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 (51%)
• Sign in (31%)
• Errors (19%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Preston	Website Down	3 hours ago
London	Sign in	3 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	8 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	15 hours ago
Melbourne	Sign in	18 hours ago
Milwaukee	Website Down	23 hours ago

Full Outage Map

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eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  ambient (@Umph42) reported 1 minute ago

  @ryancohen eBay is a massive asset with a stagnant operator problem.

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  p (@mcmilleeee) reported 2 minutes ago

  @cybermewtype It’s been pretty insane I accidentally went a little hard on a eBay worker earlier, because I was scammed and it wasn’t a super obvious one. eBay lady said she couldn’t return my money until the date it’s supposed to arrive but the listing was taken down because of multiple scam reports. So I can’t get my money back for two weeks. This is the second time in 5 years of buying cards on eBay that I’ve been scammed so I don’t get got often. Honestly thinking about taking a break from paying for shipping these days lol.

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  James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) reported 3 minutes ago

  @BoilerPaulie Cohen is offering eBay shareholders no premium, since half of the offer is in watered-down, overpriced GameStop stock that he wants eBay shareholders to trade their stock for.

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  $2 Bill (@twodollabil) reported 4 minutes ago

  @R6RiderF WTF are you even talking about ? EBAY is down 10% on the week. I could even read the rest of the post on your erroneous initial comment.

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  Terminal Insights (@trmnl_x) reported 5 minutes ago

  BREAKING: eBay $EBAY rejected GameStop's $GME $56B takeover, calling the bid "neither credible nor attractive." Ryan Cohen had offered $125/share, half cash, half GME stock, for a company nearly 4x GameStop's market cap. Then went on CNBC and couldn't explain how he'd finance it. The rejection letter cites six reasons. five are about the deal: financing, leverage, valuation, growth, operational risk. the sixth is "GameStop's governance and executive incentives." The board told the world in writing that Ryan Cohen is the problem.

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  Luke Stan (@Luke__Stan) reported 6 minutes ago

  @eBay Allowing fake items to remain on the platform harms both buyers and legitimate brands. I hope eBay strengthens its review process and enforcement. Ignoring this issue could lead to bigger problems down the line. I plan to write a letter to the brand (Ralph Lauren) about it.

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  Seth Kane (@GrooCheeseDip) reported 9 minutes ago

  Oh man have to track one down on eBay

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  Vibe_Finance (@SocialFinScene) reported 10 minutes ago

  EBay rejects GameStop's $56B bid, calling it 'not credible'. Markets slip, S&P 500 down 0.59% to $7369.33. Watch for volatility with VIX up 1.85% to $18.72 👀 #premarket #stockmarket

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  Giovanni’s Charisma (@gioteamr) reported 11 minutes ago

  @CiceroCasti I always check reviews, don’t want to have to check how eBay works in case of problems lol

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  Paul Nary (@ProfPaulNary) reported 11 minutes ago

