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e bay second chance - 1/30/2006 12:02:38 AM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2083 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi everyone, i tried to bid on an item earlier tonight, it's the 1st time i have every tried to bid on something on e bay. we had the bid till about 20sec. before it was over. i think it was a snipe? when i went back on line tonight, i had an e mail for a second chance on the item and they listed the item #. i been afraid to open it. need advise. thanks, rhona ps. this item went for 202.50, i thought they went for more expensive things. Post #: 1

RE: e bay second chance - 1/30/2006 8:09:54 AM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hi Rhona... As far as I know, as long as you were contacted through E-bay, than it is probably a legitimate contact. Go into your E-bay file and double check with the seller, but use the E-bay contact to "send seller a question" and ask him if it was he who sent you the second chance offer. Also, make sure you check the seller's history to see if he/she is a good person to do business with. Hope this helps, Wayne (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 2

RE: e bay second chance - 1/30/2006 4:43:44 PM    wvbottlehead Posts: 220 Joined: 7/4/2003 From: WV Status: offline Sounds legit, if the seller has more than 1 if the same item or the winner wants out, the seller can send out 2nd chance offers to the other bidders. The offer can be good for 1 day up to 30 days (I think). If the bidding went that high he might figure he'd get more by the offer instead of listing another. I bought a bottle that way before. Won't hurt to look. Frank (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 3

RE: e bay second chance - 1/30/2006 8:12:02 PM    walkingstick Posts: 310 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: World Wide (presently Bemidji, MN Status: offline You should also check the email. If the email addresses you by name, it is legitimate, however, if the email addresses you as "E-bay member" and does not have your name in the email, it is definately not legit and may only be a ploy by someone to get your password. Your name is on it .... then it's legit if not ... spoof the lot This is wisdom through experience (beats head against the keyboard) _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 4

RE: e bay second chance - 1/30/2006 9:34:24 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2083 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi everyone, thanks for the information and help. i did e mail the seller thru ebay. after reading your posts i read the 2nd chance email, it had my email named but not what i use on ebay? the 1 thing that bothers me is that up to about 30sec. before the sale ended the price was about $30 less. i had use ebay to put a max. bid in. they are asking for that max. bid and i thought it was subpose to be at the last highest bid? the original wining bid was 2.50 higher. i guess i find out, this is a learning experance. thanks for the help. rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 5

RE: e bay second chance - 1/30/2006 10:43:51 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Rhona... You are so very right...E-bay is a BIG learning experience! Just remember, if you're gonna bid on something, do your homework as far as looking up the seller's history and check out the value of the bottle. Only bid up to what you are willing to pay for it and avoid getting into a bidding war with someone. This sseller may have had a friend try to "Bump" the bids to get you to go higher... obviously, somebody "sniped" it at the last second, which exposed your max bid to the seller. He may have had someone "snipe' it on purpose. There may also be several computers in one location using different E-bay seller/buyer names, so be wary. I'm sure you can still get good buys on E-bay, but after having been burned twice myself (not for a whole lot of money) I find it more refreshing to go to a bottle show, haggle with the seller, hold and appreciate the glass... kinda get a feeling for it and then buy it... Take care, Wayne (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 6

RE: e bay second chance - 1/31/2006 5:22:05 PM    tigermaple1855   Posts: 88 Joined: 10/18/2003 Status: offline E-Bay is perhaps a bit less personal than the small Saturday, local auction. The same rules apply though. If you want a particular bottle you have to follow it , pay attention to the bids, check the sellers feedback and make your own decision. If you've entered your highest bid for the bottle, you haven't been sniped, you've just been outbid. Granted it happened at the last second, but many of the bids do. If you had bid high enough you couldn't be sniped by another bidder. If you look at the bidding times a lot of individual buyers come in the last 10-15 seconds of an items listing, they don't have time to outbid you if your original bid was high enough. They can't type another bid fast enough. I don't know how the bid-snipe services work, I've never used them. I would expect that you have to set a maximum bid amount with them also. You can do the same with E-Bay. I guess I'm just tired of all the E-bay bashing about people not getting the bottle they wanted. I'll agree that E-bay has many in house problems but getting the bottle you want is not one of them. You just have to chase it like you would at the local Saturday night auction. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 7

RE: e bay second chance - 1/31/2006 8:07:43 PM    tombstone   Posts: 124 Joined: 12/21/2005 From: wv Status: offline If you ebay and you aren't using a snipe you are at a distinct disadvantage. People use snipe because it is effective, it protects your privacy, and it saves you money. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 8

RE: e bay second chance - 2/1/2006 10:39:45 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2083 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi everyone, thanks for all the input on the ebay bidding. i did email the seller thru ebay,after the 2nd chance offer but he never got back to me. it wasn't the snipe that bother me, i was concern that someone ran the price up. i tried to check completed autions, it is listed as selling at the higher price. i just had a feeling about this. thanks again, rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 9

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