GTechR

I've been looking at tool kits on eBay and last night found a Nice Teng kit that was apparently from a Liquidation sale...

Anyway I bid upto £500 on it, and within about 20 mins i'd been out bid, so you win some you loose some... I've just got home and thought i'd have a look to see what it went for the final sale price was £670, then while going thru my email, I found I had a second chance offer on it.

The explination with it states
Looking at his feedback score he's only been on ebay for about a month, and nearly all the people that have bought from him have a feedback score of 2's n 3's and say they have collected the goods.

I'd like to think he's genuine and i'm being over cautious, but something doesn't seem to sit right...

Anyone with any thoughts?

twinkle_2k86

i recon a mate helped bid it up, and wwas trying to get top doller for the tools, but it back fired, and his mate won. so you have been give second chance offer as you where a serious bidder.

might be totaly wrong tho.

GTechR

To be fair I can handel that, i'm more concerned about being scammed and having no goods.

ballin

iTrader: (1)

where abouts is he, can you collect?

ballin

iTrader: (1)

+ pay with paypal and you will be covered

GTechR

Dosen't accept paypal, he lives in London, and to be fair he says he'll accept cash on collection.

foreverwhite

whats the problem then?

turn up with cash, check the tools, drive away

GTechR

Distance and Lack of anything to fit it in

GTechR

Fuck it i'll ring the guy if he's genuine he wont mind waiting a couple of days for me to try and arrange a van...

I probably am just being paranoid.

Smiggy

I've had similar things happen to me. They get people to bid up the item until they find out what your maximum bid is. Then once auction finishes they come up with some story about the winner not paying and offer it to you at your maximum bid, when in fact you should have got it for much less.

It's a snidey way of extracting as much money from you as poss. But on the other hand they are giving it to you for your maximum bid, so you were prepared to go that much.

Personally I'd tell him to swivel or offer him a lower price.

SMG

Eagle

iTrader: (2)

offer him your max bid price you bid for it and see what happens .. not your max of 500 but the ammount you were at before you were monster out bid