make an offer - should be available for more than 24 hours

[1313easystreet]

had a few offers over the past year when your away for a day or sick etc - and miss out on good solid make an offer - only 24 hours - which doesnt give much time to respond, not everybody checks their ebay every SINGLE day.

[padi*0409]

Just set your notifications up so that you're emailed when an offer comes up.

Problem solved.................

[sandypebbles]

Not something other members have any control over

No good using the tag

eBay very, very rarely read here

And even so, they do not 'take requests' 

[sugar249]

Turn on your emails.

If I send an offer I dont want it lingering around for ever,  take it or leave it.  Ebay should keep it at 24 hours

[springyzone]

I don't think ebay sets the make an offer period as such, I think the seller must have a choice on how long to keep it going, which is fair enough.

Just this evening, I noticed I have an offer and it does not expire for 1 day and 23 hours, so obviously that seller decided to make it a 48 hour offer. 

I look at it this way, if you miss out on an offer that you were interested in, you can look up the item and see if it is still for sale. If it is-make an offer yourself for the amount it was offered to you. You have a very good chance of the seller accepting it.

If you don't want to do that, write to the seller and explain that an offer came through and you missed it, are they still interested in selling it at such and such a price as you would like to take up the offer if it is still available.

[davewil1964]

If you sell on eBay, daily checks should not be an issue.

It depends on whether you value your customers. Apparently not.

easystreet might be a lifestyle, but being a seller might actually require some attention to detail.

[davewil1964]

eBay sets the time limit, springy. And it is 48 hours AFAIK.

OP seems to have issues with monitoring their sales platform.

[springyzone]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

eBay sets the time limit, springy. And it is 48 hours AFAIK.

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Ah, thanks for that. I had thought there must be a range of offer times as easystreet was complaining that his offers were only for 24 hours and I knew that some of my recent offers were longer than that, 2 days.

But one day, 2 days, if I missed an offer I was keen about and the item was still for sale (at original price) I think I would still message the seller to explain what happened and ask about it. A polite enquiry wouldn't hurt, the seller may say no but then you'd be no worse off.

[*casey*]

Are your offers for items that you've looked at or watched  ....which are  24 hours, set by eBay.

Or are they Second Chance offers where you've placed a bid but not won the item ?

[springyzone]

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@*casey* wrote:

Are your offers for items that you've looked at or watched  ....which are  24 hours, set by eBay.

Or are they Second Chance offers where you've placed a bid but not won the item ?

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All the offers I have received over the last several years have been for items in my watch list.

I can't remember the last time I bid on an auction on ebay, but it would be years ago.

As far as I can recall, all my recent offers (those over the last few months) have been for 48 hours. I have not struck a 24 hour offer, not for anything on my watch list.

I seem to be getting more of the special offers lately. I was surprised to get one from a  seller I have bought from before and where I have several of her items in my saved list, but over the years, I have never had a special offer from her. I just assumed she didn't do them. Maybe she has decided to move some slow moving stock, as I think the item had been in my watch list about a year. 

Anyway, it worked!😀