Second Chance

mach19

Do you Purchase second chance offers on e/bay ?

NumisMe

Sometimes, but only after I have verified that the offer is listed on the My Ebay page. If not, it is a fake.

123cents

I have purchased a few second chance offers. Make sure they show up in your "MY Ebay" before you consider buying.

1985ChicagoBears

make sure you know the seller and verify that he/she is offering a second chance. a lot of the better ebay seller will not offer 2nd chances and will comment accordingly in their descriptions.

THIS IS A TIME TO BE "BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY"

I got burned once and will not buy 2nd chance opportunities unless i know seller

DorkGirl

I've done it twice, worked out quite well for me. Both times I was able to purchase at the amount of my bid instead of the winning bid.

NumisMe

1985ChicagoBears:


<< <i>make sure you know the seller and verify that he/she is offering a second chance. a lot of the better ebay seller will not offer 2nd chances and will comment accordingly in their descriptions.

THIS IS A TIME TO BE "BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY"

I got burned once and will not buy 2nd chance opportunities unless i know seller >>




If the offer is listed on your My Ebay page, how can you get burned?
It is no different than winning the auction. The transaction is sanctioned by Ebay and all the same rules apply.
Where is the risk???

HTubbs

<< <i>Sometimes, but only after I have verified that the offer is listed on the My Ebay page. If not, it is a fake. >>


ditto

Coxe

Just did (first "legitimate" one I did too) and was actually planning for it when the seller lowered the reserve near the end.

jonathanb

All sorts of ways to get burned. You should use caution here as well as anywhere else.

Two examples:

I once got a second-chance offer within minutes of the close of the auction. That seemed fishy. The bidding pattern of the winning bidder seemed even more fishy. I reported both the seller and the winning bidder, and they were quickly NARU'ed. Seems like the seller figured out that one good way to maximize his revenue was to shill the bidding, then offer the "second-place" bidder the lot at the bidder's maximum bid.

I once got a second-chance offer within a day or two after the close of the auction. When I asked the seller what was up, they said that they had a second copy of the item I bid on. That meant that the item he was offering to me as an underbidder wasn't the same as the item pictured in the auction. I did go ahead and buy the second item in that case, but only after confirming that the condition of the second was similar to the condition of the one that was pictured.


Second-chance offers make a lot of sense for consumer items where the seller might truly have several identical things for sale. For unique items like coins, I'm instantly suspicious of what is actually being offered...


jonathan