Has anyone noticed that "Make Offer" now locks up your listing for 4 days?

[maccnc11]

I kinda wish they had gone the other direction, from 2 too 1 day, now if you had any editing you want to do, after leaving an offer, you wait 4 days now, eBay needs a feature where you can cancel the offer, because at present if you had a serious error in your listing after you left an offer, you would have to end the listing to correct it.

[u2_vintage]

@maccnc11You are right indeed.

[ckimodog]

@maccnc11 

Here's a thread on the topic and it appears they have brought it to the attention of the community managers:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/And-Now-This/m-p/34688572#M2461256

It's been a topic of discussion for a few days now and it is something eBay did NOT announce.  Imagine that?  

Happy Selling

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@maccnc11 wrote:

I kinda wish they had gone the other direction, from 2 too 1 day

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I agree and if they offered a 12-hour offer i would enjoy it even more. 

[maccnc11]

Now your talking my language, it's just like GTC, it only gives a buyer longer to forget about a purchase.

[simba6]

They should at least give buyers the option to remove those offers right away.   Most of them are for only a few present off and won't make a sale.

[maccnc11]

What I was referring too, was "Listings Eligible to send offers", On the Seller side, does the 4 days also apply when a Buyer just finds a "make offer listing" and Makes an Offer? 

[kensgiftshop]

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@maccnc11 wrote:

because at present if you had a serious error in your listing after you left an offer, you would have to end the listing to correct it.

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The best thing to do is before sending an offer, double check the listing and make sure everything is correct.

[maccnc11]

You have good point and I do try my best, however an easy way to just cancel the offer would be better I think anyway. The 12 hour suggestion sounded Great to me, so you can just cut thru the Window shoppers.

[cambriachick]

You're not 'locked up'.  Other buyers who were not watching and did not receive the offer can still buy your item.   And, if you have regrets, you can always 'end item'.

[robbie31415]

It's locked up from being revised.

99% of the listing will have little padlock icons blocking edits.

So the listing is essentially '🔒 up' while offer is pending.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@kensgiftshop wrote:

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The best thing to do is before sending an offer, double check the listing and make sure everything is correct.

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Exactly. Not hard to do and how many revisions would one need to do on a single listing? Others can still purchase the item and as others have noted, just cancel the listing if needed.

There must be some data that suggests the longer the offer is out, the larger percentage of those deals end up being accepted. (more money for eBay) It can't be that eBay rolled this out without thinking it through. 😂

[chapeau-noir]

I was wondering how I had an offer picked up like three days after I had sent it.

Also, I haven't done this very often, but the only way I know to revise a listing after sending an offer is to end the listing, revise and relist. It would have to be a big glaring error in my listing for me to do that, though.

[ebooksdiva]

I don't send offers or entertain offers of any kind so no I haven't seen that. 
And if you end to fix a listing, then so be it. Better to end it and fix the error than to be hit with an NAD case later.

[maccnc11]

You could contact the buyer, and tell them of the error, but it would sure be nice if you could just retract the offer,  and just make the edits.