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eBay is a multinational online auction website that facilites online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales. eBay is free to use for buyers, but sellers are charged fees for listing items and again when those items are sold.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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May 15: Problems at eBay

eBay is having issues since 02:40 AM EST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  • 50% Website Down (50%)
  • 31% Sign in (31%)
  • 19% Errors (19%)

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Preston Website Down 2 hours ago
Preston Website Down 8 hours ago
Coatesville Errors 15 hours ago
Ashburn Website Down 15 hours ago
Preston Website Down 16 hours ago
Preston Website Down 21 hours ago
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eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • b0bbaTV
    b0bba (@b0bbaTV) reported

    @OsirisOrigins Yep! Same! I hated having it weight my limp wrists down and getting buzzed with notifications all the time. I’ve put mine on eBay. I had a discount code so put it to good use 🧑‍💻 I must’ve ✨manifested✨ it!!

  • 224osk
    Aglia (@224osk) reported

    @APompliano @ryancohen This feels like when adam aron bought hymc, they moved the flow of capital away from amc into hymc. So what will happen here is gme to 15 bucks and ebay to 125+ meanwhile gme will continue down to poverty levels but ceo walks with billions.

  • BetterDays47
    ARB_Investing (@BetterDays47) reported

    @lasvegas_ape It’s down because RC will acquire eBay one way or another and dilution will happen. RC himself told in the interview a dilution would happen.

  • BubbleheadRipz
    bubblehead_ripz_cardz (@BubbleheadRipz) reported

    Has anyone else’s eBay sales been slow? #thehobby #THFpro

  • Canadian3DPrint
    Canadian3DPrinting (@Canadian3DPrint) reported

    @alt_w_v_g EBay is a dumpster fire. They openly let buyers scam sellers by letting them say they didn’t receive an item and automatically reimburse the buyer from the sellers account. I shut it down a few years ago now. Scammers everywhere

  • Cjayson4444
    CJ (@Cjayson4444) reported

    @TimothyGre12262 Yeah, I get on eBay and sometimes can’t resist, couple weeks ago I bid way more than I should on a Gibson SG and was hoping someone would outbid me and they did. But this one wasn’t too bad and I wanted a vintage broken in guitar and I never tried a telecaster before. Now I see why they’re so popular, it sounds so good and it never seems to go out of tune.

  • LegacyMac114
    David Mac (@LegacyMac114) reported

    @DonaldTodd1 @Comedyorwat @ryancohen It’s not diluting to 2.5 billion shares lol. Dilution is if he sold the shares into the market after getting them. Increasing the share amount is how he will issue half stock for EBAY

  • NShobe
    Nathan Shobe (@NShobe) reported

    @alt_w_v_g You know what ebay needs? "eBay local". Put up a fight against Facebook marketplace and Craigslist. FB marketplace is trash, and clist died when they started to charge for posting. Pls fix. Thx.

  • starsportscard1
    starsportscards (@starsportscard1) reported

    @ryancohen @TheJusticeDept By the time you get charged the "ad" fee, you could be paying up to 43% in fees to ebay. That's not growth, that's just down right criminal behavior. @TheJusticeDept

  • ChaoticGameJosh
    Chaotic Gamer Josh (@ChaoticGameJosh) reported

    So the laptop I got off eBay has a bit of a issue with Bluetooth and its range. I can't connect my wireless headset that I normally use for streaming when its more than a foot away. I still wanna keep the laptop, so I'm gonna try and find a wired headset that I can use instead.

  • n0nmundan3
    NonMundane (@n0nmundan3) reported

    Ok, this is a warning about @ebay Now they will lie to you in many ways. One of the most important ways is any way in which they will claim to empower you as a seller, but actually will punish you for being a problem. They have something called "defects" and they can't WAIT to

  • imaysellit
    IMAYSELLIT (@imaysellit) reported

    @MrJdotETH @ryancohen Scammers and bad sellers are the biggest problem on eBay right now. The hope is GameStop's ownership would actually prioritize trust over fee extraction. A marketplace that vets sellers and takes a cut only on closed deals would solve both problems at once.

