Hi lametta, The cancel option becomes available 4 days after placing an order as a vendor has 4 days in which to process the order and mark it 'in transit'. Due to the recent site downtime the countdown clocks were stopped, but have since resumed. If you hover your cursor over the 'cancel' option it will tell you how long is left before you will be able to cancel the order. The Bitcoin are in escrow as dollars because the item is hedged; this means that if you cancel, you will get back (in Bitcoin) the dollar amount that you paid, minus the 4% hedging fee that is automatically charged on all hedged orders. Libertas