eBay status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of eBay reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by eBay users through our website.

• Website Down (61%)
• Sign in (24%)
• Errors (14%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent eBay outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Manchester	Website Down	5 hours ago
Manchester	Website Down	12 hours ago
Donauwörth	Website Down	20 hours ago
Coulommiers	Website Down	1 day ago
Manchester	Website Down	1 day ago
Saint Charles	Errors	1 day ago

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eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  OmegaTir (@OmegaTir) reported 7 minutes ago

  @ToriatheistTori This is completely wrong. You may want to take it down if you care about truth. 1. Musk is unaffiliated with ebay, so not sure why it's there. 2. Musk did found SpaceX, which is why it's not in the list. 3. Musk joined Tesla very early before any product or financing (it was basically a piece of paper) and bank rolled it. 4. Musk bet his entire fortune on Tesla and SpaceX which were both on edge of collapse in 2008.

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  90DayHousewives 🇺🇲 (@90DayPolitics) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Milajoy The lawyer did say that she needed to dress down and that I shouldn't come in. We looked too nice. I'm barely scraping by in my Goodwill & eBay outfits. He said that we look like we'll be able to "find it" (the money). Like, we probably knew someone that had it. They live DWIs.

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  VLAD HOSTS THE BEST PODCAST IN BITCOIN (@Vladcostea) reported 11 minutes ago

  Read a comment from somebody who said he will buy a rare and obscure hardware wallet from eBay or AliExpress because nobody will care enough to hack it It’s called security by obscurity and it’s the WORST IDEA EVER Coldcard got pwned because they used an obscure firmware with no incentives to audit Something more rare is a much easier target in the era of LLMs: search for obscure listings, then look for exploitable security vulnerabilities in the codebase What you should get instead is the most battle tested hardware and software. Something that’s been attacked for years and has hundreds of people looking for issues every day Something popular enough that it will receive support even after the company behind it goes out of business In security, the safest road is the one that most people are taking. The best place to hide isn’t off the grid, but in a crowd Choose wisely, the dark alley might be faster but it lacks the protections of the crowded boulevard

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  Jeff (@JeffSendsIt) reported 11 minutes ago

  Off Amazon sales still pitiful. 99.5% still flowing through Amazon. Almost $6k on Walmart, $4.7k on ebay and $3k Retail store. Hit $10k in June on Walmart but top seller had a stocking issue so faded this month. Will be looking to move some more brand direct accounts over in the upcoming months and try to push towards $25k Ebay seems a decent range. We are moving a lot of our death pile over to a live selling service provider so interested to see how that plays out.

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  Andy (@twinkpilled_) reported 12 minutes ago

  @Hellaorganics You actually influenced me to pick up a box, I managed to haggle the guy down to 350 on eBay

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  Steve (@fake1eye) reported 14 minutes ago

  @MattGoBLUE42 @Chillindamos1 @eBay I use to be a full time power seller on ebay 20 years ago. This past March I set up an new account to sell. I sold some of my old 1959-1960 baseball and football cards from a scrapbook I had made with no issues. I am selling today but have had no issues. Their AI is useless

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  Shannon Jean (@ShannonJean) reported 14 minutes ago

