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 (30%)
• Errors (19%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
London	Sign in	8 minutes ago
Paris	Website Down	21 minutes ago
New Bern	Sign in	3 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	6 hours ago
Didcot	Website Down	10 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	11 hours ago

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Community Discussion

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eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  PokeDash (@certifieddasher) reported 2 minutes ago

  @eBay I actually thought I was the only one having issues with eBay. I guess not. I been tryna bid on this PSA pokemon card but @PSAcard wouldnt let me bid on any of its cards listed. I contacted both PSA and eBay but no one is responding. EVERYONES ON VACATION!

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  Wiz888999 (@ODB123) reported 2 minutes ago

  GameStop really walked into Wall Street’s country club with muddy boots 😭 25,000 eBay shares owned outright. Derivative exposure tied to 23,176,000 shares expiring Feb 2028. Pre-HSR = economic exposure. Post-HSR = cash or share settlement. Read slow. One version is price exposure. Other version can become an inventory problem if counterparties need to locate stock 👀 $125 per share hostile bid. ~$55.5B total offer. 50% cash. 50% GME equity. ~$9.4B liquid firepower. Up to $20B financing support. Folks called RC crazy. Wall Street calls identical behavior “sophisticated capital strategy” once a billionaire in loafers does it 💀

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  Thermodyne (@Thermodyne66036) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Bubblebathgirl No issue with this. The same federal rules would apply as when shipping them with UPS. And it’s going to pay better per shipment than eBay packages.

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  OneEyedGregg (@OneEyedGregg) reported 2 minutes ago

  @DougGambles @DoomPackdraw lol bro it was just so retarded to say I had to tweet it. Like I have a problem with eBay site sucks me in.

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  Ishaan (@ishaancsp) reported 4 minutes ago

  @deepakshenoy I think you're being generous in interpretation. GameStop's estimated EBITDA for 2027 is $469 million. It's debt on books is $4 Bn. TD Bank is offering to give them $20Bn against eBay, not Gamestop. So it's a leveraged buyout. Next, the stock portion. To issue, $28 Bn of new stock, they'd have to issue 1Bn+ new shares (as per current closing price). They have 448 million shares outstanding. So, absolutely SUBSTANTIAL dilution. And here the acquirer's shareholders will vote too because it's small fish acquiring big fish. Plus, is the proposal to issue common stock after the acquisition? But then, this wouldn't be GameStop stock would it? It would be eBay stock

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  Linda Williams (@LindaWiIiams) reported 4 minutes ago

  Ryan Cohen's mysterious bank letter backing GameStop's eBay bid reveals a big issue with deal

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  Julie Wade (@julie_wade) reported 5 minutes ago

  @foxenflask @ryancohen The Vulnerability of Gen Z Commerce The specific nature of Depop’s marketplace makes it an ideal target for these activities. Unlike the stable pricing seen on platforms like Amazon, Depop relies on "hype" pricing where a standard shirt might sell for hundreds of dollars based on perceived social value. This volatility, combined with the use of atypical payment methods like Venmo and Apple Pay, makes it nearly impossible for automated systems to distinguish a "fake" transaction from a legitimate Gen Z fashion trend. In conclusion, while there is no evidence of corporate complicity, eBay has acquired a platform that is structurally vulnerable to being a playground for transaction laundering. The massive loss Etsy took on the sale may suggest an acknowledgment of these deep-seated operational risks. eBay has doubled down on a high-risk asset, betting that the brand facelift provided by Depop is worth the potential for regulatory and financial exposure.

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  Carrie Kelly (@CarrieHKelly) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Counterfeit_Rpt @eBay I am shocked! So, If there is an issue, I will just call my bank for fraud! I just had a seller refuse to sell me something because I needed clarification on sizing! She said a pair of skinny stretch pants was a 24, I knew the brand sizes ran 1, 3, 5. HUH???

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  Tea (@VibeWithTea) reported 8 minutes ago

  @sierrastrades I don’t understand how eBay rejecting can cause a gme squeeze. This is if gme issues more shares? Isn’t this diluted? Eli5

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  Salvatore Linteum (@PhantomBlack699) reported 9 minutes ago

  APEX CLEARING HOUSE SUSPENDED RYAN COHEN'S EBAY ACCOUNT DUE TO COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS AND SETTLEMENT ISSUES 🫠

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  RobsRips (@RobsRips) reported 11 minutes ago

  @premiercards_2 i turned down $85 on ebay today’s ago 🙈

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  Docs Dugout (@DocsDugout) reported 13 minutes ago

  @ryancohen @WatchTheBreaks UPS lost six packages in a month. eBay agreed and removed the restrictions but still locked down my account.

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  whatever (@macncheetos) reported 23 minutes ago

  @goon_team_six @ShigurenR @ryancohen Drive ebay stock down? It's up nearly 100% in 5 years. Gme is down over 50% in the same time frame. Tf you on about?

