none of my 2nd chance offers are on reserve auctions. I do it when I have several of the same item
--- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730 FSBO Supervisor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Second chance ebay offers >I take it these where auctions with reserves? > A second chance offer from an item that did not make the reserve is > different to a second chance offer from an unreserved auction. > My understanding is that the highest bidder in an unreserved auction is > the buyer, he/she may well default, in which case I may expect a second > chance offer after a few days or even weeks. If I was near the top of > the bidding. > Say I bid on a 124 station wagen, my highest bid was 5k and it sold for > 5.5k. I may get an email in a while to say that the highest bidder has > not followed through with the deal and would I be interested in buying > the car for my bid. If I was I would go back to the original auction and > contact the seller via it, to establish that he/she is actually offering > me a second chance and not some scammer in Nigeria. > Anyhow I am suspicious that some unscrupulous ebayers are using the > second chance offer system to stick it to the buying public. Bidding up > their item and then when they end up the winner, due to greed, send out > second chance offers to try and sell the item. > I am not saying you do this sort of thing Tom but it could be possible. > > > Tom Hargrave wrote: >> I've often listed items for sale that did not bid up high enough & >> immediately send out second chance offers right after the items did not >> sell. >> >> Thanks, >> Tom Hargrave >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
