Be very careful, this is recent phishing technique.  It may not be
the seller at all.  Both myself and my GF have gotten these after
*winning* recent auctions.  Duh, we won it, so no, we're not going
after the 2nd chance offer.  They were not actually offers from the
seller, but spoofed emails/pages.
Edward

At 08:26 PM 2/11/2008, David Kao wrote:
>You should report to eBay by forwarding his email which offers you
>to buy off eBay. That's a violation to eBay rules. If he is caught
>a few times eBay will nail him. This is especially a bad violation
>when the auction is sold and the seller tried to sell to the 2nd
>highest bidder and 3rd... outside of the eBay auction. It is taking
>the advantage of eBay by making several sales out of one auction.
>He will be punished by eBay.
>
>David
>
>
>
>--- Jeffrey Lubin <visionwizard@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
>
> > Here's my story, sad but true.
> >
> > Last week, I bid on a set of the following 14" wheel trim rings on ebay
> > (if the link doesn't work, just go to ebay and search on vanagon trim
> > rings or item #230221818471)
> >
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-VOLKSWAGEN-VANAGON-VAN-14-TRIM-BEAUTY-WHEEL-RINGS_W0QQitemZ230221818471QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230221818471
> >
> > After I was narrowly outbid and lost the auction for around $22, I
> > received a second chance offer from the seller, for my final bid
> > amount.  I declined this offer, replying to the seller that I wasn't too
> > sorry to lose at that amount, and that I'd prefer to rebid on the next
> > set, because:
> > 1.  I had seen that other sets of his had gone for the opening bid
> > amount ($9.99), and
> > 2.  They are available for $29.95 from GoWesty
> >
> (http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3433&category_id=220&category_parent_id=),
> > and since I need another part from them that is not available anywhere
> > else (an a/c switch) my marginal shipping costs from them would be
> > almost nothing.
> >
> > I did not hear anything back from the seller, but last night, when I bid
> > on the next set in the series, I found that the seller had blocked my
> > bid!  As a result, they went to another bidder for $10.50, an amount
> > about half of what I was willing to pay!
> >
> > I'm telling you this now for two reasons:
> > 1.  In case anyone else wants these rings, maybe you'll have better luck
> > with this seller than I did.
> > 2.  I'm wondering if this kind of thing has happened to anyone else
> > here, and if so, if there's any recourse on my part.
> >
> > I've learned my lesson on one thing though:  If I ever get another
> > second-chance offer, I will politely decline without volunteering all of
> > my reasons.
> >
>
>
>
>
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