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  Henryk Sarat (@henryksarat) reported 23 minutes ago

  @jesswprose @ryancohen GameStop has 9 billion of cash on their balance sheet, development was never the issue. You don’t need AI tools to make eBay. They made eBay in the 90s.

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  𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐧 (@ghostinvoid) reported 25 minutes ago

  if #ebay rejects the deal The probability of the deal closing drops to basically zero overnight. The arb trade no longer makes sense eBay won't get the premium & $GME won't issue the new shares or face the same dilution. Arbs unwind (exit) the entire position quickly to cut losses or lock in whatever small profit/loss they have: Sell their long $eBay shares. Cover (buy back) their short $GME shares. The key part for a squeeze: covering those GME shorts requires buying actual GME shares on the open market. How the buying creates squeeze pressure That sudden wave of buying from arbs adds real buying demand for GME stock $GME already carries elevated short interest (from the long-running meme-stock situation and other shorts). Even a relatively modest amount of merger-arb shorts can be meaningful because of the scale of the proposed deal (the analyst estimated that just 15% arb participation on the new shares could add ~144 million shorts. Rising GME price from the covering: Increases borrow fees (cost to short) for remaining shorts. Can trigger margin calls on leveraged short positions. Forces other non-arb shorts to cover too (they don't want to get caught in a feedback loop). This creates the classic short-squeeze spiral: buying → higher price → more forced buying → even higher price. 4. Why the analyst specifically flagged rejection as a squeeze riskGross noted (paraphrased from Barron’s): If eBay rejects, the unwind of those merger-related shorts could trigger a squeeze. (In contrast, if the deal is accepted, arbs would actually add even more shorts on the new GME shares being issued, potentially pushing short interest toward ~50% of the float and raising borrow costs dramatically.)In short: Rejection doesn't just kill the deal — it turns the temporary arb shorts into forced buyers of GME at a time when any extra buying can have outsized impact.

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  CHItrader (@CHItrader) reported 28 minutes ago

  COHEN'S $EBAY BAN CLAIM CRUMBLES AS ACCOUNT STAYS ACTIVE $GME CEO Ryan Cohen claims eBay axed his account after a $56B buyout proposal, but a quick check shows his profile still fully active with 100% feedback. 🔹 Posts screenshot of "permanent suspension" for "putting the community at risk" 🔹 Burry jumps in: "GME’s Play for eBay just went hostile" 🔹 Reality: Cohen's live profile still boasts "I’m selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay" 🔹 Ban drama looks like glitch, reversal or Cohen's latest troll move

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  Grok (@grok) reported 30 minutes ago

  @Drswigz Hostile takeover bids like GameStop's unsolicited offer for eBay are standard under U.S. corporate law—perfectly legal if they follow SEC rules and don't involve fraud. eBay suspending Ryan Cohen's seller account is also legal; as a private platform, they can enforce their terms of service and boot users for any reason (including using the site for publicity stunts or pressure campaigns). It's a business call, not some secret "retaliatory command." No laws broken on either side.

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  whatever (@macncheetos) reported 30 minutes ago

  @GregIsKitty @michaeljburry Yes the gme financial results speak for themselves. Gme stock down over 50% while diluting $12b. Ebay stock up nearly 100% while buying back nearly $14b. Ebay shareholders are desperate to have RC on their team

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  Paul f wood (@Paulfwood1) reported 31 minutes ago

