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 (44%)
• Sign in (38%)
• Errors (18%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Manchester	Website Down	7 hours ago
Manchester	Website Down	13 hours ago
Peebles	Website Down	19 hours ago
Manchester	Website Down	21 hours ago
Manchester	Website Down	2 days ago
Manchester	Website Down	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

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eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  ShortBus (@shortbuscomedy) reported 5 minutes ago

  @eBay @McLOVINKicks Dealing with those customer service people is pointless. They can’t even tell you what the issue is and then if you ask to speak to a sup they hang up on you lol

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  Problem Being (@BeingProblem) reported 5 minutes ago

  @CCCollectorTCG @_Mxtty @eBay Mine is down today.

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  WhiteHorseman_[AC] (@LaurietheReaper) reported 11 minutes ago

  Just for the record.... a week ago I noticed that the eBay app was different/ similar on the timelines. I can now say as of today that the Yahoo app now has the same problem. Yesterday the Yahoo app updated and changed, this morning the app reverted to its previous programming.

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  Justin The Guy (@wessonlsu) reported 12 minutes ago

  @PacoDePerro @eBay Yeah. My son got scammed by a seller and @ebay solved the issue by suspending my sons account without a refund.

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  James Griffiths (@JamesGr90508074) reported 13 minutes ago

  Is anybody else having issues getting their money paid from @eBay was supposed to be paid and they’re saying there are technical issues and sellers are being affected.

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  Xah Lee (@xah_lee) reported 14 minutes ago

  the ugly web dev history, frontend. I was ignorant of JavaScript and frontend tech, from 1999 to 2010. am a web backend dev in 1998. back then, professional programers sneer JavaScript (and php). except, those big corp actually need to use it sans choice, such as gmail, google map, amazon, ebay. (the need to update page sans reloading the whole page.) Only when Node.js in 2009 By Ryan Dahl, changed things. It introduced the async, which puzzled and derided by most programers. (async, a pain in the ***. One of the worst thing in programing language history, still so today, even with latest await etc. Reason is because js is single threaded. Async is a pretend fix on this concurrency issue.) In 2010 js did not have a library system. (nor did php, scheme lisp, for the first 10 years of their life. emacs lisp has no module/namespace to this day.) Commonjs and amdjs module system mess got introduced in the wild. A very complicated mess, which created concepts like bundlers (browserify, webpack), code repo and package manager (bower, npm), task runners (gulp). npm is a corp greed, designed so that 1 line code is considered a lib, to promote its popularity. Then in 2015, js finally had some basic features, such as real local scoped variable (let), real dictionary/hashtable/map data structure. but for reason, the JavaScript committee refused a “use new js”. (google chrome dev got stunk by a “use strict”.) So, one thousands warts of js, stays in js. (such as var, use strict, string is utf16 and all methods cant deal with emoji, no real array masking as magical object with magical length. etc.) JavaScript landscape, is really 30 years of **** pile due to a in-10-days mistake. But cpp is worse.

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  Gamers Vault Gaming (@vault_gamers) reported 17 minutes ago

  @TechnicallyTee If you're a physical buyer why would you buy from Gamestop? They have a problem with quality, pricing, and Volume. I'd much rather hit up a mom and pop, 2nd and Charles, Walmart, Ebay, or Amazon for games. Gamestop became more of a toystore.

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  Laiari Thee Echidna (@LaiariBlackaddr) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Sizzstar2 I'm so scared of shopping on eBay and spending that much for it. But Imma have to and soon once I pay down every thing else as far as bills are concerned. I need a new PC. My laptop is like 7 years old.

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  Corbin Keith (@CorbinKeith) reported 26 minutes ago

  @MangiMi2 Ok but again, your issue is with ebay and the process, not the seller. The message and posting shows nothing nefarious from the seller, and at this point there isn't anything he can do since it is through authentication.

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  Jimbobq49 (@KaSreloaded) reported 26 minutes ago

  Glad I got one of the ebay bootlegs. Crazy that the director apparently struck down the youtube uploads recently

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  Jimmy Nyström (@JimmyWinrar) reported 29 minutes ago

  When $GME acquires another large block of these call options and issues shares to fund their exercise, $GME holders could effectively receive $EBAY exposure at a steep discount to the proposed buyout price. Call it dilution if you want. The end result may still be control. The more interesting possibility is that @ryancohen never expected—or even wanted, the eBay board to accept the initial offer. A rejection creates the justification for a more aggressive, openly hostile strategy. If that was the plan from the beginning, this was never a failed bid. It was the opening move.

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  The Phantom Peasant (@roaringpeasant) reported 32 minutes ago

  @radtdd99 @ValueAddedRS @ryancohen eBay is assessing the viability of potential shareholder lawsuits given they already have legal issues. If they have the judges and media aligned to back them they will attempt to maneuver and create a poison pill. If not, they will eventually step aside. Hope it’s the latter.

