Originally Posted by
Picchio Special
That's a good strategy, and it makes sense. The only caveat from a seller's perspective is that other bidders might have bid if the unscrupulous bidder hadn't, or others may have tried to bid, only to have their bid not register because it wasn't high enough. So I disagree that only a crooked seller wouldn't go along with what you propose - the seller may just have felt his auction was compromised. Also, it is perfectly legit, as I understand it, to offer another item identical to the one sold at auction, so a second chance offer doesn't automatically mean the high bidder backed out (or that there was a shill). I suspect that's the case with the auction in question. Might be worth asking the seller whether he's offering a second pair of rims identical to the first. You'll know eventually if that's the case when the buyer of the first set leaves feedback (assuming he or she does).
All logical except that if one places a bid higher than the "current" bid" it will register, but won't become the "high bid" unless it's higher than the other bidders "maximum" The seller does not have to accept my counter-offer, but more often than not they do.
You might have noticed that if the bidding goes over 200 or the "reserve" is set over 200 than all bidder ids are hidden now. The prior remark about checking for it in my ebay is entirely correct, I would only consider a second chance offer that i saw in my ebay. I've bought a boatload of Canon camera equipment on ebay - and have only gotten really burned once and I made that seller pay in the end because i used a credit card and wrote my bank to have it reversed. Paypal slapped him with a chargeback fee on top of it all!