posted on September 29, 2002 04:46:56 AM new
A feature eBay now offers is called a second chance offer where:
A seller can make a Second Chance Offer to a bidder other than the auction's winner when:
The winning bidder in an auction fails to buy the item
The seller has a duplicate item for sale but hasn't chosen to run a Multiple Item Auction
I am both a buyer and seller and as a seller, sounds great, but as a buyer I, for one, would be upset to think I had been a high bidder for an item, and then someone else who had bid lower than myself, gets the chance to also buy a duplicate item for the price that they bid!!!????
Has anyone utilized this feature and what has been the reaction you have received? If you are a buyer, what reaction did you have?
posted on September 29, 2002 07:18:40 AM new
You can see how much the next seller bid and I believe that a seller won't be selling to the next high bidder if the winning bid is more than a dollar or two higer.
As a winning bidder you won't know that seller has done this unless you know the next high bidder. So what you don't know won't hurt you.
I have not used this process yet, but will when I sell something I have two of and the bids are close.
Ain't Life Grand...
posted on September 29, 2002 12:52:16 PM new
As a seller, if I have a second of an item, I wait for about 10 days to contact the second place bidder. Them I tell them the first transaction fell through. That way, the second place bidder doesn't get that bad feeling like they were getting played just to get the bids higher. 90% of the time, I will get the sale with the second bidder this way. I also do it that way if the high bidder turns out to be a deadbeat. I also go out of my way to explain the situation and give links to the auction that they had bid upon to refresh their memory. In most cases, it will turn out to be a win-win situation with both the seller and buyer.
posted on September 29, 2002 07:21:08 PM new
I SELL AN ITEM I HAVE MILLIONS OF,,,,,WHEN THE AUCTION ENDS AND I HAVE SAY,,,,15 BIDDERS AND THE HIGH BID IS $40.00. OF COURSE I E MAIL THE HIGH BIDDER WITH ALL THE INFO. NEEDED AND THEN I GO TO THE $39.00 BIDDER,,,THE $37.00..$35..THE $31. THE OPENING BID BIDDER AT $29.00. WHAT DO I CARE,,,,,I PAY,,,,$12.00 FOR WHAT I SELL........I E MAIL IMMEDIATELY! OTHERWISE IT WOULD GET STALE. TELL ME THESE "NON WINNING" BIDDERS ARE GOING TO SAY NO, I DON'T WANT IT AT MY LOW BID. ( RIDICULOUS TO BELIEVE THAT) THEY SEND THEIR ADDRESS, SEND THEIR PAYMENT AND I SHIP. THEY CARE LESS ABOUT FEED BACK AND ME NEITHER. THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED AND THAT'S IT. HAPPY BUYERS. 5 TO SIX SALES ONE AUCTION.
posted on September 30, 2002 12:55:12 PM new
I use "second chance bidding" (formerly "personal offer" all the time with great success. The only major problem is that while personal offers don't show up in eBay searches or catergory searches, the offer will show up if a buyer clicks on your "see all auctions by this seller". But I've only been contacted once by someone annoyed/confused by this, and gave him that price (I had multiples of the item) in the spirit of goodwill.
To minimize other buyers seeing your personal offers, I make personal offers immediately after the bidding closes, so hopefully they will make the purchase promptly, and limit my personal offers to expire in 3 days. I have about a 80% sell-through doing this, and **bonus, no eBay listing fee is charged, just final value fees, and I don't have to wait another week for payment or run another auction.
One and a half thumbs up for eBay second chance, but eBay, please fix it so that eBayers clicking on my "view seller's other auctions" can't see them. I've made that comment to eBay, but hey, it's not like I have much weight with them like JACK does.
all the time with great success. The only major problem is that while personal offers don't show up in eBay searches or catergory searches, the offer will show up if a buyer clicks on your "see all auctions by this seller". But I've only been contacted once by someone annoyed/confused by this, and gave him that price (I had multiples of the item) in the spirit of goodwill.