The process is legit. If it's abused by the seller due to shill bidders, just say no. They can't make you buy it, they are just giving you the chance to buy it at what appears was your top offer. I was outbid by some negative number bidder. I had only made the one minimum bid. When the other guy got his next negative rating point, I was offered the item at my initial bid. That was nice. If I saw any evidence of shill bidding, I would leave that seller hanging like peppers in the hot New Mexican sun.
tim in EBay, CA
>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 _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail |
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