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  Miss Night Demons (NEW ACCOUNT) (@MissNightDemons) reported 33 minutes ago

  @SirCMTusk I had the money at different points to get it on ebay but i turned down every chance cus i either didn’t have the money or i had more then enough money but the sleepaway camp vhs was the cheapest i ever seen a sleepaway camp vhs 😫

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  cats collectibles tcg (@Catscollecttcg) reported 33 minutes ago

  @CardGameNomad Idk again talking and watching these people there is two types and neither get affected this way. Either 1) Like you are saying the price drops and they imminently PANIC sell at the next weekends card show and move it all again at a loss but prob not much different than Rudy or 2) have enough money to like a stock say "EH" and throw it in the warehouse for 5+ years and it becomes x3. I see your argue and do agree with you but its like when people say if we didnt buy japanese boxes the price would come down but thats just not true. We are usually the cheapest, if me, sakura, dot, ETC closed shop you would be stuck buying from eBay at higher prices and less transparency.

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  Problem Being (@BeingProblem) reported 34 minutes ago

  Anyone else having issues with @eBay_UK @eBay app on iPhone today? It’s just not loading and no buttons work.

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  Bowtie Productions (@BowtieProdsYT) reported 37 minutes ago

  @exisbread No problem! I have the Titan brand Super Massager. There's no model number, unfortunately. I picked it up from 5 Below like 5 or so years ago, and they frequently rotate their stock, so I doubt they'll still have it. I didnt see the exact item on Amazon, but it looks like there's some eBay listings, at least.

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  Liz Morton ~ Value Added Resource (@ValueAddedRS) reported 38 minutes ago

  @foxenflask 💯 The "suspend first & don't answer questions later" approach to content moderation is absolutely baffling to me on so many levels. eBay needs to completely overhaul policy enforcement - focus on correctly flagging real problems/violations, evenly apply consequences up to & including banning for serious/repeat offenders etc. But also provide clear communications & paths for appealing in cases of false positives or to a second chance in one off cases of misunderstandings or inadvertent mistakes. As it is now, both sellers & buyers are left to the whims of whatever clearly not ready for primetime AI system eBay is using, creating bad experiences all around.

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  Marje of Tallinn 👑🇪🇪🇩🇪 (@MarjeKikas) reported 39 minutes ago

  Venture Blueprint #001 Problem: Dog owners want to travel without muddy seats, loose dogs, or forgotten gear. Customer: US dog owners who drive regularly. MVP: Bundle a seat cover, harness, travel bowl, and storage pouch. Revenue: eBay → niche store → branded product. Biggest risk: Competing on price instead of trust. Next step: Validate with 20 dog owners before scaling.

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  Stacysgirl1078 (@stacysgirl31626) reported 44 minutes ago

  @debbie_denier You'll know which ones they are because they come in a rectangular cubed box and they're a four pack and they're marked as being matte. My local H&M close down I have to resort to their website which is atrocious... Which means I have to resort to eBay

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  Excellent Driver (@newconciousness) reported 44 minutes ago

  Fourth, you handled the first instance quickly and professionally. The second instance ebay laid the blame at the feet of PSA being backed up. That is NOT my problem and totally irrelevant to the fact you released funds to my bank account and clawed them back a month later.

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  Eli Mahi (@mydadwasbased) reported 46 minutes ago

  @eBay where is my money for the items I sold? Funds were supposed to be released July 17, but they are still in the “On Hold” phase. Customer support says you have a “technical glitch” with all sellers funds being stuck “in processing” phase. WHAT is going on?!

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  Sergio D (@sergiod2262) reported 47 minutes ago

  @Sergbytes @eBay_UK Same for me. Somebody got an absolute bargain because no one could bid. It’s clearly some eBay issue.

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  Michael Fowlie (@mwfowlie) reported 48 minutes ago

  @RobbiePasquale 20 grand? On a MacBook? I would sooner spend 5-6k and just get a scrap server from eBay for at home

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  Tiberius (@tiberius_aaron) reported 50 minutes ago

  Ebay price is on edge of heading back down to like 80-82. So two paths forward. 1 - Current shareholders accept RC's golden parachute and get out at 125. 2 - Ebay heads to 80 and becomes more affordable. Either way, RC is buying ebay. -6% gonna be the line in the sand.

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  MangiMi (@MangiMi2) reported 54 minutes ago

  @bitwsammy eBay doesn’t authenticate based on card classification. They will reject authentication if there’s major damage, but they let so much other **** go. Maybe you haven’t bought many cards before but this is a massive problem right now with many buyers. I bid on the card thinking it was a camera glare. When I got it, it was dented bad. Description says this exactly lol, that if it isn’t listed, theres no damage.

