13 Oct
2005
13 Oct
'05
7:53 p.m.
Never respond to a "second-chance"
solicitation. You know, the "the winner
of my auction didn't pay me or sent the item back, so rather than re-list
it, I'm offering it to you as one of the other bidders for the winning bid"
ploy. Those are almost always scams.
There are plenty of extremely valid 2nd chance offers. In the surplus
business, it is extremely common to buy a lot of one item, and if one of
the auctions does extremely well, only a foolish seller would not try to
take advantage of the deal. I use them all the time, and yes, they do work
enough times that I keep using them.
In a general note to a lot of people on this list - WHAT THE HELL IS WITH
ALL THE EBAY SELLER BASHING?
I have said it before - I will say it again - pissing off a dealer is one
of the dumbest things a collector can do.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org