  There is absolutely nothing surprising about $EBAY rejecting GameStop's offer. It also isn't particularly personal or out of spite for @ryancohen, nor does it mean that there isn't a chance that a deal will eventually come together. It's just that in a public situation like this, there is generally no chance a target will accept the first, ambiguous, non-binding offer. Moreover, as had been discussed multiple times already, there are multiple issues with at least this initial version of the offer: 1) The price isn't the main issue here, as the premium offered was decent, and as everything is negotiable, this could be improved. 2) At its simplest, the "half cash half stock" structure is the biggest challenge here. A cash deal with a decent premium, all other things equal, would be a stronger pitch. eBay shareholders get cash and walk away. The significant stock component creates entanglement, where eBay shareholders have to stay tied into the new combined entity in a materially significant manner. They are now beholden to what happens with the company and its stock price. Now the strategy and execution of this deal become important, and this creates additional uncertainty and complexity. And stock-based deals are just generally more complex and difficult and risky: there is a reason stock-based consideration is correlated with lower performance and failure in mergers. Here there are multiple factors to consider: from whether there are synergies and how realistic they are, to the nature of the integration strategy, to whether Mr. Cohen and the rest of $GME team are competent owners and managers for eBay and whether they can even manage the eBay business well, to additional risk factors like high leverage. 3) As far as the non-binding nature of the deal, the sources of funds and the highly confident letter, all those are important to consider but ultimately represent challenges that are routinely resolved as the negotiations progress and as counterparties are able to do the methodical work of putting the deal together. In a complex public-public transaction such as this, many of these and related points are resolved through the deal process as DD is complete, as a realistic financial and legal structure emerges, as lawyers debate and develop specific deal clauses and expectations, and as financial partners and investors learn more and work through the underwriting process and increase their level of commitment. Consider the WBD-Paramount deal, and how it went from a vague-ish, non-binding, uncertain offer to a well developed binding agreement that resolved most of the points of disagreement over things like financial certainties and guarantees as well as many other financial and legal points. 4) All that said, this is why private approaches and negotiations are usually the easier way to begin the process and get to at least an initial form and shape of the deal that will be workable for both parties and serve as a foundation of a final agreement. Mr. Cohen implied something along the lines of "eBay is a public company and its managers/directors are incentivized against selling, so I could only approach publicly," but that's ridiculous, as the vast majority of PubCo sales are put together in a private process. I should know, I've studied about a thousand of these PubCo sales processes closely. Even if going public is the eventual right decision, an initial private approach can help better shape a public strategy later, and may create some goodwill with target's managers and ***. When you go public and hostile with a complex deal, without engaging with target's management and board of directors first, these things work against you, and whether you want it or not, at some point, you will have to engage with target's management and work together constructively, unless you bring such a clean and attractive unsolicited offer that it will be very convincing to the target's shareholders and likely to win their votes in a tender/proxy even without management support - but that generally means a very simple cash deal with an undeniably attractive premium and few, if any, contingencies or quirks. That's not the case here. With all that, eBay's objections generally make sense: 1) "eBay's standalone prospects" - interpretation: the management believe shareholders will get more risk-adjusted value from management continuing with their strategy. This could sometimes be a tough case to make for an underperforming company when faced with an offer with a high premium. Yet the true conunterfactural here is how well will eBay's shareholders fair as shareholders of the combined entity, which is not at all a clear case. A cash offer or a structure that guarantees specific value/liquidity to eBay shareholders would resolve a lot of this uncertainty. 2) "uncertainty reg. your financing proposal" - both uncertainty over the source/reliability of funds, as well as what the stock-based component actually means from the valuation perspective of both the offer and the combined entitity. This is fair, but not insurmountable with a more certain offer and structure and stronger commitments from banks and other partners. 3) "impact.. on eBay's long-term growth and profitability" - similar to #1 above, there is just a lot of uncertainty here about what it would mean for both eBay the company and eBay/GME combined entity as well as shareholder value. 4) "leverage, operational risks, leadership" - again, quite a few uncertainties here that were discussed above, and again, made materially meaningful because eBay's shareholders would be part-owners of the combined entity and affected by these risks. 5) "resulting implications of these factors on valuation" - all that had been said already and what that means for the realistic valuation of the non-cash component of the consideration 6) "GameStop's governance and executive incentives" - they may want to explain more, but this is all related and I assume this is specifically a) the fact that Mr. Cohen is incentivized to grow the firm at almost all costs, even if it may negatively/eventually harm the shareholders, many of which would be eBay's former shareholders, and b) $GME and Mr. Cohen's compensation package could potentially transfer more value from the shareholders to Mr. Cohen and other leaders/directors at GME. But, again, all that said, this is all totally expected and normal and about what I'd expect in response. If Mr. Cohen wants to win, he will have to engage constructively both with his partners and advisors, as well as with eBay directors and leaders, and work on a deal that either satisfies all involved and resolves the points above, or put together a much simpler and undeniably attractive unsolicited deal that would sway the shareholders even if the directors and managers are still fighting.

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  rareactionfigures (@rareactionfigs) reported 17 minutes ago

  @Squawk_77OO I’m well aware, i just thought it was funny facebook took my post down but lets eBay run ads with the very same image.

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  TechEdgeDaily (@techedgedaily) reported 22 minutes ago

  @IlariLehti @KobeissiLetter Fair point on the stock swap structure. Technically possible but eBay's board still has to agree the combined entity is worth more than eBay standalone. And "neither credible nor attractive" suggests they don't think GameStop brings enough to the table even with creative financing. The cash is the problem like you said. Stock deals work when both sides see upside. Hard to sell that when one side is a meme stock with volatile pricing.

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  jim lee (@jimboleeslice) reported 22 minutes ago

  @ValueAddedRS They also lost a bunch of sellers when they discontinued their direct app connector to Shopify. Now it’s wrapped up in Shopify’s marketplace connector app but it’s not as good as the eBay app used to be. No idea why they shut it down, made no sense

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  The Doors (of Perception) ⭕️💎🙌🏴‍☠️ (@greuter83) reported 25 minutes ago

  @ShaunFitzzzy I have put notifications on temporary. So funny GME down and eBay up today. Are we buying with GME or is Ryan buying himself..

