Seller Initiated (Unsolicited) Offers now last longer than 48 hours? | Selling

ajs_coins_and_alchemy · 2024-09-21T21:37:43.504000Z

Exactly as the title says ... Is this a new update? Seller initiated discount offers (sent to "interested buyers") used to expire after 48 hours. Now I'm seeing outstanding offers lasting as long as 96 hours. I know eBay did something with regards to how buyers accept the offers and the item isn't "sold" until it's been paid for ... but I don't see anything suggesting these offers have been accepted and just not paid for yet. Is this all a part of that system now though? Did the 48 hour offer window extend to 96 hours to match the payment window? I guess then my follow up question to that would be ... is it basically set up where the offer is valid for 96 hours and you must pay before the offer expires? Or can a buyer accept the offer and then a new "clock" starts and the buyer has 96 hours to pay? I'm so confused, LOL ETA: A few people seem to misunderstand ... I'm making no statement or complaint about buyer payments or the timeliness of payments or unpaid items. This was about how long listings are "locked out" with regard to edits or sending further offers to additional interested buyers.

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