  • jcarletto27
    John Carletto (@jcarletto27) reported

    @PayPal My paypal account of 18 years was permanently blocked this morning, with no reason given. Your support staff has been less than helpful. I use paypal every week for automated payments, Apple, Google play, and Ebay purchases. I have not broken your TOS.

  • ScrollsOfEmber
    Scroll Keeper (@ScrollsOfEmber) reported

    @HeartUElon @Timcast No, you read it wrong, because it's sacrilege to destroy the taste of an espresso by watering it down... It's like installing an eBay exhaust on a Ferrari 🤌🏼

  • 42thumbout
    Thumb Out 42 (@42thumbout) reported

    @fbb4official @eBay Feels like RC sold us out driving the price down to absolute b**** numbers. What are your thoughts?

  • Enkhmanal
    Enkhmanal 🟠 (@Enkhmanal) reported

    eBay Just Rejected GameStop's $56 Billion Bid As 'Neither Credible Nor Attractive' — Ryan Cohen's Most Audacious Move Got Slapped Down In Public eBay's board just publicly rejected GameStop's $56 billion takeover bid in the most dismissive language possible. Chairman Paul Pressler issued a statement Tuesday that the offer is "neither credible nor attractive" and that eBay's board is "confident the company, under its current management team, is well-positioned to continue to drive sustainable growth." That is corporate-speak for "go away." For anyone who has not been following this saga, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen — the meme-stock-era folk hero who became GameStop's largest shareholder and turned the dying video game retailer into a $12 billion crypto-and-Bitcoin treasury vehicle — bid last week to acquire eBay for $56 billion. The bid was half-cash, half-stock, backed by a $20 billion debt financing commitment from TD Bank. The bid was approximately 4x GameStop's own market cap. Why this bid never made sense on paper The proposal had problems from day one. Let me lay out the math. GameStop's market cap is around $12 billion. eBay's is around $54 billion (down to $51 billion after Tuesday's announcement). For GameStop to acquire eBay at $56 billion, it would need to either: • Raise something close to $30 billion of debt against the combined company • Dilute GameStop shareholders to roughly 25% of the combined entity • Or both The TD Bank financing commitment was $20 billion — meaningful, but only a third of the deal value. The rest of the financing was theoretical. eBay's CEO Jamie Iannone has actually been running a real turnaround. Since he took the position six years ago, eBay's stock has returned 201%. The company has reinvented its category-specific verticals (collectibles, sneakers, refurbished electronics), launched payment products, and improved seller economics. eBay shareholders have done well under current management. The board has zero incentive to entertain a bid from a smaller, more speculative company unless the price is extraordinarily compelling. $56 billion was not. What Ryan Cohen was actually doing Cohen is one of the most interesting capital allocators in the public markets right now. He spent the last five years transforming GameStop from a brick-and-mortar video game retailer with declining same-store sales into something genuinely strange: a public-market vehicle for buying Bitcoin, hoarding cash, and using its meme-stock-era retail investor base to fund increasingly large balance-sheet plays. GameStop currently holds: • Around $5 billion in cash and short-term investments • A growing Bitcoin treasury • Minimal operating cash flow from the actual gaming business That balance sheet plus Cohen's reputation in the retail trading community has historically been enough to push GameStop's stock to valuations that make no sense for a video game retailer. Cohen has been very good at using that valuation as currency. The eBay bid was the boldest version of that play. If accepted, GameStop would become a real e-commerce platform overnight. The combined company would have $100+ billion in marketplace GMV, real free cash flow, and a credible AI/payments roadmap. The video game-related identity of GameStop would functionally disappear, replaced by something more like an Amazon-adjacent marketplace operator. The bid was Cohen's attempt to use GameStop's premium valuation to acquire an actual durable business. Why eBay's "no" matters When a target board publicly rejects a bid using the word "credible," it is doing two things: 1. Inoculating against shareholder pressure. eBay knows Cohen has built a 5% position in eBay and signaled he might call a special shareholder meeting. The board's public rejection establishes the official position — we looked at it, we don't think it works, here's why — so any future shareholder vote happens with the board's view already on the record. 