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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 82952, member: 1674&quot;]There are a couple of good ways to protect yourself from fraudulent &quot;Second Chance Offers&quot; on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a seller offers a legitimate second chance offer it is a new ebay listing.&nbsp; What eBay does is it lists the item on eBay meaning that it has an 10 digit auction number like any other eBay auction.&nbsp; EBay gives the auction a &quot;Buy it now&quot; price equal to the highest bid of the non-winning bidder who will be receiving the offer and then sends an email to the person that the seller is making the offer to.&nbsp; That email lists the auction number, as well as linking to the second chance auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>To protect yourself you can:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) When you receive a second chance offer, write down the auction number from the email that eBay sends you.&nbsp; Then open up a new web page and go to <a href="http://www.ebay.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com" rel="nofollow">www.ebay.com</a>.&nbsp; Enter the auction number that you&#039;d written down into the search field.&nbsp; If it is a legitimate offer you will then go to the auction, if it is not legitimate then it won&#039;t come up properly.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) After you receive an offer then you can go to the original listing page and ask the original seller a question through eBay requesting information on the &quot;Second Chance Offer&quot;&nbsp; They will usually be able to tell you if the offer is legitimate or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Or you can go to your eBay preferences and change your settings so that you never receive Second chance offers, then if you ever receive one you will know it&#039;s a spoof.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just like everything else in this hobby, a little education can save you getting into an embarassing situation.&nbsp; Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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