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[William Donzelli]

> Never respond to a "second-chance" solicitation.  You know, the "the winner
> of my auction didn't pay me or sent the item back, so rather than re-list
> it, I'm offering it to you as one of the other bidders for the winning bid"
> ploy.  Those are almost always scams.

There are plenty of extremely valid 2nd chance offers. In the surplus
business, it is extremely common to buy a lot of one item, and if one of
the auctions does extremely well, only a foolish seller would not try to
take advantage of the deal. I use them all the time, and yes, they do work
enough times that I keep using them.

In a general note to a lot of people on this list - WHAT THE HELL IS WITH
ALL THE EBAY SELLER BASHING?

I have said it before - I will say it again - pissing off a dealer is one
of the dumbest things a collector can do.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org