17 May
1999
17 May
'99
7:49 a.m.
It means that the "dealer" has an item X in
their inventory, they see that
someone else on Ebay is selling an equivalent X. The
dealer follows the
auction to completion, when complete, the dealer sends email to the second
highest bidder and asks if they would like to purchase the item from them
for the price they offered the seller.
This is a scam? Give it a break guys. If I bid on something and am not the
high bidder I would like a chance to buy. If you don't then don't reply.
Sometimes you can get in a bidding war and end up pay many times the value
of an item, I.E. Imsai or Altec on Ebay, Is it really that different than
making an offer here to someone who has something you want? So who looses if
a seller contacts you and you agree on a fair price? Ebay? Time to face the
facts Ebay, Yahoo, etc., etc. auctions are going to stay a while.