Heelp!!! Is anyone having problems logging into Ebay?? (1 Viewer)

[MarcoBiscotti]

I need to bid on a bunch of records in my watch list that are ending soon, but for some reason I'm unable to login to "My Ebay"!

It just doesn't load, I can't even access the login page...

I was able to last night, but all of a sudden the page won't show. It's not even as though it times out... nothing happens, period! No error message, no pop-up.

Can anyone please help???

 

[RichP]

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

Thanks a lot Rich!

I was afraid there might've been other factors at play... but I'm back on now and just in time to get my bids in!

 

[Jeff Ulmer]

I'm just tired of having to login every day (or even more) when I have selected "stay logged in". This started about six months ago.

 

[Todd K]

I've noticed that problem too,

and now I'm having two problems -- when I go to enter my password and then hit the "log in" button, it clears the password field this putting me in an endless loop.

I tried going in through the main page and got through, but then when I go to pay via paypal, I get an error message saying "system error occurred."

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

Yep, I have the same login problems.

I always click on 'keep me logged in' and every few hours I find myself logging in again... it's most frustrating when you're in a bidding war and waiting for the last 30 seconds to get your bid in but are unsure if you'll have to login all over again.

 

[Malcolm R]

Why aren't people just using proxy bidding? That would end the need to worry about last minute logins or being logged off in a critical moment.

 

[Jeff Ulmer]

Because you are subject to shill bidding (prevalent) or simply paying more than you should have to due to people chipping at your maximum. Just because I might be willing to pay a certain amount doesn't mean I really want to. Bidding in the last seconds usually means paying the least you can in an auction.

Also, waiting until the end les you see whether placing a bid is even worthwhile, especially when there are a number of the same items available. Having already commited to one auction would preclude bidding on a different one until you were sure you weren't going to win.

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

Exactly.

It always frustrates me when I'm watching an auction and see a bunch of people repeatedly bidding high prices nowhere near the end of the listing and jacking the totals up for no reasons whatsoever. If people would just have a little patience instead of bidding 15 times in a single afternoon, the items would end up going for half the cost!

Of course, when I'm a seller... I don't mind this so much.

 

[Drew Clement]

no problem here

 

[Julian Reville]

You would ne proud of me Marco: I bought a Titleist 983K driver on eBay last night by waiting until the last 30 seconds to make a bid. Since I have a dialup connection at home, I was really taking a chance!

I too was having trouble signing into eBay yesterday, seems to be working better now.