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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on July 16, 2019 at 8:33pm

It actually doesn’t have to be a no-pay situation. It could mean that the seller has more than one of the item and is willing to sell to one or more of the non-winning bidders. If so, there’s nothing wrong with it.

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Permalink Reply by Will F. on July 16, 2019 at 8:43pm

Thanks Ballroom, never really though about it from that angle.  Make sense.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick1977 on July 16, 2019 at 10:35pm

Could be like Ballroom said or could be like you suspected. Doesn't matter in my opinion if you want the item the only question is are you willing to pay the price the seller asks? If the story goes like you think the seller is only trying to make as much out of his item as possible what I think is legit, sure you won't make a bargain but cheap is not always the right way.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 17, 2019 at 5:39am

This happened to me twice recently.  I was outbid on Game of Thrones autograph cards, and I received e-mails regarding a second chance.  It was a few days later on both occasions, so I expected that the buyers did not pay because they did not expect the winning bids to be as much as they were.

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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on July 17, 2019 at 8:07am

It takes a long time for a non-payment situation to work its way through ebay.  Most second chance offers involve a seller with more than one of the same item.  There is a link token if you have a second one to extend a "second chance offer" to the runner-up bidder at their bid price.  At least that is what my experience has been.

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Permalink Reply by marc e on July 17, 2019 at 10:40am

usually the person waits to get paid then goes down the bidder list and offers the second chance in order of bids if not he will relist it.

he can have 1 extra or 10 extra u just don't know

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 17, 2019 at 12:47pm

I may have misunderstood the original question.  I was contacted on both occasions in order to be informed that the autograph cards were relisted.

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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on July 17, 2019 at 1:33pm

I imagine it can happen either way, but I'd probably be more concerned about a non-sale, i.e. relist, than if the seller happened to have two or three of the same item.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 17, 2019 at 1:48pm

If it is a unique item and you get a quick second chance offer, I would assume a shill bidder was the high bidder.

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Permalink Reply by Mistytdog on July 17, 2019 at 2:28pm

Most of the time when a high value item gets a second chance offer it’s the result of shill bidding. This happens all over eBay and they do nothing to prevent it. I see the same high end zeppelin lps listed over and over, each time they sell and then magically the same seller relists  them again a few weeks later. Once in a while a high bidder doesn’t pay, and you can get a second chance offer that’s legit. Best plan is to write the seller and ask why...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 17, 2019 at 3:00pm

My items were not unique, and I was sniped at the very end of both of them.  It was very strange in both cases.

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Permalink Reply by Will F. on July 17, 2019 at 3:12pm

Yeah, same here, I typically don't bid until the past second but I was sniped at the very last second and the second offer came soon after so there was no time for a non-bid scenario unless the seller identified the bidder as a bad buyer (but then again wouldn't they just block their bids).  Again, these were not unique or big ticket items but even with that I get the feeling that something was a tad fishy.  I can live without the items, at this point it feels my principles are taking over.  I didn't get verification if there were multiple items up for auction and there was no mention on either description or a message from the seller that signified that they had multiple s of the item.

Thanks for all of the responses ya'll

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