Can A Seller Do This By Ebay Rules?

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weavus135 Pillar of the Community United States 539 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 4:27 pm I received the following from a seller: "You recently bid on my 1964 XXXXXXX coin on 4/26/10 in the amount of $YY.00. My auction ended also on 4/26. I would like to offer you a "Second Chance" on this item; however, I cannot ship to China due to custom regulations on coins. If you have another address here in the United States, I can send you a "Second Chance" offer if you are still interested in purchasing this coin. Thank you for participating in my auction" I removed the details of the coin and dollar amount to protect the innocent (LOL). But can a seller do this? Other info: ebay says the seller is in California and he has only 21 feedbacks. they are a recent member of ebay (1/11). I received this via an ebay message. I'm not sure why he thinks I am in china. I too, am in California. the bid amount he mentioned was wrong as well but by only 10 cents. So I was wondering , could this be a scam and if I did this, would I be covered by ebay or Paypal protection? thanks Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 4:38 pm my nose detects the acrid stench of a second chance scam Quote: How can I make sure that a seller's Second Chance Offer is legitimate? Here's how to make sure a Second Chance Offer is legitimate: Sign in to My ebay and go to the Messages tab. You'll find the Second Chance Offer email in your messages. Legitimate Second Chance Offers are forwarded directly from us with a subject line of "You have a second chance offer." The listing will display the following message, "You have received a second chance offer for this item." You can click the Second Chance Offer link to view the details and buy the item. A Second Chance Offer message alert will display at the top of any ebay page when you sign in. Sign in to My ebay. In the Buy section, click the Didn't win link. If you still want the item, click the Buy It Now button. We will never send a Second Chance Offer email with the subject line "Message from ebay Member." If you receive an email pretending to be a Second Chance Offer with that subject line, it's a fake. Forward the email to spoof@ebay.com. Report this Post to the Staff
weavus135 Pillar of the Community United States 539 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 4:44 pm thanks biokemist. This email is not a second chance offer per se, at least the way I read it. it looks like he wants to send one and if he does, I see how it needs to be sent. I guess it doesn't hurt to reply to his email to send a second chance offer. And if it doesn't arrive as described above, well, I guess I'll be sending that to spoof@ebay thanks again Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16680 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 5:03 pm Yep, avoid! swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 5:27 pm When I get emails from " ebay", I always check my ebay Messages. If the email I got is not in my ebay messages, it's a scam. I always forward the scam email to Spoof@Ebay.com with a copy of the message's Properties (right click on the email title on your email's messages' From/Subject list and down at the bottom is Properties. Go to the details tab. Copy & paste that to the forwarded scam email). It seems to help! Report this Post to the Staff
weavus135 Pillar of the Community United States 539 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 5:32 pm thank you all. I sent the gentlemen a note to go ahead and send me a second chance offer. We'll see how that comes back. If I see it in the ebay messages then, depending on his offer, pull that trigger. Report this Post to the Staff
weavus135 Pillar of the Community United States 539 Posts	Posted 05/06/2011 11:39 am well it has been 2+ days and I haven't gotten a reply either directly from the seller or via ebay on the 'second chance offer' he was suggesting. Not sure this presents itself as a case for adding him to the discouraged sellers list though because he could have just decided not to do it. thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff
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