eBay

livadia · ‎09-19-2016

Just wondering what others' experiences are with second chance offers?

If I have additional inventory available (or the original winning bidder flaked out), and there are runner-up bidders, I do send them a second chance offer but I get very few takers. Do others find the same? If so, do you not bother offering them since it ties up your inventory until you hear back?

If you do offer them and have had success, is there anything you're doing that you think is increasing your chances of getting a Second Chance Offer sale?

TIA

moonbloodstone · ‎09-20-2016

Thank You for clarifying that for me!

fortys-tech-n-stuff · ‎05-21-2017

@graciejoy wrote:
@fortys-tech-n-stuff wrote:
One problem is that ebay doesn't remove that buyers bid, you have to pay your max bid, opens it up to shill bidding.
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Removing the winner's bid had a huge problem as well. Ebay use to let the bid go all the way back down. The problem with that is that a buyer could bid something way up by using two accounts to run off other bidders and then became a non-paying bidder on one account and then would try to purchase the item for the last bid which would be super low when they removed all of the winner's bids. Every time you fix one problem another just pops up to replace it.

Yeah but then the buyer is hoping the seller will make a second chance offfer, most sellers don't bother with second chance. Mostly a waste of time, so I don't see that being a huge problem.

knode89 · ‎05-21-2017

If I can hit the buyer with the second chance offer with an hour or so of the ending of the auction, then it is about 50/50 if they will take it. But after that, its maybe 10% or less that they take it after that.

tweetystwades · ‎05-21-2017

Hi,
I have made the offer only a couple of times, but never got a bite. I would rather relist and move on, people rarely respond to any messages I send. I think it's because they get so many auto- messages and auto-responses from ebay. They feel free to ignore them.

campesinoplastic2014 · ‎05-21-2017

A lot of my sales go to repeat buyers. Actually about 70%.

I keep a database of those who acceopt and those who turn down SCO in the past.

I offer once in a while, not lot, but if I have bidding go really high and I have good inventory I check the bidders against my list and go from there. Of those whom re new bidders, in my experience, roughly 1/3 take the offer.... but it depends on what the item is and how hot it's been selling.

castlemagicmemories · ‎05-21-2017

As a buyer, I have only received one or two of these in many years.

I didn't take them up on it.

There were times I lost an auction and messaged that I would be interested if the winning bidder did not pay. Nothing came from those, either.

castlemagicmemories · ‎05-21-2017

No good deed goes unpunished.

copper.boom · ‎05-21-2017

So many old threads being dug up today!

castlemagicmemories · ‎05-21-2017

@copper.boom

You're right, I fell for this one!

u_cant_take_it_with_u · ‎05-22-2017

On my seller account...SCO's are usually a bust. Bidders are only in *heat* for a short period of time, post close of listing. Also....For some strange reason....Bidders seem to freak out over the fact that the seller may [actually] have more than just one of the items. It's like the item has becone less special, or something. Bidders read far to much in to it, and conjure up all these silly reasons, in their head, as to WHY they are being contacted for a SCO.

7606dennis · ‎05-22-2017

@fortys-tech-n-stuff wrote:
This seller comes and tells me the other bidder didn't pay, a few minutes after the auction ends. I told him you didn't even give him enough time to pay you, smells of shill bidding to me.

Alas! There are times when as soon as the winner is notified that they are the winner they request a cancellation. A lot of times this stems from eBay's habit of showing the same item just won at a lower price right after the auction ends. However, there is a possibility that shilling is going on. Only you can decide if you want to take the chance.

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