  Huge corporations despise small resellers like me. MegaCorps want to control their products forever. But legally, they can't. Here's why, and here's how you protect yourself against the army of lawyers they employ. Liquidation, store returns, and overstock products with their brand name drive these companies insane. And they want to stop you from selling them. How can you protect yourself from MegaCorp threats? By learning and using the Doctrine of First Sale. Here’s a quick rundown of what the DFS is and why you need to understand it. First – bookmark this post so you can refer back to it when eBay or Amazon shuts down your account due to a complaint, or you get a cease-and-desist letter from a MegaCorp. If you’re in this business long enough, it will happen to you. The official definition of the Doctrine of First Sale: The Doctrine of First Sale allows the purchaser of a legally obtained copyrighted work to resell, lend, or give away that specific item without the copyright holder's permission, limiting the copyright holder's control over subsequent distributions of that particular copy. The Shannon Definition of the Doctrine of First Sale: I bought it, I own it, and I can do whatever the hell I want with it. Leave me alone, MegaCorp! The DFS applies to every product sold, whether it’s a book, a piece of software, a designer handbag, or a refrigerator. If you bought it, you can do what you want with it. It doesn’t matter if you bought one or 500. They are all protected under the DFS. MegaCorps use a few tactics to try and intimidate you from reselling their products: VeRO complaints – these are complaints to marketplaces like eBay, Poshmark, or Amazon – the MegaCorp claims include: You are not “authorized” to sell their product. The product you are selling is not authentic The product details are a copyright violation. Here’s how to protect yourself from these claims: Always get a receipt. You need a clear invoice that shows the transfer of ownership. You’ll have to get comfortable sharing this with marketplaces if you want to stop VeRO claims. Ensure you are selling authentic products. Reliable suppliers are critical to be sure you are not buying counterfeit inventory. Never copy/paste product information from a MegaCorp website into your product listing. This is the fastest way to get your listing removed. Write your own descriptions. Be very clear in your listing that you are not associated with MegaCorp in any way. MegaCorps also like to send “Cease and Desist” letters to get you to stop selling their products. You need to respond to these Cease and Desist demand letters in a timely and confident manner. If you would like a template for responding to VeRO complaints and Cease and Desist letters for your future use, comment below with the phrase SCUMBAG LAWYER and I will send you a link. Be sure you are following me @ShannonJean so I can DM you. The Doctrine of First Sale is your shield against powerful MegaCorps that want to infringe on your Right to Resale! Want to learn more? Give me a follow @ShannonJean as I share unconventional methods to build wealth. We have to look out for each other against the MegaCorps.

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  sam fortenbery® (@SFort_704) reported 21 minutes ago

  Very frustrated with my shopping experience with @eBay!!! My order was damaged when shipping from THEIR authenticator. There is no customer support outside of an automated agent! I am a loyal customer and now can't get help with an issue.

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  doodlifts (@doodlifts) reported 21 minutes ago

  @seyong Imagine if everyone on the planet tried to sell their beanie babies into the available eBay offers at the same time. Understandably, there isn’t enough money to fulfill all those offers. So the fastest to do it will get the full price offers, then the rest will get the 2nd and third rate offers, this can continue until there is no money left. Luckily the bigger the market, the less of a problem this is, you can sell thousand of pokemon cards on eBay and have no effect on the “price” because there are so many bids on eBay. But with something more niche or new like fine art or an up and coming collectible, one sale can change the whole market, for better or worse!

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  Dr.Grordbort☠️🎼 (@BortGrord1) reported 23 minutes ago

  @HumbeG_TX The ebay site that had the Denon is: great price4 (Great Price Store) I have had trouble ordering reliable decks from some places but this place came through with a quality serviced deck for a good price. Included are pics of the Denon (& the ebay site) & three Pioneer decks that claim to be serviced with new belts. I just did a search & got these results. I haven't had dealings with them so no personal experience but this can give you are starting point perhaps. Cheers! 🍻

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  Geri Perna (@GeriPerna) reported 24 minutes ago

  I am self-employed and have 2 businesses. One is an Ebay business where I buy and sell collectibles. The price of gas has impacted shipping costs SO BADLY, that my Ebay business has been TERRIBLE. This morning gas was $3.89 a gallon....I AM SO SICK OF THIS! Did I complain when Biden was in office? You bet I did....I just didn't expect to be complaining NOW!

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  Michael Sieg (@mmsieg) reported 26 minutes ago

  @BigDot69 @CardPurchaser The smartest thing anyone can do is use the EBay postage. Scanned or not you can file the insurance claim, never had a problem and compensated in a day or two. Sucks people “use” the system but not using eBay postage is taking the risk. At least I get my money back

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  Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) reported 28 minutes ago

