I received a second chance offer on a Macintosh stereo amp sale that fell
through.  wish I hadn't spent that money on something else in the mean
time. BTW, that offer was legit and I thanked him for the offer and
explained how I'd spent the money on other stuff.

dm&fs

At 03:05 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
>I've been eBay'ing for quite some time and I've never received a second
>chance offer.  Sounds fishy.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Robert Lilley
>Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:20 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Are Ebay second chance auctions legit?
>
>
>Or does it indicate that a seller was trying to increase the profit by
>forcing you to bid higher?
>
>I had bid on an item and at the last minute after 2 days of inactivity,
>someone came in and bid higher.  I kept increasing my bid until it cost too
>much
>for me.  I lost the bid (I was OK with that).  Then I got a second chance
>offer
>to buy at my highest bid.  I declined.  Then I bid again different auction
>selling the same item with similar results.  Again, a second chance offer.
>Question is, is it normal for the second chance offerings?
>
>
>Robert