I received the following email from eBay:  We couldn’t cancel your order because there was an issue with the refund. If you don’t receive the item by the estimated delivery date, please report that your order hasn’t arrived.   I went on to report that the item hadn't arrived (been made available for collection) and that triggered a request for me to go back to the seller.  I did, but he was unhelpful and claimed he had cancelled the sale.