Date sent: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:49:20 -0700
> >It means that the "dealer" has an item X in their inventory, they see that
> > someone else on Ebay is selling an equivalent X. The dealer follows the
> > auction to completion, when complete, the dealer sends email to the second
> > highest bidder and asks if they would like to purchase the item from them
> > for the price they offered the seller.
> This is a scam? Give it a break guys. If I bid on something and am not the
> high bidder I would like a chance to buy. If you don't then don't reply.
> Sometimes you can get in a bidding war and end up pay many times the value
> of an item, I.E. Imsai or Altec on Ebay, Is it really that different than
> making an offer here to someone who has something you want? So who looses if
> a seller contacts you and you agree on a fair price?
As long as the 'new' seller states clearly his role - fine, but as
I assumed, the person in question just assumed the identity of the
original seller (and did maybe also just take the money ... but
thats a different story).
Gruss
H.
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Received on Mon May 17 1999 - 17:04:18 BST