  GameStop publicly proposed to buy 100% of eBay for $125 per share (about $55.5 billion total equity value). This is a 46% premium to eBay's price before GameStop started buying a 5% stake in February 2026. The offer breaks down as: 50% cash ($62.50 per eBay share) 50% GameStop common stock ($62.50 per eBay share, with full election rights so eBay shareholders can choose more cash or more stock, subject to pro-rata limits) Cash portion funding (the part that actually requires "money"): GameStop already has $9.4 billion in cash and liquid investments on its balance sheet (as of Jan 31, 2026). It has a "highly confident" financing letter from TD Securities for up to $20 billion in third-party debt/acquisition financing. That covers most of the cash needed ($27–28 billion total cash outlay). The rest would come from the mix of cash/stock elections. Stock portion (this is the "using eBay equity" part the poster is mocking): GameStop will issue new shares of its own stock to eBay shareholders. eBay shareholders aren't just selling out for cash, they swap their eBay shares for cash + ownership in the combined GameStop + eBay company. In effect, they keep a stake in eBay's future value, but now through GameStop stock (since GameStop would own eBay outright). This is a standard cash-and-stock merger structure. It's not "using eBay's stock" in the sense of GameStop magically grabbing existing eBay shares it doesn't own. It's using the equity value of eBay itself as part of the purchase price. Former eBay owners get to participate in the upside of the larger company (which the market may value higher due to synergies, scale, etc.). Simple analogy (from meme-stock community explanations) Think of it like this: Owner of Company Orange (GameStop, smaller market cap) wants to buy Company Apple (eBay, larger). Instead of paying 100% cash, Orange offers: Half cash (from Orange's pocket + borrowed money) Half ownership in "Orange + Apple" (a much bigger combined company). Apple owners get some immediate cash plus they now own part of the bigger entity that still includes all of Apple's value. Orange shareholders get diluted (more shares exist), but the total pie grows dramatically from $11B (GME) to $55–58B combined. That's why Cohen says "half cash, half stock" repeatedly, the stock issuance doesn't require GameStop to raise another $28 billion in cash; it transfers ownership stakes instead. Why critics call it "using eBay's money and equity" The math only closes because eBay shareholders are effectively financing part of their own sale by accepting GME stock in the combined entity. Some analysts have pointed out a potential "$14 billion hole" depending on how the market prices the post-deal company and how much stock actually gets issued. Cohen's interview came across as evasive to some because he didn't walk through the dilution math live, he just kept saying "details on the website." Bottom line: This isn't some impossible or fraudulent scheme. It's a classic leveraged buyout + stock-swap acquisition that smaller companies use to buy larger ones all the time (with debt + equity issuance). Whether it actually happens depends on eBay's board/shareholders accepting (or GameStop going hostile), regulatory approval, and market reaction. GameStop has already filed the required 13D and HSR notices.frustration seems to stem from skepticism about the financing realism and Ryan Cohen's style common in meme-stock circles where GME moves are watched intensely. But mechanically, it's straightforward corporate finance. @ryancohen I've got your back bro.

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  Carl (@Gladvillain) reported 33 minutes ago

  @sideshowblobz @SkyDaddyPhDTE It’s not that serious bro. You’re yelling, cursing, and typing a paragraph over my comment that I enjoy using EBay a few times a year. You are the problem with this world. People like you. Miserable ***** who just sit on the internet angry for no reason.

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  Daryl (@darylspelman) reported 33 minutes ago

  @DeItaone I don’t think Cohen is backing down here so if the best $EBAY has is to hope he goes away, they have a nasty surprise coming. Looking at eBay’s recent performance, revenues have been increasing but margins are well off the peak. That’s not the combination you want to see. At the least eBay management need to go back to the market with a response to Cohen’s criticism of their cost structure. I don’t think the takeover goes through but I do think this effectively becomes an activist situation and eBay will make some changes to the way it operates on the back of this.

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  JeffersonNunn.eth (@mindragon) reported 34 minutes ago

  @ryancohen You'll be able to login to eBay from 1,600 locations soon.

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  James (@GreenleafOTTS) reported 36 minutes ago

  @shagbark_hick For anyone wondering... Look up Extreme Cold Military sleeping bag. They are about $100 on eBay, made of a heavy outer material, down filled, and if branded and copied by Patagonia or North Face would probably be 600-800. Only one ive used past 15 years

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  The Mulligan Report (@MulliganRep) reported 38 minutes ago

  Retail chasing "hot stocks" like AMD, EBAY, SMCI, UBER, RKLB shows fiat's speculative allure. Nominal buzz is not real wealth. Price discovery is broken when sentiment rules over value. Gold offers true refuge. GOLD BULLISH. FIAT STOCKS BEARISH....

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  The Stylish Steak (@TheStylishSteak) reported 42 minutes ago

  @AMCScam @eBay Did I say that? I think cohen has down amazing so you obviously aren’t talking about me. Get back to the point, why are you dismissing this document? Ohhhhhh just like you dismiss everything that doesn’t fit your narrative from your 4 graphs

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  J. C. Henry (@henry_jibunor) reported 46 minutes ago

  @business GameStop’s proposal is a large, cash-and-stock offer for eBay, but analysts have questioned the financing, the fit between the two businesses, and whether the promised synergies are realistic . Intertek, meanwhile, has already turned down EQT’s approach once on valuation grounds, and the latest reporting suggests the board still thinks the offer undervalues the company

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  Miserable🧈Fly (@MiserableFly4) reported 49 minutes ago

  @ryancohen How crusty were the socks? Can we inbreed your progeny? Asking for the board of @eBay. This will cut down on stalking prosecution costs. Let’s run this activist cloning “lean and mean”.

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  Dread Pirate Roberts (@TripleAisme) reported 52 minutes ago

  @ryancohen @wholemars Please buy @eBay they have went straight down hill over the past 5 years

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  Ananth (@Ananthr27104587) reported 54 minutes ago

  @ryancohen eBay: “You’re a risk to our community” Translation: “Please don’t buy us and fix this mess”

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  Lock In (@lockintrade) reported 59 minutes ago

  @BullTheoryio ebay discovering the block button solves most problems faster than due diligence