  eBay's CEO shared an article a newsletter writer published about his pay. His comms chief replied "We are going to crush this lady." A month later the CEO texted "Take her down." Then eBay's security team mailed her live cockroaches, a preserved fetal pig, and a book about surviving the death of a spouse. Ina and David Steiner ran EcommerceBytes from their home in Natick, Massachusetts. A small trade publication for online sellers. What enraged executives was the comment section, where sellers vented about the company. The campaign went far beyond packages. eBay employees sent pornographic magazines in David's name to his neighbors. They listed the couple's home on Craigslist as a nightly destination for swingers. They flew to Boston, tailed the Steiners in rented vehicles, and planned to break into their garage to plant a GPS tracker on their car. The Steiners began sleeping in separate bedrooms so that if someone broke in at night, one of them could escape and call police. A Natick detective traced one rental van back to an eBay employee. That single trace unraveled the whole operation. Seven employees pled guilty to federal charges. James Baugh, the security director who ran it, got nearly five years in prison. Now read the final ledger. Baugh, who executed the texts, went to federal prison. Devin Wenig, who sent "take her down," was never charged, denies knowing about the campaign, and left eBay in 2019 with a $57 million exit package. This week he settled for $2 million plus a $1 million donation to a First Amendment charity in Ina Steiner's name. Steve Wymer, the comms chief who texted "I want to see ashes. As long as it takes. Whatever it takes," is paying $50,000. The Steiners fought for seven years and got $48.7 million. The CEO's severance was bigger than their settlement.

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  Novara Media (@novaramedia) reported 28 minutes ago

  Ebay has been ordered to pay a $55.7m settlement to an American couple over a harassment campaign by company executives which included doxing, online threats and the delivery of live cockroaches to their home. The orchestrated campaign, which lasted for two months in the summer of 2019, was waged against husband and wife David and Ina Steiner by six eBay employees and one contractor. The couple were targeted after posting criticism of eBay’s corporate and policy changes on their newsletter and website EcommerceBytes, which is popular among eBay sellers, Wired reported. The campaign began with anonymous threats via Twitter DMs before ramping up to malicious deliveries to the Steiner family home. Items sent to the couple included pornography, a bloody pig mask, pests such as fly larvae, live spiders and cockroaches, a book about grieving a spouse and a funeral wreath. Ebay employees had the Steiners trailed in a rented van and posted fake classified ads on Craigslist advertising a ******* party, a ********* and a yard sale with their home address. After the police were contacted, the harassment campaign tailed off as those involved sought to conceal their actions. Former eBay CEO Devin Wenig told Wired via a representative that he was “saddened” by the harassment. He has continually asserted that he had no knowledge of the specific actions taken by the group who carried out the campaign. Wenig is alleged to have given former eBay chief communications officer Steve Wymer the order to “take her down,” in reference to Ina Steiner. However, his lawyers claim he was referring to a communications plan and not any criminal behaviour, a claim supported by court documents according to Wired. Six former eBay staff and a contractor were charged with taking part in the campaign in 2020. The Steiners followed with a civil suit the following year. The case has now reached a final settlement which will award the Steiners more than $46.15m from eBay, $2m from former CEO Devin Wenig, $500,000 from former executive Wendy Jones, and $50,000 from former executive Steve Wymer. David Steiner told Wired: “We were really adamant that this type of behaviour by a Fortune 500 corporation didn’t go unchecked.” In a published statement, eBay said that what the Steiners were subjected to was “wrong, reprehensible and should never have happened,” and that the company had strengthened its policies, controls and training since the incident.

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  seedsoilsun (@Seedsoilsunrain) reported 29 minutes ago

  @EverydayResell Its interesting how many times I have gotten this type of review - thankful for being an honest seller. Then I started buying from eBay more frequently and realized why. So many sellers are TERRIBLE!

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  Tech Sales Guy (@TechSalesGuy) reported 29 minutes ago

  @BowTied_Golfer wearing a cotton shirt that is guaranteed to send you down an eBay rabbit hole later

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  lennard (@lennardeth) reported 31 minutes ago

  @leodev I bought my own server yesterday and it's great. If you have the money, maybe invest it! Just get old hardware (like a mini PC off ebay) and run Proxmox on it.

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  Pedro Soares (@peachflavor3d) reported 33 minutes ago

  @MidlifeCrysis_ Yep, I remember paying something like €30 with shipping included from eBay. The original jewel case was broken but that was easily fixed with a brand new one.

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  unknown (@zoneblitz49) reported 34 minutes ago

  @MorePerfectUS This confirms corporations like ebay have their own private army of Ehrmantrauts (Enforcers) who target anyone that pisses off the company. Truly scumbag behavior not only at the CEO level but also at the lower levels (India + Phillipines). Amazed that DOJ hasn’t shut ebay down

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  felicity shagwell ੯‧̀͡⬮ ᡣ𐭩 (@liIpochaco) reported 35 minutes ago

  @abb_abbabb_abb @Marah_Poggers @kdkrmememm and like… it BARELY critized them That Much from what i understand. the retailiation would make u think they were trying to shut ebay down but they were just sellers trying to keep up with the good and the bad of business + keep others informed in the process?

