I received a second chance offer on a Macintosh stereo amp sale that fell through. wish I hadn't spent that money on something else in the mean time. BTW, that offer was legit and I thanked him for the offer and explained how I'd spent the money on other stuff. dm&fs At 03:05 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: >I've been eBay'ing for quite some time and I've never received a second >chance offer. Sounds fishy. > >Cheers, > >Jeff > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf >Of Robert Lilley >Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:20 PM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Are Ebay second chance auctions legit? > > >Or does it indicate that a seller was trying to increase the profit by >forcing you to bid higher? > >I had bid on an item and at the last minute after 2 days of inactivity, >someone came in and bid higher. I kept increasing my bid until it cost too >much >for me. I lost the bid (I was OK with that). Then I got a second chance >offer >to buy at my highest bid. I declined. Then I bid again different auction >selling the same item with similar results. Again, a second chance offer. >Question is, is it normal for the second chance offerings? > > >Robert |
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