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Postby Hengy » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:31 pm

Hey there all!

I have bid on a couple of tractors up Wisconsin way and have not won a single one of them...probably because I am too cheap (poor) to bid high enough on them.

The question I have is that I seem to get an e-mail almost every time within a week after the item ends asking me if I am still interested in the item. A second chance offer does not show up on my ebay, but it seems that the person is trying to "go around" ebay to sell it.

Because I am a "new" user of Ebay, until recently, I was not able to send a message to a seller through their system. Since I have purchased a couple of items, I can now do that, and have on the most recent item.

My question is this... is this a Spoof, or is it just someone trying to "skirt the system" on me...

Just wondering!

Thanks!

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Postby Don McCombs » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:35 pm

Mike,

The answer is in contacting the seller directly through eBay. If the second chance offer is legit, the seller will confirm. If not, forward the email to spoof@ebay.com .
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Postby Bigschuss » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:08 pm

Mike,

I've been selling and buying on Ebay since 1997 and I have learned that they definitely don't like their members skirting the system. They lose their commission if the sale is made privately.

If somebody is legitmately contacting you to arrange a private sale, I guess you have to decide if you want to play by Ebay's rules or not. If you decide to go through with a deal, just make sure you never pay with anything but cash on the day you pick the tractor up. If somebody offers you a deal with no official Second Chance Offer via Ebay and then asks for payment via Western Union, Money Order, or even PayPal, I'd be very cautious.

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Postby Bigdog » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:39 pm

99% of those second chance offers are a scam. Like the fellows said, unless it comes thru e-bay from the original seller it's probably fake.
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