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second chance ebay offer? - 1/26/2008 4:16:17 PM    mikmis   Posts: 445 Joined: 11/16/2006 From: loveland ,colorado Status: offline i just recieved a second chance offer on an ebay item that i was bidding on .its a bottle book and the guy says he has another coppy .anyone know how safe this is and if there is any way to tell if its the origional seller. thanks _____________________________ michael Post #: 1

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 1/26/2008 5:18:56 PM    mikmis   Posts: 445 Joined: 11/16/2006 From: loveland ,colorado Status: offline has anyone ever bought on a second chance offer? _____________________________ michael (in reply to mikmis) Post #: 2

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 1/26/2008 5:54:47 PM    bubbas dad   Posts: 1601 Joined: 3/30/2005 From: South Carolina, USA Status: offline if the offer came through ebay and has your real name included with you ebay account name it might be alright. you might go to the sellers listing and send him a message, through the contact seller link, asking them to verify they sent the offer. _____________________________ john the older i get, the smarter my father gets! (in reply to mikmis) Post #: 3

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 1/26/2008 7:46:19 PM    mikmis   Posts: 445 Joined: 11/16/2006 From: loveland ,colorado Status: offline thanks john ,it came through ebay and it looks legit we emailed several times and im sending out payment .ill let you know how it turnes out .hopefully good the guys that were puting it together took a picture of one of my bottles a few years ago and its suposed to be in the book  .i want to see how they listed it i think its a rare one. _____________________________ michael (in reply to bubbas dad) Post #: 4

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 2/12/2008 12:43:15 AM    deer4x4 Posts: 368 Joined: 1/2/2008 From: san jose ca. Status: offline if you were bidding on a book most of those were done in multiple copy and the seller can have a lot of copies like the digger odells kovels and others and the best way to check is if the offer comes to you but you had lost to a higher bidder just click on to contact seller and ask him if he has sent the message for second chance i had personally just sold a scroll flask person that won sent me email thru ebay that it arrives and that he posted feedback and that same day another person that did noty win emailed me to tell me that he recieved a second chance offer for the scroll but the name as seller was diffrent from mine he turned it into ebay and then let me know so i went and changed all my passwords and i had also noticed i had marked the items in my ebay as sent but that day they were not marked that way anymore so i notified ebay also  so i hope this will help you bob (in reply to mikmis) Post #: 5

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 2/12/2008 8:59:32 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 9192 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: if the offer came through ebay and has your real name included with you ebay account name it might be alright. you might go to the sellers listing and send him a message, through the contact seller link, asking them to verify they sent the offer. That is a foolproof way to check, good advice. _____________________________ New 2010 Antique American Medicine Guide http://www.antiquemedicines.com/BottleBook2010.htm My Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles. Email me at : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to mikmis) Post #: 6

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 1/27/2009 4:55:21 PM    ombudsman   Posts: 240 Joined: 1/25/2009 From: Oklahoma Status: offline EBay "second chance offers" are almost always scams. I got one re. a travel trailer we were bidding on. It looked as legit as could be. As suggested above, I contacted the original seller, who set me straight. This seller told me that when he sold a Jeep on eBay, every single one of the losing bidders received a fake second chance offer. Again, these "Second Chance Offers" absolutely look genuine. Beware! (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 7

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 1/27/2009 8:04:21 PM    bombboy Posts: 147 Joined: 3/2/2008 From: Upstate NY Status: offline mikmis, I just had a similar situation. Is the book "Bottles of Old New York" being sold by a guy named Chris? If so, I got my book on Friday with no problems. bombboy (in reply to mikmis) Post #: 8

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 2/1/2009 10:36:17 AM    Rockhounder55   Posts: 227 Joined: 7/22/2008 From: Winnemucca, NV. Status: offline I bid on something last spring and was out bid on the last day. The next morning I received a "second chance offer" because the high bidder had flaked out. It sounded kind of shady, so I contacted eBay. The SCO gave me 48 hours to respond and eBay took 72 to get back to me. I contacted the seller and told him I had concerns and had contacted eBay, and if he still had it I would buy it. He never got back to me, and I never saw it offered it again. Though eBay said it was legit, the whole thing had a funny smell to it. _____________________________ I see dead bottles...................and they're all broken. (in reply to bombboy) Post #: 9

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 2/2/2009 7:01:24 PM    ktbi Posts: 630 Joined: 6/7/2007 From: Vacaville, Ca. Status: offline I was outbid on a bottle and about a week later got a second chance offer and a personal email from the seller.  It looked good and after a cursory check it seemed valid - and was valid. I had a successful transaction, but I took a risk by not being careful enough.  I could very easily have been ripped off.  Wasn't much money - but that's not the point.  Lucky this time and I will be more thorough in the future.  Ron _____________________________ Will Buy/Sell/Trade for for Kidney Embossed Bottles (in reply to Rockhounder55) Post #: 10

RE: second chance ebay offer? - 2/3/2009 1:15:41 PM    Wilkie Posts: 1174 Joined: 5/2/2008 From: Suisun City, CA Status: offline This is right from eBay's webpage: Attachment (1) _____________________________ www.myspace.com/westernbottles I buy samples, Jamaica Gingers from anywhere and Northern California hutches, blob tops. (in reply to ktbi) Post #: 11

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