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  DAM ADEBAYO (@1312Jadaskiss) reported 56 minutes ago

  @MangiMi2 So, your problem is with ebay auth? Whole lot of words to say just that

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  Silencer Muto (@SilencerMuto) reported 58 minutes ago

  @_Firehawke_ @eBay @DoesItPlay1 You just own the plastic not the game data. Once your plastic broken you still don't have anything.

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  Julie Wade (@julie_wade) reported 59 minutes ago

  The Activist’s Weapon: Deconstructing GameStop’s $4 Billion Synthetic Long on eBay How Corporate Treasuries Weaponize Derivatives Microstructure to Force Physical Delivery and Bypass Traditional Risk Constraints When standard institutional funds trade multi-billion-dollar derivative books, they are usually hunting for alpha, managing delta, or avoiding margin-call liquidations. But when a cash-rich corporate treasury plays the options market, the rules of financial gravity warp completely. The recent revelation that GameStop (GME) converted its massive derivatives footprint into a direct 9.8% voting stake in eBay (EBAY) provides a masterclass in modern activist market microstructure. Let’s break down the quantitative dynamics of this trade, how it survived dealer-hedging feedback loops, and why traditional risk metrics failed to predict the outcome. 1. The Anatomy of a $4 Billion Synthetic Long A synthetic long position replicates the linear payoff profile of owning stock by simultaneously: Buying an at-the-money, or near-the-money, call option; and Selling or writing an identical put option with the same strike price and expiration date. According to traditional put-call parity, the relationship is: Call premium minus put premium equals the current stock price minus the present value of the strike price. In plain terms: C represents the call premium. P represents the put premium. S represents eBay’s current stock price. K represents the strike price. T represents the expiration date. r represents the applicable interest rate. Leverage Amplification and Notional Exposure The math: GameStop accumulated options representing roughly 39 million underlying shares at an average strike price of approximately $101.30. The notional footprint: This created an enormous total notional exposure of approximately $3.96 billion. The volatility multiplier: Because of the position’s massive scale, even minor percentage movements in the underlying stock produced enormous absolute changes in mark-to-market profit and loss. A “small” 2% adverse move on a roughly $4 billion book creates an immediate $80 million paper drawdown. 2. Microstructure and the Dealer-Hedging Trap When a single participant builds a multi-billion-dollar synthetic position, it alters the risk profile of the entire options chain. The market makers—or dealers—sitting on the opposite side of GameStop’s trade were forced to hedge their exposure dynamically. Because the dealers were short the synthetic long—short calls and long puts—their position carried negative delta. To remain delta-neutral, the dealers had to buy billions of dollars of underlying eBay stock in the open market. The sequence was straightforward: GameStop builds a long synthetic position. Dealers inherit the opposing short-synthetic exposure. That exposure produces negative delta. Dealers must buy eBay shares in the open market to hedge it. The Gamma Loop If the underlying stock price drops, dealers encounter gamma—the rate at which delta changes as the stock price moves. In plain terms: Gamma measures how quickly an option position’s delta changes in response to a change in the underlying stock price. As eBay’s share price decreases, the dealers’ required hedge ratios shift rapidly. In a typical speculative environment, this can trigger a negative feedback loop. A falling stock price forces dealers to unwind—or sell—their hedges to remain neutral, potentially accelerating the downside through a classic domino effect or volatility-clustering cascade. 3. Risk Tolerance: War Chests Versus Margin Triggers In a standard hedge-fund framework, an adverse swing on a multi-billion-dollar derivative position triggers immediate internal risk-management mechanisms. Value-at-Risk Breaches Escalating volatility can automatically force the fund to reduce its position. Psychological and Board Pressure Stop-losses may be triggered to protect capital and quarterly performance reporting. Collateral and Margin Calls Leveraged participants can be forced to liquidate at the worst possible structural moment, as demonstrated by the Archegos collapse. The GameStop Anomaly GameStop’s internal team—with Director Julie Wade highlighting the strategy—explicitly noted that the company held through a $12 million drawdown during the accumulation phase. On a roughly $4 billion notional book, a $12 million drawdown represents an incredibly tight variance of approximately 0.3%. More importantly, GameStop’s massive cash reserves—billions of dollars raised through previous equity offerings—insulated the company from systemic stress. GameStop was not trading on borrowed prime-brokerage margin. Because it possessed the hard capital necessary to purchase the underlying notional asset, the dealer-driven “gamma dominos” had no capacity to force it out of the position. 4. The Structural Shift: Physical Settlement Over Cash Rollover This is where the strategy shifts from a purely quantitative trade into a corporate hostile-takeover play. Standard quantitative funds almost always cash-settle or roll their expiring options. Their objective is to capture price discrepancies without taking delivery of the physical asset. GameStop did the exact opposite. A standard quantitative fund typically follows this path: Synthetic long → Cash settlement or rollover → Financial alpha extracted The corporate activist followed a different path: Synthetic long → HSR clearance → Physical delivery → 9.8% voting power After clearing the necessary regulatory hurdles—specifically satisfying Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust requirements—GameStop elected to take physical delivery of the 39 million shares. Instead of treating the options as an ongoing mark-to-market accounting problem, GameStop handed over approximately $3.97 billion in cash and demanded the stock. Instantly, a paper derivative position transformed into a physical 9.8% block of common equity—complete with voting rights, boardroom influence, and strategic leverage. 5. The “Monopoly Money” Paradox For retail traders and legacy funds, a multi-billion-dollar derivative position represents an extraordinarily high-stakes risk calculation. But when an activist corporate treasury holds a structural cash surplus, the traditional mechanics of profit and loss undergo a profound paradigm shift. At this point, it is just monopoly money to them. The more they lose, the more voting shares they acquire. They will either make profits on their longs—or take stock when the market moves against them. When an entity is completely unleveraged and indifferent to short-term mark-to-market pain, price depreciation is no longer simply a risk. It becomes a discount. If the market rises, the synthetic long generates billions of dollars in financial profit. If the market falls, GameStop can absorb the temporary paper drawdown, trigger physical settlement, and acquire the company’s equity at a lower cost basis. That is the ultimate asymmetric corporate macro play: Heads, they win financial alpha. Tails, they absorb your voting power. $GME $EBAY @ryancohen

