13-01-2018 3:54 PM
What you have here is a non-paying bidder and you must deal with that first:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/unpaid-items.html
Whatever the excuse the person who was the winning bidder has now refused to pay. A non-payment case is the only sure way to get your final value fees refunded and it will also discourage this non-payer from doing it again.
They will receive a strike on their account. They can and will be blocked from bidding by all sensible sellers if they get 2 non-payment strikes in 12 months.
Make sure your buyer preferences are set as tight as possible:
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferences
and block this person from bidding on any more of your items:
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BidderBlockLogin
It's not up to a successful buyer to tell you what to do [whether or not bidding for a friend]! She is responsible to go through with the purchase.
You have incurred eBay's fees and the only way is to open a non-payer case and close after 4 days. Only then can you offer to the underbidder [who is not obliged to accept] or to relist.
The original "buyer" will get a defect and you will get a fee credit. If you sell to the underbidder then you will be charged again [presumably at the lower bid]
Your not obliged to offer to an under bidder,assuming you had other bids at lower amounts.
When bidders don't pay report non payment to ebaybto get a fvf credit abd block the buyer.http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?bidderblocklogin&hc=1&hm=uk%600d72f%2Bd433
Some bidders will opt out of receiving 2nd chance offers,while others decline them