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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was off the grid in Branson, MO this past weekend, and was given a "Second Chance offer" on a Trade dollar which I was the runner up. The offer was made on Saturday, and by the time I got around to checking my emails and ebay listings, the time had expired. Turns out that it was for "One Day" offer, 24 hours. I have had made these second chance offers before and used the "three day" offer to give the potential buyer a chance to receive the message and think about it for a little bit. How long would you think that this type of offer should be placed for? One day is too short of a notice for me since I don't live on the computer. What do you think?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah agree. One day too short. I miss them if they are just one day. Contact seller and see if he/she still wants to sell it to you, if you are still interested. Sometimes, I worry that the top bidder in these situations was a shill, so only go after it if you think the coin is legit and seller has nice history, and if the price you were at is not overpriced.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is 100% up to the discretion of the seller and I bet they understand the "risk" associated with a 1 day offer. I wouldn't be surprised if they have experience with second chance offers and see that 90%+ acceptance occurs within the first 24 hours. Or maybe they are just impatient and don't want to string things out another 2 days. I love the irony of your user name taking issue with someone who doesn't want to wait 3 days for an answer. :)
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Rest in Peace
United States
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He/She may have already given a second chance offer to the third highest bidder.( If that is within the ebay rules) Personally, I always see the second chance offer as the shill bidder won the auction and walk away and don't look back. |
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OneBowl, LOL, sometimes my user name works against me, like this case. Oh well, thanks for the insight.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Lol the username irony is amazing. But like others have said generally if you dont hear back in a day you dont hear back. If there were several acceptable bids may just be giving each one a day
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Valued Member
United States
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It depends on the item that I am selling. If the item got a lot of attention and bids I will probably offer a 1-day second chance. If the item didn't have much action(not many hits/watches) I'll send a 3-day second chance.
Most times when I send out a second chance I'm already irritated because the first buyer backed out. If I think the item can sell quickly again, I'm not going to wait 3+ days for 1 buyer to respond. If I think it's going to take a while to resell again, I don't mind waiting 3 days or so.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the replies, it was relisted, so I am "watching" it this time.  Edited by oih82w8
08/08/2012 2:13 pm
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