2nd Chance Offer Help

[Julie]

Has anyone ever had to send a 2nd chance offer? I just had my auction for a 3 piece dresser set end & the winnning buyer fell thru. I need to send a 2nd chance offer cuz this furniture is taking up our carport & we need to get it out of here. What I am wondering is:

Can I send out the 2nd chance offer to more than one bidder & sell to whoever takes it first? How does this work? HELP hno:

 

[iggyshotthebear]

I'm pretty sure you are supposed to send it to the next highest bidder and wait until that bidder says yes or no.

The only time I have ever had to send a second chance offer, I had multiples of the item so I did go ahead and send the offers to several of my bidders. My f/b wasnt high enough to hold a dutch auction...

 

[doubles2004]

Tonyspoker

Yes you can do a 2nd chance offer .But if you only have the one set then just send one offer to the next high biddder.

 

[Julie]

Okay, one more question: What is the best time frame? 1, 3, 5, or 7 days?

I was wanting to just send it to the 3 highest bidders for 5 or 7 days & whoever took it first I would just cancel the others, but I'm not sure if I can do that.

My other thought was going with the 1 day & starting with the highest bidder & going down the line. But then I wonder if 1 day is enough time for the person to decide? Or if maybe I should do 3 days?

 

[doubles2004]

Go with the 1 day .With the next high bidder if they really wanted it they will buy it .If not then go to the next bidder

 

[iggyshotthebear]

First of all, how many days has it been since the original auctions close?
How many days do you give them to remit payment in the first place?

 

[Julie]

Here is the one I'm talking about:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4381228673

The person who won I had a bad feeling about from the beginning anyway. She emailed me during the auction asking to come look at it. No problem, I gave her my phone & address. She called a couple times & emailed a couple more times, but never did make it over here to look at it. Her last one to me during the auction was that she was going to go ahead & bid on it. It ended Tues with her as the winner. First she was gonna pick it up Wed, then Thur, then Fri. Well she actually shows up today & leaves her hubby sitting in the van while she comes up to look at it.
I remember looking this one over after we put it on to make sure you can see the drawer on the right of the big dresser is painted white & that it is also mehtioned in the description. Well...she looks at it & uses the excuse that "her hubby thought it was white" :hmph: (it's off-white/cream). I think it was the drawer cuz she seemed a little surprised. So she offers to pay our fees if we will offer it to the next person. I was furious - this woman lives within 5 minutes of me, I had told her it was in my carport, she could have come by at any time to look at it even if we weren't home. I defended back that the picture of the drawer was in the picture & the description, but when she asked if she could just pay the fees my hubby told her "fine" - GRRR! :tough:
WELL...the next bidder emailed me a couple hours ago & I called her.
Good News! She wants the set! She is well aware of the drawer, knew exactly what I was talking about when I told her about it. She & her hubby are supposed to be calling me tomorrow & coming to get it! YEAH!
Sooo...keep your fingers crossed for me on this one!

 

[iggyshotthebear]

What a steal in the first place! Handles are not expensive to buy for furniture... SHEESH... Glad that the second chance person wants it!

 

[Julie]

Oh those 2 drawers - the handles are inside. All the buyer needs to do is put screws in! And the 2nd chance lady was THRILLED when I talked to her. Just hope it goes this well tomorrow!

 

[doubles2004]

Wow at that price it was a steal im glad you got it sold