Counter Offer Time Remaining Confusion

[jtf2489]

Hi all,

I recently received an offer to buy an item I had in my watch list. I waited a little over a day to decide if I wanted the item, then a few hours ago I went ahead and made a counter-offer. When I look at my "Bids/Offers" page I see the counter-offer expires in ~8 hours. However, when I click View Offer Details, it takes me to the listing page with no option to change my offer. There's a green banner at the top that reads "You sent a counter-offer of US $X that expires in less than 44 hours."

So I'm wondering, which of the two applies here? Does the seller have ~44 hours or ~8 hours to respond? Also, just wondering, why do I not see any option to amend or retract my counter-offer?

[zgnisaer]

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@jtf2489 wrote:

Also, just wondering, why do I not see any option to amend or retract my counter-offer? 

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You can't make amends @jtf2489 only retract here. The entire batch-and-farce of often and countertops falls the original clock, and does not extend infinity.

[mudshark61369 · Accepted solution]

@jtf2489,

Sending a counter offer to a seller who sent you a Special offer has a different time frame than the buyer instituted Best Offer system.   You counter offer may be expiring in the 8 hour time frame, because special offers and I would guess any counter offers end within the 48 hour period of the special offer.   The 8 hour time frame may also be there because the item's 30 day listing cycle will end in 8 hours voiding all offers or counter offers.

[jtf2489]

Thanks for your reply! As it turns out, the offer did not expire in 8 hours; the seller responded with a counter-offer almost two days later. I suppose it's just a quirk with how the system displays different types of offers. The item was not scheduled to end as in fact still listed because I declined the counter-offer.