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  zerohedge (@zerohedge) reported 26 minutes ago

  Premarket Movers Mag 7 names are all lower (Tesla -1.5%, Alphabet -0.9%, Amazon -0.8%, Nvidia -0.8%, Microsoft -0.6%, Meta -0.5%, Apple -0.4%) AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) falls 11% after the satellite internet company reported revenue for the first quarter that missed the average analyst estimate. The firm also had a wider loss than forecast. GameStop (GME) slips 3% after eBay Inc. rejected a $56 billion takeover offer from the company. GitLab (GTLB) is down 11% after the software company announced plans to cut jobs and make operational changes. Raymond James says efforts to retool the business while cutting staff may be challenging, while RBC says guidance for in-line 1Q results suggests no upside versus prior beats. Harmonic (HLIT) rises 15% after the communications equipment company reported first-quarter results that beat expectations and gave an outlook that is seen as strong, underlining positive momentum. Harrow (HROW) slumps 10% after the eyecare pharmaceutical firm posted an adjusted Ebitda loss for the quarter, disappointing analysts who’d forecasted a profit. The company also reported revenue for the first quarter that fell short of the average analyst estimate. Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) slides 15% after the telehealth firm projected 2Q Ebitda that missed consensus estimate, a result of higher costs as it transitions to branded products. IHeartMedia (IHRT) slips 4% after the media entertainment and radio broadcasting firm provided a disappointing forecast adjusted Ebitda for the second quarter. Microvast Holdings Inc. (MVST) sinks 40% after the battery firm reported first-quarter revenue that fell short of the average analyst estimate. PACS Group (PACS) soars 22% after the nursing home operator boosted its adjusted Ebitda guidance for the full year, following better-than-expected results for the first quarter. Truist views the quarter results as a strong start to the year. Plug Power (PLUG) is up 7% after the hydrogen producer’s first-quarter net revenue beat the average analyst estimate, with analysts attributing the growth to large customers such as Amazon and Walmart. Power Solutions International (PSIX) drops 31% after the engine and power systems manufacturer reported first-quarter revenue and income that fell short of analyst estimates and declined to give full-year guidance, citing variability in order timing and market conditions. Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT) jumps 24% after the application software developer reported revenue for the first quarter that beat the average analyst estimate. Venture Global (VG) rises 8% after the liquefied natural gas company reported first-quarter earnings per share that beat the average analyst estimate and announced new deals with TotalEnergies and Vitol. Webtoon (WBTN) slumps 10% after the storytelling technology platform gave a revenue forecast for the second quarter that missed the average analyst estimate. Wendy’s (WEN) shares jump 23% as the Financial Times reports that Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is seeking investor backing for a bid to take the burger chain operator private. ZoomInfo Technologies (GTM) slides 36% after the software company reduced its full-year forecast for adjusted operating income. The company also announced a restructuring program that will cut about 600 jobs.

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  stilup1 (@stilup1) reported 27 minutes ago

  @ryancohen The problem with eBay is the selling fees and the percent cut. You do all the work with shipping; the items are already selling for a bargain. The items you already have pay tax on, you get taxed again. Most my good items I would sell end up in the trash. less tax.

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  Simon Jones (@SimonJonesMusic) reported 28 minutes ago

  @PositivFuturist @PrimeVideo I've been buying blu rays and boxsets on eBay for so little money it's ridiculous. Amazon streaming quality is the worst of them all, whatever way they are encoding dark scenes is a complete disaster. They started messing with audio mixes too which predictably was terrible.

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  Geison Machado (@geisonmcd) reported 34 minutes ago

  @tylertu70044580 @KivvyCat In the Brazilian version one guy sued the show alleging they pimped so much when it broke down he didn't have the money to repair and nobody wanted to buy it. there were screenshots of it for sale in our version of ebay and later of it abandoned an empty lot. he lost.

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  🦋 Surefire 🦋 (@paidhedgie) reported 38 minutes ago

  @Stonkfather2021 they have calls and puts in ebay, their calls would be up but puts down, you're dumb for not know this.

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  KnoxRips (@KnoxRips) reported 40 minutes ago

  @dannywoz I have them listed. Just need them to sell as well. Seems like since eBay had their outage 2 weeks ago, my sales have plummeted.

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  Liz Morton ~ Value Added Resource (@ValueAddedRS) reported 42 minutes ago

  @raskolniklove I think it's interesting that $EBAY comms/press relations can't be bothered to do their jobs & respond to emails from a journalist requesting comment about serious issues at the co for 5 years. I also think it's interesting eBay is willing to pay outside consultants to send an unsolicited email with links to their rejection notice to that same journalist. Kind of proves many of the points @ryancohen has been making.

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  Nacho Contreras (@NachoCo55107473) reported 42 minutes ago

  @Sp3ndPay Fix the ebay links. Amazon is working great

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  SmartMoneyFlow (@modeh5) reported 46 minutes ago

  @grok @TrippyMike_TC @PhantomBlack699 The whole purpose of issuing these up to 1.9 billion shares is to seal the deal with eBay otherwise they won’t issue them

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  Charles Daniels (@Lights2Longhorn) reported 48 minutes ago

  @MRiversCards @CardPurchaser I guess that’s my problem. The invoice didn’t change. When you see the card goes for under $20 you should change the shipping to PWE or give me the choice. If you choose to bubble mail after you saw the final price. I don’t believe you’re a good eBay seller and deserve negative feedback.