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  Tortugo.HL (@Tortugo) reported 1 hour ago

  A vendor told me their slab prices are strictly based on eBay comps. When I suggested we subtract the 13.25% eBay fee since we're dealing directly, they shut it down and said, 'We don't work that way.' 😑

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  Red Pill Money (@RedPillMoney) reported 1 hour ago

  my life story i was born in a wealthy community in LA county- my parents always had enough but not too much which was fine by me. i had everything i ever needed but to my parents, finances was something they never really took control of yet always worried about. imagine making >300k in the early 2000s and not securing your future **** got crazy when i was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the mid-2000s, they owed hundreds of thousands on the medical debt from me being hospitalized for 1 week and the crazy cost of medical supplies back then seeing the fallout of that made me never want to fall in the golden handcuff, upper middle class trap **** that. i'll get rich or die trying. i started selling baseball cards on eBay when i was 13 and by 16, found vinyl records the collectible vinyl record industry is run by guys in their 50s or older and they are terribly inefficient businessmen + greatly behind the times i changed the game i founded & ran the largest vinyl record store on amazon for a decade i bought bitcoin for the first time 10 years ago this week i thought i had it all figured out... i didn't know **** success at too young an age without checks & balances will lead to an implosion, it generally does with few exceptions i had a severe blackout drinking problem, i started pulling girls but only surface level. sometimes i'd wake up with a girl in my bed i didn't even remember *******. it's like i met them right then, at 7am as the thirst, nausea and confusion kick in i was never emotionally honest with others because i wasn't emotionally honest with myself. i had great friends, i viewed friends as my surrogate family. my main friend group was a few years older than me but took me under their wing and developed me as much as they could. oh, i also didn't manage my diabetes at all for 15+ years you're supposed to test your blood glucose level 5-10 times per day. i tested my blood glucose 25 times over 10 years from my teen years through last year. Grateful to still be here, there have been more than a few close calls my body & mind were in constant fluctuating states from not taking care of myself but i was fit on the surface- i looked good because my parents have aged like angels and i worked out consistently, but felt like **** constant ups & downs- i thought i might be bipolar. nope according to some professionals. but maybe. idc about labels. but i definitely ****** my life up in various ways i sold my vinyl business in august 2024 for a good lump sum. got ******** out and never looked back i'd been playing with memes since march 24, thought i'd double down and i did up. bigly. super bigly. genny bigly. too quickly no discipline leads to subpar outcomes built myself back up through 2025 & 2026- great positions across the board in the best "cults, movements and revolutions" then i got robbed. 6/13/26 didn't lose it all. but a couple wallets i'd spent 2025-2026 building up were compromised. it is what it is. do i feel substantially better today than i did in peak euphoria? i don't know depends on the day but lately i've been focusing on what's in my control health. i'm almost in my 30s. jesus that's crazy to think. i still feel like im in my late teens or early 20s- mentally at least i'm still incredibly optimistic about our future i still take action to realize future outcomes that'll bless me and my future beneficiaries i still view life as a game, but this time around it's not the game i need to master it's myself sigma freud.