Send one of your robots after them. They clearly have no idea whom they are dealing with.

Most likely I'll restart non-payed position bids :D
Sad that other winner is involved as he already waited for a week

*nods* I hope you figure things out sir and yea that does suck for the other winner but it isn't your fault. Besides that annoyance, I hope you are well sir.

meow :3

I don't...did you just meow at me?

I'm cat, I meow :3

Dang cats, what, does that mean I have to pet you after you sit right where I was going to? I know how y'all work. =p

And don't forget to report it to FA admit if you ran the auction here. I think they do keep track of those people and will take action if they can. Sorry you got burned

This is why I like half-now, half-later. So both people have an incentive not to cheat.

Just curious, this is an idea I've been tossing around for a while, would you be game in accepting:
Partial pay -- paying for the involved piece of artwork, at its respective prices as it progresses through the stages: sketch, line-art, color, shade, and involved details? Of course, you would take pre-pay on each one, but you could agree on a stopping place and everyone wins.

Not really. I have refund scheme that allows to take back money for not yet-approved park of work

1. Multiple payments will make end price larger as instead of one PayPal fee I'll include 5 PayPal fees in price. Each fee is minimum ~1$, so for low-cost auctions what will be a dramatic price jump
2. Also I don't like idea of multiple payments because they would slow down process. I live in GMT+3 that is most incompatible timezone
3. Trust issue. You either trust me, either not. We live in social world, so every trouble will be spread across instantly. I'm interested in satisfied customers. You can talk directly to any of them before buying if you have trust issues. I have special journal item for customer reviews.

Good point with #1. I was just looking for ideas to strengthen #3