2. Discouraging follow-on bids. If eBay had said "we're considering it" or "we want better terms," it would have signaled that a higher bid might work. By saying the bid is "not credible," eBay is telling Cohen and any potential future bidder that no amount of money from this configuration of buyer with this financing structure is going to clear the board. If you want to bid for eBay, bring real cash, a strategic logic, and a deal that does not depend on $30 billion of speculative debt. Where the GameStop story goes from here GameStop has three plausible paths from here: Path A: Cohen takes it to shareholders directly. He has built a 5% position, which is enough to call a special meeting in many circumstances. He can try to force a shareholder vote on the merger, betting that retail investors who love both Cohen and the meme-stock narrative will overwhelm institutional shareholders skeptical of the deal. The math on this is hard — eBay's institutional investor base is concentrated, and major asset managers (Vanguard, BlackRock, Fidelity) are unlikely to back a leveraged take-under by a much smaller acquirer. Path B: Cohen walks away and the eBay stake becomes a tax-loss event. GameStop's 5% position in eBay was bought at average prices that may have been near eBay's recent highs. If the bid effectively collapses, eBay's stock could drift back toward $90-95 and GameStop's position becomes a meaningful unrealized loss. Cohen would either need to sell (locking the loss) or hold and wait for eBay's strategic plan to deliver. Path C: Cohen pivots to a different target. GameStop's balance sheet is still real cash. Cohen has been signaling that he wants GameStop to become an acquirer of real operating businesses. If eBay is off the table, the next logical targets are smaller — Etsy ($8B market cap), Wayfair ($8B), or a niche marketplace operator. Those deals would actually be doable given GameStop's existing capital structure. The cultural moment The GameStop-eBay story is a perfect Bookend to the 2021 meme-stock era. Five years ago, retail investors used GameStop's stock as a weapon against hedge funds shorting the company. The collective action turned a dying retailer into a household name and made Ryan Cohen into a folk hero. He then used that momentum to transform GameStop into a balance sheet that could attempt audacious moves like buying eBay. The rejection by eBay's board is the corporate establishment saying: we have not forgotten the rules, and the rules still apply. A small company cannot acquire a larger company using mostly speculative financing and stock that trades at a meme premium. Capital markets eventually impose discipline on capital structure even when retail investors are willing to keep the dance going. Whether or not you like Ryan Cohen, the eBay rejection is the most important institutional pushback against the meme-stock model in years. Watch GameStop's next move — that tells us whether Cohen learned the lesson or whether he doubles down on something even bigger and stranger.

  • thetrgrf
    Ađam (@thetrgrf) reported

    @jmeredith2015 @NewAgeCardKings @Scott_YaDigg i mainly priced them how i did since they are sealed and i went off eBay last solds for sealed. Would you be willing to call it $14 and $19. I also have 2 eevees so if you wanted both id be down to just call each eevee $17. I know youre going off raw pricing but they are sealed.

  • Jorgey_x
    Jorgey (@Jorgey_x) reported

    @eevblog So this is why you basically want GameStop to buy Ebay. To fix ALL of this.

  • DennisHarwich
    GeeDeeCee (@DennisHarwich) reported

    @ryancohen Yeah and you're too much of a ***** to issue a blockchain dividend for $GME . Sounds like you're even more of a "hollow man" than the eBay **** heads are.

  • miatafolife
    miata (@miatafolife) reported

    @Greenyodais1 @CultLaser Ebay brother. I got a K1 Max for $240 with just a broken screen.

