"Second Chance" offers

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I got an official ebay Second Chance offer for something I recently bid on, through "my messages." The seller has 450+ feedbacks (97.7 positive). I did some research on the high bidder who backed out, and he has 450+ feedbacks, 100% positive, and seems to have never caused any trouble. Everything seems very legit so far, but I have yet to contact the seller, and I really want this item. I'm wondering, though, about price and if I have any wiggle room. The final moments of the auction went down this way: Item had been at $950 for about a day. With five minutes to go, I took a deep breath, made peace with myself, and entered a bid of $1701, which sent the item up to $1250, with reserve met. With slightly weak knees, I got up to get a glass of water. When I came back, knowing the auction was safely over, I refreshed the screen, and saw I had lost the item at $1726, and it was the only bid after the one I placed. So how does this work exactly, with this final bidder backing out? Should it not be a case of acting as though this final bidder never existed and called my max bid into play, in which case my bid before his ($1250) would be the winner? Does the Second Chance have to go to my max bid of $1701? If I revisit the auction page, the history has been cleared, and says "auction ended early" etc. so I doubt the seller will be interested in any of this blubbering.
Thanks for reading, and for any thoughts on the matter. (BTW, I don't ever spend big money like this, it's a very big deal for me.)
 
It's probably a sham. I got one today also on a Leica lens. It's happened before. I was advised by the seller that the 2nd chance was NOT legitimate. Caveat Emptor!!!!!
 
I have bought on a second chance offer, but only on a much cheaper item..
For me, the history was there just like any other auction, but the high bidder was a zero who sniped and the seller had stated no zeros could bid.
I had emailed the seller during the auction, and trusted him to be legit. The email for the second chance offer should take you to an auction with the second chance price on it as a buy-it-now. I dont think there is a provision for haggle.

I wouldn't try to do a deal outside of the shroud of ebay, both times I did that were painful. With nothing to loose, having no threat of bad feedback, the potential for being taken to the cleaners is greater.

The fact that the history is gone and the auction ended early queers the whole deal in your case. Sounds like a shill event to me, where a friend of the seller may have bid for him, and the price at the end was still too low for the seller, so he ended it with seconds to spare..
Also like steve said, many second chance offers are shams sent by third parties..
 
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Be very careful, VERY CAREFUL on this one. I got an offer on a 2nd chance that was bogus. I wanted the S2 very badly and when I got the message was excited about it. Fortunately I had sent several messages to the seller (through and outside of evilbay) so I dropped him a note. He said that the item was already on it's way over to Italy. I sent the info to evilbay and never heard back.

Auctions that end early IMHO are a sign of something fishy. This one just sounds UBBBBBBER-FISHY.

Run the other way, I fear you might loose your money.

Too bad evilbay is so quick to flush all the important information on old items. It can be useful in finding things out about the seller.

B2 (;->
 
I've taken two second chance offers off eBay. One for my IIIf and one for a IIIg. Both went through the correct procedures and were drama free.

I would not go near a second chance offer that didn't go through the correct procedures .... far too risky. I have lost count of the bogus second chance offers that have come my way recently .... some ridiculous .... some clever!

If I think they're dodgy .... I report them to eBay immediately!

One of the really devious ones I got required you to type in your user name and password in a field that looked genuine eBay ... to respond to the seller! Instant hi-jacked account!

😡
 
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Keith novak said:
I've taken two second chance offers off eBay. One for my IIIf and one for a IIIg. Both went through the correct procedures and were drama free.

I would not go near a second chance offer that didn't go through the correct procedures .... far too risky. I have lost count of the bogus second chance offers that have come my way recently .... some ridiculous .... some clever!

If I think they're dodgy .... I report them to eBay immediately!

One of the really devious ones I got required you to type in your user name and password in a field that looked genuine eBay ... to respond to the seller! Instant hi-jacked account!

😡
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And I like how they tend to be signed at the end, like, "thanks, Marsha" or something. Hmmmm 😀

The one I got was definitely real. Still, I didn't follow any link, I logged into my account from the site, and there was a message in my inbox from the seller. I've emailed the seller, I'd like to get some details on what happened with this auction. I will procede with extreme caution, and, for sure, only within the confines of the site.

Thanks everyone for the information.
 
Even if this offer is real I would be very wary. With a feedback rating of 97%, this seller has had more than his fair share of problems. I would have a very close look at his feedback and who left it. I would be even more wary of dealing offline with him.

Kim
 
its a scam
i have alot of these 2nd chance offers

when an auction ends, all the bidders names are revealed
these scamers will then email you as a losing bidder with a fake "second chance offer"

when i send a message to the original seller on ebay, they always said their item sold and never issued a second chance offer.

so 99% it is a scam
 
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