If your buyer agreed to cancel your transaction or didn't respond, you'll receive a credit to your seller's account for the final value fee within 7-10 business days of closing the case.
If you want a refund for your credit, see Requesting a refund of your eBay credit balance.
That's just for the Final Value Fee. He did that already, or he'd have been on the hook for more like $50 (eBay charges through the nose in fees, particularly for consumer electronics).
http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?CustomerSupport&...
Solved, done. Your $2 will return to you.
If your buyer agreed to cancel your transaction or didn't respond, you'll receive a credit to your seller's account for the final value fee within 7-10 business days of closing the case.
If you want a refund for your credit, see Requesting a refund of your eBay credit balance.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/refunds.html
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/cancel-transaction-process.h...
Granted it's buried in their help system, but it's there.