If someone had made a winning bid, do they have to buy the item?

[jacquidexter]

Can a buyer be made to buy the item when they have made a bid which won the auction (or at least a fee for waisting the sellers time and opportunity to sell)?

It is not the first time where a buyer has not paid (or no intention to pay) and it is very frustrating. It should be that any bids placed are having to pay for example 15% cancellation fees as another buyer might not have made a bid thinking it is over their limit or budget ...

[redwick1]

If they dont pay then you wait 4 full days and on the 5th you can cancel the sale or ebay will

The non payer get a strike and you get your fees back

Set your buyer requirements to block bidders with non payment strikes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/setting-buyer-requirements?i...

The strike will go against their account

It is up to ebay how the non payers are dealt with and ebay dont allow cancellation fees