posted on May 23, 2007 03:15:57 AM
I don't know if this is a new scam or not but I had not heard of it before.
I have 2 people that contacted me wanting to know why the winning bidder did not buy the item because they were sent second chance offers to buy it. The winning buyer did buy it and I did not send any second chance offers.
The $2,030.00 antique plane was purchased by a long time ebayer that all plane buyers and sellers know or no one would have questioned the offer. Both of these guys would have clicked on it and bought it if not for knowing the winner.
posted on May 23, 2007 07:07:39 AM
There is an UK dealer who has a line on item description which said 'they will never send out second chance offer' and his auctions always get multiple bids.
So scammers must be targeting certain sellers.
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Lets all stop whining !
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posted on May 24, 2007 04:17:55 AM
why not just make the auction private? I dont know why Ebay allows other people to contact bidders in the first place.
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If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
[ edited by classicrock000 on May 24, 2007 04:20 AM ]
posted on May 24, 2007 07:47:52 AM
Which all tells me that the "buyer 1" etc. "enhancement" is not working. Just curious how a scammer would have known to harvest user IDs before the piece went into that mode. Sounds like a lot of work to me!
