OH MY ..... another ebay situation ...

[Bugsy]

Sorry to hear about your situation. I would file with eBay for non-performance and leave honest feedback for the transaction. I certainly wouldn't cancel the transaction...this might not allow you to leave feedback at all, but I'm sure others could answer that. At a minimum, let him pay the final value fees. Good luck!

Chris

[deadballera]

I would take the refund...and not cancel the transaction.

let him pay the transaction fees.

[T206Collector]

...you to negotiate with the guy. It is better than just giving up, and it may be more productive than fighting him.

What I'm sure has happened is he got a better offer than yours. The cards may even be on the way to that other person right now. They may even be on their way to Dick Towle's Super Soaker facility.

[D. Bergin]

Wow, looks like another case of bidder interference after somebody else realized he had lost out on the lot and sent a feeler out to the seller.

Sorry this happened to you.

It was crappy of the seller to do this, but just as crappy of the person who tried to get the item he had just missed out on.

It's like the guy at the show who horns in on the negotiations between a dealer and another buyer/seller, to try and submarine the deal so he can get the item for himself.