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2nd Chance...What would you do???

bribrian
bribrian Posts: 1,498 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
I bid on a mobile phone which had a buy-it-now price of £150, it went to £92 & the reserve wasn't met & then i get a 2nd chance offer at my bid of £55. Obviously this is a mistake by the seller as they have also relisted the phone so would you chance your arm & risk your 100% feedback or be honest & tell them their mistake..?
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  • bleugh
    bleugh Posts: 1,796 Forumite
    ...................just remember, what goes around, comes around!
    money saving my @rse.
    I've spent 10x as much as I would if I had never discovered this website :-)
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  • antenna
    antenna Posts: 1,776 Forumite
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    Email the top bidder and see if he has bought the item.....there may be more than one
    Political?....I dont do Political....well,not much!
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,960 Ambassador
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    Usually I have no problems with 2nd chance offers but sending an offer so much less than the BIN price doesn't feel quite right. Also the phone was not actually sold as the reserve was not met, so this isn't strictly a second chance offer, just make sure it shows correctly in your ebay before agreeing to anything.

    As this could be a scam. make sure the seller has good feedback and has sold high price items before. If it does look good email the seller before accepting the 2nd chance offer and ask something daft, just to establish that he gets the emails sent to him via ebay and sounds 'right'.

    Also, pay by paypal, I accept it is not 100% foolproof but it is better than other methods as you stand a better than average chance of getting your money back if it goes wrong.

    Soo
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    it may have been a mistake! email the seller just in case! if it is ok then they will contact you etc!
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,960 Ambassador
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    It's difficult to be a mistake though isn't it? The seller would have had to log into the auction, click on 2nd chance offer and choose the amount of days he wanted to have the offer available for then he would have to have ticked which bidders to send the offer to. After all tthat he would have had to confirm this option twice and then would have got email confirmation that the 2nd chance offer had been made.

    Also, I can't see how a 2nd chance offer can be made when the phone wasn't ever sold. The OP said the phone did not meet the reserve price in the original auction, so there was no winner.

    I know there are options to use a best offer type arrangement now, but I can't see how it would be possible to do that by mistake.

    Soo
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    no nor can I !! stupid comment ....sorry!! :(
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,960 Ambassador
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    angelcake wrote:
    no nor can I !! stupid comment ....sorry!! :(

    Actually with hindsight Angel it might not be such a way out theory, if people can bid by accident, list by accident and forget to pay by accident I'm sure someone somewhere has sent a second chance offer by accident.

    I swear sometimes I get so tired I could go through a whole day asleep and not remember anything until I wake up the next day <smile>

    Soo
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    lol!!! You should hear some of the stuff I come out with!!! (I blame it on the hormones!! :) )
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,960 Ambassador
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    angelcake wrote:
    lol!!! You should hear some of the stuff I come out with!!! (I blame it on the hormones!! :) )

    At least you have an excuse Angel, I'm fast running out of excuses for some of the daft things I keep doing.

    Hmm, just had a US winner on one of my auctions email me to say she will pay in two or three days...very odd

    Soo
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • bribrian
    bribrian Posts: 1,498 Forumite
    soolin...Have PMed you.....
    What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about !!!
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