the deal as I understand it Greatguardian was for a chance at the tongue...when the tongue didn't drop on one of the previous orb runs, the deal was null and void...you don't pay the auction house when you lose a bid do you? Linh never got the chance he made the deal for so the way you're interpreting it, Linh should pay for a service he never recieved...I'd understand what you're saying if the tongue did drop and he just lost the lot and was trying to back out of the deal, but that's not the case...through no maliciousness, the other guy couldn't uphold his end of the bargain, so Linh shouldn't be expected to pay for that.