50 days to ship a return??

[jsfindustrial]

So i have a return for an item-no biggie, happens from time to time. What I just noticed is that the buyer has 50 days to ship the item back. When did this change?

50 days of money tied up in a deal is a bit ridiculous. I have found that after about 2 weeks if the buyer doesn't ship the item back, then they usually don't.

Thanks again ebay.

[wastingtime101]

Don't expect eBay to close it on the 27th. They're leaving all of my abandoned returns open for about 6 weeks.

[lightlily_arts]

Which means that the money is still on hold as well.  Nor does eBay allow sellers to request that the return be closed.

[threshold.sales.group]

Has there been any sort of official announcement (with details) regarding the new shipping window for INAD returns?  I think most sellers would agree that it's a significant change to policy that deserves some sort of official explanation.