Ebay scam with bikes

"Ride Faster" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1158350874.073965.276700
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Beware of "Second Chance" offers on bikes you bid on but do not win.
Twice now I have recieved multiple second chance offers on the same
bike I did not win, and I have confirmed with Ebay that they are scams.
The scammers are probably doing this with other high dollar items, but
are apparently very aggressive with bikes.

I had this same thing happen to me yesterday. I wasn't even the second-
highest bidder on a bike I bid on, and I got an email within an hour of
auction close saying I could buy the bike. I ended up getting 3 emails in
one day, all with different "reply-to" email addresses, for the one bike.

Ebay will have to scrap the whole Second Chance Offer program as they
clearly can't get a handle on this fraud. It's getting ridiculous: I've had
2nd chance offers now on $1,000 bikes that I'd bid only $100 on (for the
purpose of keeping tabs on the auction's eventual price).
Jim
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"Ride Faster" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1158350874.073965.276700
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Quoted message said:

Beware of "Second Chance" offers on bikes you bid on but do not win.
Twice now I have recieved multiple second chance offers on the same
bike I did not win, and I have confirmed with Ebay that they are scams.
The scammers are probably doing this with other high dollar items, but
are apparently very aggressive with bikes.

I had this same thing happen to me yesterday. I wasn't even the second-
highest bidder on a bike I bid on, and I got an email within an hour of
auction close saying I could buy the bike. I ended up getting 3 emails in
one day, all with different "reply-to" email addresses, for the one bike.

Jim said:

Ebay will have to scrap the whole Second Chance Offer program as they
clearly can't get a handle on this fraud. It's getting ridiculous: I've had
2nd chance offers now on $1,000 bikes that I'd bid only $100 on (for the
purpose of keeping tabs on the auction's eventual price).

bidwatcher or jbidwatcher will let you follow the auction without placing
a bid. Add the item to your watch list, and sync up jbidwatcher to your
eBay account. When the auction completes, click the "completed" button to
see its ending price.

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Jim said:

Ebay will have to scrap the whole Second Chance Offer program as they
clearly can't get a handle on this fraud. It's getting ridiculous: I've had
2nd chance offers now on $1,000 bikes that I'd bid only $100 on (for the
purpose of keeping tabs on the auction's eventual price).

bidwatcher or jbidwatcher will let you follow the auction without placing
a bid. Add the item to your watch list, and sync up jbidwatcher to your
eBay account. When the auction completes, click the "completed" button to
see its ending price.

So will Auction Sentry.

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