idea, would be to contact the non-paying bidder and kindly ask him if he would agree to cancel the transaction.&nbsp; (That would speed things up if you get a &quot;yes&quot;.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If no response, I would wait the 4 days until you can officially close the case.&nbsp; This is just me, but I would consider meanwhile emailing the 2nd highest bidder and tell them what is going on, would they like to have the opportunity to buy the item if payment does not come through? (If you go this route, as I recall Ebay doesn&#039;t make it easy to email non-winning bidders, but if you click on their feedback it brings you to their page, and you can contact them that round-a-bout way.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Short of that, I would take Nuff&#039;s advice to relist at $4,500, or best offer.&nbsp; I might even start the description noting that the item was being relisted due to a non-paying bidder, but use your own judgment.&nbsp;&nbsp; When offers come in, you can check the buyer, how much do they buy, what does their feedback look like, feedback left for others, etc.&nbsp; With best offers you can pick the buyer you want to some extent.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Heck you might even do that background check if you are emailing the 2nd highest bidder just to give them the head&#039;s up.&nbsp; Make sure they are a promising buyer, as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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