Hi fellas,

I was bidding on the weekend - lost, when item climbed 3x above my best bid.

Today I got an eBay message (as in my eBay inbox) from seller, saying:

Item is not rare, so having multiple items is not shocking - we're talking dealership clocks, so not exactly lemon dial Daytonas or such... Seller has 100% feedback but low sale count and all sales were private, so I cannot see if he sold $1 stamps or $10,000 watches...

How does one proceed safely forward? Tips and ideas welcome

 

Are you sure that its a genuine email from the seller?

I once had a 2nd chance offer for a watch I had bid on. I was skeptical about the 2nd chance offer as I was far down the bidding list and emailed the seller directly from the original ebay ad to confirm. Turns out it was hoax

 

Your assumption is correct - I would not entertain this for a second if it were not part of My eBay Inbox.

 

Lemon dial Daytonas....

 

Yup, my current top on the ridiculous-auction-results list. This red headed stepchild fetched CHF 840k not long ago

 

Ah ok, as long as its in your ebay inbox then should be fine.

This was the hoax email that I received but not to my ebay inbox............looks almost identical to a genuine 2nd chance offer.

 

I agree with Trev. Ask the seller to post it on eBay with a Buy It Now. That way you will have eBay on your side if the deal goes south.

 

I got my Sm300 on a second chance offer due to a no-pay too. The seller sent me an ebay message with the option to select a BIN. That protects from you and the seller. If it is legit, the seller should not reject such a proposal.

 

I suggested what all agreed here: ask seller to list item, so I can buy it. Reply follows:

I have little time to research new seller limitations, or anything else; if we spend so much time negotiating something obvious and simple, I can only guess what the deal will be. Maybe he is a genuinely nice guy, I don't know; fact is, this does not give me peace or comfort.

Am I paranoid?

 

As someone who sells on eBay for myself and the shop I work for we never send a 2nd chance offer anymore, waste of time as most people will not respond.

 

I bought my Memovox on a second-chance offer because buyer and seller "couldn't agree on shipping". I got the feeling right away that it might have been buyer and shill that couldn't come to an agreement, but I bought it any way. I suspect many of these second chances come after a shill has felt out the max bids.

 

Bingo.

 

Yes that's also been my feeling when receiving second chance offers...but it often works as you're happy to get a second chance and if that's what you were ready to pay, well...

The OP did not get a second chance offer though, just a "buy outside eBay" offer...not a very honest seller. Having said that the Paypal offer should work the same (no clock -> refund, not as described -> expert report -> refund)?and AFAIK in case of a problem with an eBay auction paid with Paypal, eBay will refer you direct to Paypal. And if paid differently you're SOL.

 

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