Time to reply to offers - eBay contradicting itself!

[alfabeater]

eBay says you have 48 hours or until the end of a listing to respond to an offer yet messages me to say an offer has ended as it's only valid for 24 hours!

"What you need to know After receiving an offer, you have 48 hours to respond to the buyer."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/listings/selling-buy-now/adding-best-offer-listing?id=4144 

[pixiesen2012]

it's up to 48 hours,

the person making the offer can change the time scale

it will tell you on the offer how long you have to respond

[alfabeater]

Thanks, I can't say I'd noticed the time scale, on the rare occasion I've made an offer, but if that's the case, then eBay should still state "up to 48 hours".

[pixiesen2012]

ebay have only recently changed it to allow the buyer to choose the duration of the offer, so the help pages haven't caught up

[alfabeater]

Yes, I just tried it. I'm not sure what benefit there is to a potential buyer, unless the seller gets absolutely no interest, as @plpmr says, the first bid cancels the offer in any case!