Local Pickup, Canceling Order, Relisting

[poidoggy]

Hello! I'm a Newbie here...

I was selling items on eBay's sister site Close5 until they recently announced they will be closing down and we should move our items here.

I listed a few items for local pickup and got two orders from out-of-state. One buyer canceled on their own (I guess after realizing I was not in their state), the other did not in which I had to cancel the order.

Is this how local pick up works? Is it possible to have anyone accidentally (or purposefully) order the item forcing the order to be canceled?

I want to relist the second item but I have used up all my free listings (this item being one of the free). Is there a way to relist w/o fees since the order  was made in error? (Hence me asking if that's how local pickup works.)

Thank you for helping me!

Poidoggy

[femmefan1946]

You do know that listing for a full month at Fixed Price is 30 cents right?

Why is a 'free' listing so important?

You do have to pay a 10% fee on your selling price and on your shipping* price (if you decide to ship). And Paypal will charge you 30 cents plus 2.9% of your customer's payment.

If it doesn't sell, there are no fees beyond the 30 cents.

Is it worth the price to list?

*Shipping is paid by the buyer. In addition,  the costs of packaging can be added as a Handling Fee.