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  DDubbbz (@ddubbz918) reported 37 minutes ago

  @aceofcards89 @RobsRips They gave their customers the option to move their consignments to their booth instead of eBay. Definitely not a great error to make, but of all the people in this hobby, I'd trust Josh & Zach at PC with my life. If something happened, they'd go above & beyond to make it right.

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  RoyalMan_5 (@5Royalman) reported 39 minutes ago

  @JacobsCards I've left eBay for multiple reasons but this seems like a real problem lately. Purchasing at peak pricing then realizing they overpaid is not the sellers fault. eBay is quick to authenticate over $250 but should handle all returns so they can see for themselves what was sent

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  N.E.Will (@TheRealNickW86) reported 40 minutes ago

  @askebay this is a beautiful card that just sold. The only problem is, it’s my card…and the seller isn’t me. I reported the listing and was told there was nothing wrong with it. Since when is it permissible to use other people photos, especially of serial numbered cards? The seller has a 33% feedback rating. I’ve had this card listed in my store for over a year as well. @eBay

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  WYVERN 🌧 YAKOU'S STARLIGHT (@CitrusHedgehog) reported 41 minutes ago

  Can't adjust brightness on monitor. Realize I can do it in the OSD. Except no I can't because the down arrow on my monitor doesn't work. Just the down arrow. None of the fixes work for me. Google the brand my monitor is. Brand does not exist outside of Amazon/eBay listings. What

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  Just Oliver 3D (@TomOliver3D) reported 43 minutes ago

  @Stretchedwiener @eBay Usually when I sell on eBay I pick the shipping method after the purchase, but this time when I went to ship the item eBay automatically picked an option and created the label without even showing me. I should have known there was an issue then.

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  Brett Kleinman (@BDKleinman) reported 45 minutes ago

  @SaucysBreaks As I told you on eBay you asked a question I answered. You didn’t like my answer so then doubled down and showed me comps with latest comp being 10% more than your quote.

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  GPT-Pain (@GPTpain) reported 47 minutes ago

  Alas, the actuator assembly is not the issue, so I burned $110 on an A/B test. Arrogant POS who just had to buy the part on eBay before doing a fuller investigation. I've at least confirmed that it's getting power and responds to/communicates with the door release and the instrument cluster. Of course, my multimeter is not at home right now. Womp womp. Wiring seems fine and harness in frame is secure on eye test. My friend TechGPT and I have determined it's probably just damaged wiring in the accordion boot between door and roof. Could be a BCM glitch, but it can't be failing as all the other door locks are functional and responsive. Out of time today. Try again later with multimeter in tow. I know there are people dying right now in the world, but this is very important that I come out ahead on this versus dealer repair cost. Thank you for attending my TED car talk.

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  Valkyrie Honeybadger (@HoneybadgerNo1) reported 50 minutes ago

  @foxenflask @eBay @depop Their AI sucks AND their authenticity accuracy has much room for improvement. I am waiting for eBay to fix this. I was told to open an "item not as described" case with the seller. I did and the seller has not responded. This should be a no brainer under their "authenticity guarantee" program: eBay says the item I bought from eBay is not authentic and there fore eBay should immediately offer the refund under their own authenticity policy. I had to listen to five people at eBay twist themselves into a pretzel trying to avoid addressing this and taking the proper action under eBay's own authenticity program and policies. Should eBay not fix this issue, I will dispute this off my credit card as "eBay not following eBay own authenticity policies"

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  generatorman (@generatorman_ai) reported 55 minutes ago

  amazon's half-baked attempt at being a model training company is terrible for their marketplace business. amazon blocks the chatgpt sandbox browser. ebay does not. guess who chatgpt is giving all my business to?

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  𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕖 (@Odetics) reported 56 minutes ago

  @FragmenTerry That's how you do it. Had a similar thing with my old Jeep. Constant check engine lines for some Obama era environmental sensor bullshit. Dealer and garage want $$$ just to do a smoke test. Found the part on ebay. $50. Tire off, lining off, swap it out. No other issues.