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Any of you guys ever missed an item on ebay and been emailed a day later, by ebay, that you can now have it for the price you bid ?

Explanation offering several reasons for the "redo" seem plausible enough, and I did notice the winner had only one previous transaction.

This is a first for me, but I ask some of you ebay veterans ??

Updated info. There were two bids greater than mine, in addition to the winner, so were they,(the two) contacted also you reckon ???

Should I be "flattered" ebay "likes" me best and really, really wants me to have the item ? NAAHH !
 
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Yes, it's legit and fairly common. Happens when an auction winner can't complete the transaction for whatever reason, the seller moves on to the next highest bidder. Note this is not an automatic process but something sellers can choose to do instead of relisting the item.
 
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I'm guessing, but it sounds like the seller refused to accept the winner's bid & told ebay & ebay offered it to you at your 2nd place bid....... or the winner might have backed out if the seller told him of outrageous shipping/handling fees.. or disclosed another defect..flip a coin on which & ask questions before you agree, something stinks
 
Two reasons the winning bidder didn't follow through on the deal or the seller has more than one item. If you're worried it's a scam contact the seller directly and ask why or contact Ebay. Always look where the email came from! Make sure it came from Ebay!
 
It is a legitimate thing. I have sold many things on E Bay with that 2nd chance offer deal after the winning bidder backed out. It's no different than if you were the winning bidder.
If the winner backs out, seller has the option to accept the next highest bids rather than relisting the item.
 
If the winner backs out, seller has the option to accept the next highest bids rather than relisting the item.
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Let me get this straight. I've been in a "bidding war" with another bidder which he finally wins and then backs out. Is my "next highest bid" the one right before his winning bid or is it the one that I originally outbid him with that started the "war" in the first place?
In other words is he and all his bids removed from the auction or just his last bid? If the latter it sounds like shill heaven.:eek:
 
I should have mentioned, the above scenario is hypothetical, but thanks for the offers to help me out.
I was merely posing a question and offering an opinion.
 
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Let me get this straight. I've been in a "bidding war" with another bidder which he finally wins and then backs out. Is my "next highest bid" the one right before his winning bid or is it the one that I originally outbid him with that started the "war" in the first place?
In other words is he and all his bids removed from the auction or just his last bid? If the latter it sounds like shill heaven.:eek:
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Whomever was second behind the winning $$$$ when it ends
 
I can understand the next highest bidder being contacted, but you mention two other bids that were higher then yours besides the winning bid, maybe they were offered and declined, so they just keep moving down the list of highest bids? What would keep someone from having a friend bidding on their item just to get the price as high and then backing out, like deadin mentioned, they basically just ran the price up with obviously no intention of buying.
 
I have been notified a few times when the winner backed out. I've never backed out on one, but have bid on multiple items, knives and scopes from one seller. I'd email or call and ask after the 1st bid if all will be shipped for the price of one. Only one said no and I quit bidding.
Real neat when getting pocket knives for the grandsons for xmas. Actually it was very good, ended up with a few extra for my knife drawer.
 
In 2008, I got a 'second-chance' notice from the seller of a pair of S&W finger-grooved combat grips I had bid on. The buyer hadn't paid, he said, so he was offering them to me.

We e-mailed back and forth, and he explained that he would be in Italy on business for a month or so, so he asked me to pay for the grips via a Western Union MoneyGram. I should have paid attention when Western Union refused to complete the transaction via telephone (they would not say exactly why) but instead I went to my local grocery store and wired $126 to Italy...and you know the rest.

I told my sons when they were growing up that you learn from your mistakes...but if you're really smart, you will learn from others' mistakes! :)
 
Its simple. Guy who won is a prick and decides he doesn't want to pay. So the seller does not want to go through the hassle of starting the auction again. They'll take the next best bid. I've been the seller and used this before.
 
I HATE bidding on stuff plus, I rarely have time to sit around and keep an eye on the auction so, I usually just search the "buy it now" section.
 
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I can understand the next highest bidder being contacted, but you mention two other bids that were higher then yours besides the winning bid, maybe they were offered and declined, so they just keep moving down the list of highest bids? What would keep someone from having a friend bidding on their item just to get the price as high and then backing out, like deadin mentioned, they basically just ran the price up with obviously no intention of buying.
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Nothing. But nothing keep the friend on bidding up stuff anyway. Ebay does have some tools in place to prevent that but it's not fool proof. Their systems look at IP addresses and who's is always bidding

The seller can contact as many bidders as they want. The seller just goes down the list till either one bidder accepts or the bids were too low and the seller relists
 
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This whole discussion reminds me of the Pizza commercial on TV where the delivery guy, when asked "How much for the pizza?" responds "How much you got".

This is another case of why not just bid what you are willing to pay right off the bat. If you don't know what you are willing to pay at the start of the "auction", maybe you shouldn't be bidding in the first place......:rolleyes:
 
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OP, I'd be real careful about this as my brother got scammed doing this a few years ago. It appeared to be the E-bay site he responded to but was bogus. He sent the money for a quad that never showed and was out all of it. He said he'd never do it again.
 
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