Second Chance Offer

[skullkrane]

I've just sold an item via auction and the winning bidder appears to be a new eBay account with no feedback, which is a red flag on a high ticket item; they have yet to pay. I see that the "Second Chance Offer" feature is already available for me to use. Is there a penalty to just go right ahead and allow the second highest bidder which is a reputable eBayer to win the item? Thank you in advance for any insight!

[12345jamesstamps]

After 4 days you can cancel the sale. When I did auctions I sent a few "Second Chance Offers" out. Never had anyone pay for one of those. I just usually resist item and it usually sells for more strangely enough. Don't forget to block this seller who might not pay on the timeframe. If you need the money I would let the second bidder pay for it. Most second highest bidders from my experience think it is just going to be relisted.

[rfmtm]

Unless you have a second item to sell, cancel the first sale on the fifth day for non-payment, then use the Second Change Offer option.

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@skullkrane wrote: .... I see that the "Second Chance Offer" feature is already available for me to use. Is there a penalty to just go right ahead and allow the second highest bidder ... to win the item? ...

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When you send a SCO, eBay creates a new listing which is identical to the original auction, except that it's a fixed price listing with the price set at the underbidder's highest proxy bid.  If you send a SCO before you close out the original listing, you are at risk of having two paying buyers for one item.  Thus, you should wait to send out the SCO until after you cancel the original transaction, unless you are 100% sure that the original buyer won't pay.

The SCO option is available before you cancel the original transaction because it can also be used when the seller has a duplicate item.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/selling-auctions/making-second-chance-offers?id=4142

[reallynicestamps]

@nobody*s_perfect 

So the SCO would be for the underbidder's highest bid?

If the item sold for $105, with an underbid of $100--- (I'm vague on increments, obviously)---the SCO would automatically be $100,

and not, as I have seen claimed, at the highest amount the underbidder had given before the deadbeat winner had bid? The latter does sound difficult to work out.

[nobody*s_perfect]

Yes, if the bid history shows the underbidder's highest bid at $100, then that's what the price on the SCO listing would be.

 The Help page says "a non-winning bidder gets the chance to buy the item at a price equal to their last bid," and that means the full proxy bid  amount.  

[tdrake]

I once got into an argument with a seller over a so-called "Second Chance Offer" .  I was bidding on an item, I had a proxy bid in for 50-something $. I was high bidder for the last 2 days of the auction at $46. In the last 10 minutes a bidder came along and nickel and dimed the price up until he was one increment above my proxy bid. Apparently, the bum didn't pay and the seller tried to sell it to me for my $50-something proxy. I told him he was crazy and I should pay $46, my high bid before the spoiler came in and monkeyed around with his auction. He didn't agree and got upset when I said if that was the case then sellers could run up their auctions with shills, run it up to the previous bitter proxy and then send out SCO's. Nope. Not for me.  

[ms.rodriguez*]

Do it on the 4 th day.  Wait exactly 96 hours and 1 second (or minute) after the ad ended.   5 days is giving the buyer 23 hours 59 minutes extra to pay.   

[ms.rodriguez*]

Like the others stated, you need to wait. Once you close the case because buyer did not pay on the 4th day after the auction ended (remember 96 hours 1 sec after the ad ended), you can do the 2nd chance offer. 

Now a warning:      Make sure that you see the payment in MY EBAY.  If the payment is not there, you did not get paid.  Always ship to the address provided in the ebay payment.  Do NOT exchange phone numbers or email addresses.  Do NOT ship your shipping company on the request of a buyer.  If the item sold for 750.oo or more , YOU MUST BUY  SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION.  You need this for seller protection and YOU pay for it.

Come back here if you need help.

[janet9988]

You have to give the buyer time to pay unless they are sending you messages asking for payment info or contact info.

Being  ZERO feedback bidder alone does not make the winner a scammer.

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@tdrake wrote: .... Apparently, the bum didn't pay and the seller tried to sell it to me for my $50-something proxy. I told him he was crazy and I should pay $46... .  

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There was no point in arguing with the seller, because the seller has no control over the price that appears on the SCO listing. The SCO listing is automatically generated by eBay and the seller cannot change it in any way.

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@ms.rodriguez* wrote:

Do it on the 4 th day.  Wait exactly 96 hours and 1 second (or minute) after the ad ended.   5 days is giving the buyer 23 hours 59 minutes extra to pay.   

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I suppose there are different ways of counting this.  It seems to me that since 24 x 4 = 96, then after 96 hours the 4 days have passed and you're on day 5 even though it's still day 4 on a calendar. For example if the auction ended at noon on Monday, you can cancel any time after noon on Friday, but is Friday afternoon day 4 or 5).