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2nd chance offers on ebay, by fecam on Dec 4, 2007 19:48:33 GMT 1, Some cheeky fuck has emailed me pretending that they are the seller of an obey print I had bid on. They continue by offering me a 2nd chance offer, needing my ebay details, home address, waist size etc etc.
Original email - Hi,I am the seller of the eBay item :XXXXXXX,and I've just been contacted by the eBay staff who informed me that the winner of this item got rejected due to security reasons (either failed to follow through on the purchase commitment or outright refused to do so). Your last auctioned bid prior to being outbided is taken into consideration as eBay policy automatically proclaims you to be the winner by default.Nevertheless,I need your agreement on this so I may contact eBay to confirm your winning position otherwise I'll relist the item. If you're interested please confirm by forwarding this message to e-mail and include your name,address and ebay ID. Thanks!
I am playing along & said that I would be happy to pay cash; did he have anything else for sale - perhaps I could combine shipping..
This is the 2nd time that this has happened - the 1st time, it was when I was outbid on an obey print by the same seller - anyone else had a similar experience?
Some cheeky fuck has emailed me pretending that they are the seller of an obey print I had bid on. They continue by offering me a 2nd chance offer, needing my ebay details, home address, waist size etc etc.
Original email - Hi,I am the seller of the eBay item :XXXXXXX,and I've just been contacted by the eBay staff who informed me that the winner of this item got rejected due to security reasons (either failed to follow through on the purchase commitment or outright refused to do so). Your last auctioned bid prior to being outbided is taken into consideration as eBay policy automatically proclaims you to be the winner by default.Nevertheless,I need your agreement on this so I may contact eBay to confirm your winning position otherwise I'll relist the item. If you're interested please confirm by forwarding this message to e-mail and include your name,address and ebay ID. Thanks!
I am playing along & said that I would be happy to pay cash; did he have anything else for sale - perhaps I could combine shipping..
This is the 2nd time that this has happened - the 1st time, it was when I was outbid on an obey print by the same seller - anyone else had a similar experience?
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2nd chance offers on ebay, by stereoface on Dec 4, 2007 20:09:10 GMT 1, Yea, this is a big problem. On Gigposters people were sending the following emails to some people bidding on auctions to raise money for the site:
Example 1
Dear e-lab,
I'm the seller of the item that you've recently placed an offer through the eBay system.
Item name : GIGPOSTERS Jay Ryan Original Line Art Flatstock Poster Item number: 250171204927.
Please let me know your best offer for it if you want a deal now, I will provide you a free shipping. Just reply at this message with your best offer. I will wait your email.
Thank you
Example 2
Hi,
I'm the owner of this item (the one you've recently bided on) "GIGPOSTERS Jay Ryan Original Line Art Flatstock Poster (250171204927).
I am in a business trip for 3 weeks and i want to close the auction earlier because i don't have time for it so please let me know your best price.
I`ll provide you 5 days money back guarantee, no questions asked. That mean! s within 5 working days you decide if you don't want to keep the item. The deal will go strictly according to ebay's rules and policy regarding to this buy it now offer- to start the official transaction, i need to know:
Your best price:
First name:
Last name:
Shipping address:
City/State:
Country:
Zip:
As soon as i have them i'll start the official procedure, and ebay will notify you about this. You'll also receive important guidelines + instructions from them (please go through them exactly).
I'll handle and pay for the shipping, so this will be free of charge for you.
Waiting for your answer ASAP!
Thank you
EBAY has tried to deal with this. Now, the bidder's ID is automatically hidden when bids get above $100 even when it isnt a private auction. Hopefully people placing substantial bids know better than to go for this nonsense. However, usually my faith in peoples' common sense is a little misplaced.
The funny thing is that when EBAY was alot less popular I used to do something similar. I would sell things on EBAY when I was a college freshman (1999). However, I would usually just email people who had the second highet bids and offer to sell them the same item (usually tickets) for the amount they bid. It kept me from paying EBAY fees. I would never do that now as everyone would think it is scam.
Yea, this is a big problem. On Gigposters people were sending the following emails to some people bidding on auctions to raise money for the site:
Example 1
Dear e-lab,
I'm the seller of the item that you've recently placed an offer through the eBay system.
Item name : GIGPOSTERS Jay Ryan Original Line Art Flatstock Poster Item number: 250171204927.
Please let me know your best offer for it if you want a deal now, I will provide you a free shipping. Just reply at this message with your best offer. I will wait your email.
Thank you
Example 2
Hi,
I'm the owner of this item (the one you've recently bided on) "GIGPOSTERS Jay Ryan Original Line Art Flatstock Poster (250171204927).
I am in a business trip for 3 weeks and i want to close the auction earlier because i don't have time for it so please let me know your best price.
I`ll provide you 5 days money back guarantee, no questions asked. That mean! s within 5 working days you decide if you don't want to keep the item. The deal will go strictly according to ebay's rules and policy regarding to this buy it now offer- to start the official transaction, i need to know:
Your best price:
First name:
Last name:
Shipping address:
City/State:
Country:
Zip:
As soon as i have them i'll start the official procedure, and ebay will notify you about this. You'll also receive important guidelines + instructions from them (please go through them exactly).
I'll handle and pay for the shipping, so this will be free of charge for you.
Waiting for your answer ASAP!
Thank you
EBAY has tried to deal with this. Now, the bidder's ID is automatically hidden when bids get above $100 even when it isnt a private auction. Hopefully people placing substantial bids know better than to go for this nonsense. However, usually my faith in peoples' common sense is a little misplaced.
The funny thing is that when EBAY was alot less popular I used to do something similar. I would sell things on EBAY when I was a college freshman (1999). However, I would usually just email people who had the second highet bids and offer to sell them the same item (usually tickets) for the amount they bid. It kept me from paying EBAY fees. I would never do that now as everyone would think it is scam.
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2nd chance offers on ebay, by Daniel Silk on Dec 4, 2007 20:17:45 GMT 1, Yeah, this is a good point to raise every so often for people that are still new to buying on ebay.
I would NEVER click on any link in any email that says its from ebay  about 80% of the emails I get that say they are from ebay are just people trying to get you to give away your ebay login details  Even messages that are sent to you inside the ebay website can contain links that could be used to track your login details  Take care!
Yeah, this is a good point to raise every so often for people that are still new to buying on ebay. I would NEVER click on any link in any email that says its from ebay about 80% of the emails I get that say they are from ebay are just people trying to get you to give away your ebay login details Even messages that are sent to you inside the ebay website can contain links that could be used to track your login details Take care! |
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about 80% of the emails I get that say they are from ebay are just people trying to get you to give away your ebay login details 
Even messages that are sent to you inside the ebay website can contain links that could be used to track your login details 
Take care! 