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  StocksDaily (@StocksDaily) reported 55 minutes ago

  $GME GameStop tried to acquire $EBAY — and got shut down. eBay's board reviewed the unsolicited, non-binding takeover proposal and rejected it outright — calling it "neither credible nor attractive." eBay cited four reasons: 1.Financing uncertainty 2.Leverage and operational risks 3.Valuation concerns 4.GameStop governance Polymarket had the deal at 21% odds. Market was watching. GME sitting on billions in Bitcoin — but that wasn't enough to convince eBay's board. Not financial advice.

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  basedinFL (@basedinpnw0) reported 57 minutes ago

  @APompliano @ryancohen Regarding the unsolicited $56 billion bid for eBay, which relies on a combination of GameStop’s cash reserves, committed debt financing, and new equity issuance: Can you confirm whether this transaction is structured, in whole or in part, to address or resolve any unresolved issues in GameStop’s share structure, such as synthetic shares or rehypothecation, or is it solely an operational and marketplace synergy play independent of those considerations?

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  Atlas (@theatlasvision) reported 58 minutes ago

  A guy bought a 2017 server GPU on eBay for $100, bolted it to a PCIe adapter with a 3D-printed fan shroud, and ran a modern LLM at 130 tokens/sec. It beat the RTX 3060. The frontier isn't always where the marketing budget points.

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  Sam Hosier (@AutoInfatuation) reported 58 minutes ago

  @crepycidon Cars are a lot more often specc’d higher in Europe than here so the parts we struggle to find in the UK are 10 a penny abroad. Tonnes of breakers on eBay and I’ve bought parts before from Europe with no issues at all.

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  0xMattt (@0x_Mattt) reported 59 minutes ago

  Some thoughts on the $GME bid for $EBAY: eBay’s board response was expected, but it was also incredibly thin. They called the proposal “neither credible nor attractive,” then listed six vague concerns without giving shareholders much actual math. Meanwhile, GameStop put real numbers on the table: $125/share 46% premium to the unaffected price 50/50 cash and stock ~$2B in targeted annualized cost reductions ~1,600 GameStop locations that could support intake, authentication, fulfillment, and live commerce Ryan Cohen as CEO of the combined company That deserves more than a boilerplate rejection letter. My thoughts on eBay’s six points: 1) eBay’s standalone prospects Sure, eBay is not a broken business. But “not broken” is not the same as optimized. If there is obvious SG&A bloat, weak buyer growth despite massive sales and marketing spend, and a pathway to materially higher EPS, the board owes shareholders a serious review. 2) Financing uncertainty This is the strongest concern on paper, but it is not a reason to refuse engagement. If the financing is weak, make GameStop prove it. Ask for committed financing, more detail on the stock component, and a clearer capital structure. But simply saying “uncertainty” while refusing to engage looks more like a defense mechanism than shareholder stewardship. 3) Long-term growth and profitability This is where eBay’s board needs to show the math. What is the actual downside to shareholders? GameStop is arguing for cost discipline, marketplace focus, collectibles growth, authentication, logistics leverage, and live commerce expansion. eBay’s board is basically saying: “Trust us.” That is not enough. 4) Leverage, operational risk, and leadership structure Yes, leverage matters. Yes, integration risk exists. But the current structure has risk too: bloated costs, slow execution, and a board that appears more interested in protecting the status quo than maximizing shareholder value. The leadership structure concern is obvious: Ryan Cohen would replace the people currently running the show. That is probably the point. 5) Valuation implications A combined GameStop/eBay would immediately become one of the most interesting commerce and collectibles platforms in the market. Gaming. TCG. Sports cards. PSA partnerships. Marketplace scale. Physical retail infrastructure. Authentication. Fulfillment. Live selling. If executed correctly, that combination should command a better multiple, not a worse one. 6) Governance and incentives This may be eBay’s weakest argument. Ryan Cohen takes no salary, no cash bonus, and no golden parachute. His compensation is tied to company performance. GameStop board members have real skin in the game. Compare that with eBay insiders who seem far more comfortable extracting value than creating it. Bottom line: eBay was trading around the high-$70s/low-$80s before GameStop began accumulating its position. $125/share is a serious premium. Shareholders deserve more than a vague rejection letter from a board protecting its own seats. Ryan Cohen likely isn’t done. And if eBay’s board refuses to engage, he should take the case directly to shareholders.

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  Kevin C. (@Natterforme) reported 60 minutes ago

  @marvlous_melody They think rummaging around for 50 year old copies of out of print issues in second hand comic stores or using ebay for collections is a legitimate long term solution. Or spend $80-150+ per omnibus which is nothing like a Japanese takubon in reading order or series.