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[Gordon JC Pearce]

Chuck Guzis wrote:

> 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.

I responded to one for a video camera.  Of course, I'd asked the seller 
a question, and he had replied both through ebay and privately.  His 
second chance offer looked genuine enough (similar headers, sent from 
the same mail account and from the ISP), and sure enough it was.

Trust your own intelligence.

Gordon