  • Keith16King
    En Sabah Nur, Mewtwo's Master (@Keith16King) reported

    I can't be the only one who's been having problems since the New Year getting their eBay items in the mail. I don't know what ******** is going on but **** is getting old fast!!!!!!!!

  • FineAndRich
    Goodness And Mercy (@FineAndRich) reported from Manhattan, New York

    eBay just told GameStop to sit back down and it’s the most embarrassing thing I’ve seen all year. Imagine turning down a $55 billion check because you’d rather stay relevant for three more months than let the Funko Pop kings touch your UI. Delusional.

  • bball4224
    tokyoto (@bball4224) reported

    @swanson18982373 @alt_w_v_g If he's the owner of a slimy company and didn't fix it, what makes you think he would fix ebay?

  • DrunkSuperman3
    Drunk Superman (@DrunkSuperman3) reported

    @larrykingundead @Wozniat I don't know how many people thought Superman was going stay dead. But i remember people who thought that issue was going be worth big money. And you get a sealed black polybag for 20 bucks on ebay today. lol. You really should only collect something unless your really enjoy it.

  • dennyluan
    denny (@dennyluan) reported

    funny story, bluebird SRs ran a distributor instead of a coil pack, and the one on my donor engine was dead. in 2005 i posted on craigslist, and tracked down a spare ECU in Everett, WA from a 70 year old man who collected 240sx's. he was a millionaire from selling old farmland he bought in the 1950s, and for fun he built a barn with two working lifts just to restore S13 240sx's to showroom condition with all OEM parts. he had probably 10+ in various states that once finished he'd just sell to random people. he had a separate barn with a hidden sliding door with a room full of spare parts he collected off ebay. i spent a day with him driving back and forth between his farms to try and find the part. ive always wondered what happened to him, and regretted not staying in touch. pic of the beat up dodge colt he drove.

  • PrincesRma
    PrincesStarfire ✰ || comms open !! (@PrincesRma) reported

    I want to read Transformers More than Meets the Eye/Lost Light, comic that ended in 2018 eBay sells volumes for 200-300 USD each I live in South East Asia with ASEAN currency My local book shop can't even get new issues of the current Transformers run What now, Brandon?

  • Ichiro_dfw
    Evan V. ✝️ (@Ichiro_dfw) reported

    @Shakunetsu3S ebay showing me 1.5-3k usd, which isn't surprising but I was wondering if that was it. Was snooping through jp proxy sites and found some for cheaper, but varying levels of quality I'm not in any rush to buy one, just thinking about getting one later down the line

  • Gatewayxchange_
    GATEWAY XCHANGE (@Gatewayxchange_) reported

    @DeItaone Ryan Cohen not backing down — escalates the eBay takeover bid after the board rejected his massive $56B offer. Calling eBay “literally obese” and extremely bloated? Brutal but accurate. The company needs serious surgery, and Cohen has a proven track record of turning around struggling retailers. This is what real activist capitalism looks like — challenging complacent boards and pushing for actual value creation. Game on. 🚀

  • ecomintnews
    Ecomint NEWS (@ecomintnews) reported

    🚨 DEVELOPING: GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen Escalates eBay Takeover Battle 🚨 ​Following the rejection of his $56 billion unsolicited bid, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is doubling down. In a formal letter to the eBay board, Cohen demanded that shareholders be given the final word on the $125-per-share cash-and-stock proposal. ​The bid, which eBay dismissed as "neither credible nor attractive," represents a significant premium over recent trading prices.

  • Leo_R_UK
    Leo (@Leo_R_UK) reported

    @KaiXCreator 16gb - 24gb range. You don’t need an expensive machine to code. Install your coding assistant on a remote server. Have all your skills/tools/assets remote. This server shouldn’t be expensive either. Look on eBay, cheap HP i5 / i7 32gb (less that £150) You don’t need a powerful machine to use terminal!