Got a question for you guys. I bid on a set of A/C vent things in black with the chrome ring. I thought it would be cool since mine are just black. Anyway, the auction ended and I got outbid. Exactly 8 minutes later I got offered a 2nd chance offer. Does that seem kind of odd to you guys? I have been a seller on ebay for some time and I consider myself a very honest seller. It looks to me like the seller bid against me with a separate account. Here is the auction. Not sure if you guys can see the bidding history. I want to accepted the 2nd chance offer but I have a problem supporting a seller if that is what happened. Let me know what you think.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...NA:MOTORS:1123

 

I guess I should tell why I think this. Did it really only take 8 minutes to find out from the last minute bidder that they did not want these? Also, why would that winning bidder risk their 100% positive feedback just to back out on a 40.00 item? It just seems kind of fishy to me. Is 40.00 a good price for these vents? I still want them, even if its not through this auction.

 

Yeah, I wondered the same thing on an auction for my tuner - I said the heck with it anyways and paid $10 more just because. I'm sure they are pulling some b.s.

 

i thought the way a second chance offer works it that u let the second highest bidder have the product for the price they bid on it. so in theory shouldnt u be paying less for the item than if u won? thats the way it worked when i sold my g/f's phone. the guy they had the second highest bid got the phone for the bid he put down, not the winning bid....

 

Thats true but I was out bid. Then 8 minutes later I am offered a 2nd chance. Seems like the seller bid against me to drive the price up. Then, when I did not counter bid in time, they offered the 2nd chance to take what I offered anyway. 8 minutes doesn't seem long enough to rule out a higher bid. make sense?

 

Blue150 thats not uncommon to happen at all.

Example: I use to sell golf head covers on e-bay at one time.
I had 50 of the same. They cost me $1.00 each. When one would sell or lets say $12.00 and I seen someone get out bidded at $11.00 there was many times I would send them a 2nd chance offer. Heck I was still making 10X my money!

Im still making a profit. On top of that I dont have to pay the relisting fee again I dont think. Regardless I was still making a profit and saving time by doing this saveing trips to the post office ect..
So again if the seller has good feedback and still want them would accept the offer. I think you have what 24 or 48 hours to respond.
Hope that makes since.

 

Go to a junk yard and pull them from a lariat and pay the guy $6 bux and call it a day

 

Yeah, maybe he just had more than one quanity of them, it's easier than relisting and waiting a day or more for the next to sell.

 

yea i can understand someone doing that. they tried to get u to pay more, but when u didnt fall for it, they thought to themself, "its still $$$!" and took your offer. its still kinda shady though.