Buyer has NOT paid

[theorothe0]

I recently sold a LEGO Bundle Joblot for £13,000. It had thousands of views and hundreds of watchers. Someone bought it and then around 2 days later cancelled the order. Is a buyer obligated to pay for an item that they buy, because surely they enter a contractual agreement to follow-through with the purchase. 

If they are not obligated to pay, am I entitled to some reparations from the buyer for removing my watchers which hinders and delays me selling the item as it is a major inconvenience, as I would otherwise need to re-list and regain traction for my bundle which is very time consuming. I was also in discussions with other people who were interested and it has created confusion with them as they now believe that the item is sold, so it has also ruined many negotiations that I had going. 

[*guinevere*]

I think you may have had a very lucky escape if your buyer hasn't paid.

First things first. Buyers cannot cancel, they can only request to cancel. You sold it on 2nd October so you should be able to cancel using the reason "Buyer did not pay". This will give the buyer an unpaid item strike which will stay on their account for a full year. If they get another one it will severely affect their ability to buy on Ebay.

As a new seller you are a bit of a "Scam magnet" selling a huge Lego collection for thousands, and you have, unwittingly, set yourself up for all sorts of scams that would ultimately deprive you of all of that money.

I'm not going to describe the ways and means here but a quick read on Seller Central would give you an insight, and your own imagination would tell you the rest.

My advice would be to cancel, give the buyer a strike, add them to your blocked list here: Blocked Bidders

and relist in smaller bundles.

You would be far better listing all the pieces in separate bundles. 

[tobiasd4]

I am surprised as a new seller that ebay allowed you to list item of that value.

TBH. I would never sell something of that value on here.

[jckl1957]

There is no way to force a buyer to pay.

You are not entitled to any compensation for the cancelled sale - not through Ebay at any rate although of course, you can relist the item.

Your original listing did show 'free delivery'. It would be better to have collection only as then the buyer will have a collection code to give to you.  With free delivery, if you delivered the parcels yourself, you would not be able to prove delivery.

[red_magpie]

IMO listing such a huge bundle of Lego in a single listing places you at catastrophic risk of fraud.

Like *guinevere* I'm not going to explain exactly how, but you could so easily lose a large part of this collection but still have to refund the buyer in full.

I would very strongly suggest that you split it into much smaller lots. This would reduce or remove the attractiveness of your listings to professional criminals. There is no risk-free way to sell things on eBay, but restricting the size of each lot to a normal "collectors" quantity would very much reduce the risk. It would also avoid putting your entire £13k collection in one basket.

It's best if each lot can be delivered in one parcel. Tracking problems can arise if multiple items from the same lisiting are split between different parcels.