taisha1
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:03:44 PM new
As of 9 p.m. can browse auction pages in western Montana.
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cybercat
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:16:38 PM new
valerie47--You live in a beautiful place--"gorgeous" in fact  I heard the hospital I was born in has been torn down. My Mom said it was really neat--her room had a view of the lake--and I was born in September--a very pretty time of year where the leaves turn color. Ah...but that was 49 years ago. I suppose a lot has changed--but I know it is still a pretty place.
cybercat--who is now in Houston where the leaves don't change color--they don't even fall sometimes!
edited to say: Darn! I was browsing eBay Canada--and now it is cratering on me!
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What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
[ edited by cybercat on Oct 10, 2000 08:19 PM ]
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thedewey
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:19:20 PM new
Sheesh ... down in GA again! 
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corrdogg
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:20:33 PM new
** Our Site Is Temporarily Unavailable **
We are sorry, but our site is temporarily unavailable. We are working to bring the system back up as quickly as possible.
#$@&^%$
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rnrgroup
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:22:06 PM new
Down again in NY!
Val I was in Clifton Springs a couple of weeks ago - I live a little piece down the road - South of SF! Isn't that a hoot - I didn't have a clue we were neighbors! We will have to get together sometime...Rosalinda
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rnrgroup
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:27:34 PM new
ebaY SITE ESSENTIAL FEATURES - My ebaY and Search went down at 18:00:40 - 5 minutes is complete utter and total -BLOVIATION!!!!! -Rosalinda
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labbie1
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:27:53 PM new
DOWN!
Going to bed...tomorrow is another day...<grumble><grumble><grumble> 
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labbie1
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:29:49 PM new
Rosalinda, I believe it is also bivoation...
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Julesy
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:31:10 PM new
Not surprised...something was fishy even yesterday when it took search 10 hours to index new auctions.
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rampaged
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:35:12 PM new
Think about it. Ebay goes down every evening about the time that the West coast people come on line.
I'll bet that due to the onslaught of people coming on line that the eBay system can't handle the load.
This has made me change my strategy to listing my auctions earlier and having them end earlier in the evening.
Imagine what it will be like during the Christmas holiday rush when all buyers and sellers want to be on line at the same time.
I think the worst is yet to come!!!
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buyhigh
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:37:07 PM new
Seems to be and up and down thing. Got a bid in and seconds later, the search went down again. Figure that if you are unlucky enough to have an auction end during the downtime, you lose. The two hour timeframe seems like a ripoff. If an online brokerage house functioned this way, they would be out of business. The trouble is that for hard to find rare items , Ebay has no competition.
buyhigh
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rampaged
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:40:31 PM new
Yet another reason to list for 10 days. Maybe you will get 7 days out of it.
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thedewey
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:43:32 PM new
And ... back up again!
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sparkz
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:44:00 PM new
Doesn't it seem ironic that Ebay purchased all their servers from the low bidder?
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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rnrgroup
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:46:13 PM new
ebaY did not purchase servers - they get them for FREEEEEEE from Sun in exchange for advertising! -Rosalinda
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rampaged
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:50:09 PM new
Rosalinda
Maybe they forgot to get a service contract or hire trained personel to keep the system going.
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jenado
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posted on October 10, 2000 08:53:49 PM new
SJL; I had this happen to me months ago; Ebay gave me more time on the auctions, like the 'blink' never happened. I had them all closing at like, 6pm and suddenly they all ended at midnight..... took me ages to figure out what I did! Hopefully they'll 'extend' the time of all the auctions so perhaps all has not been in vain and you'll get even more bidders
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rnrgroup
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posted on October 10, 2000 09:53:08 PM new
One more time - ebaYs site essential functions - My ebaY and search went down at 18:00:40 and was down, up and down and up again at 20:27:53 with My ebaY still not working. Because of the Watch feature, My ebaY is now an essential feature without which bidders can not find the auctions they are bidding on. When My ebaY, search or access to auction listings are down - sellers should apply for refunds.
To request refunds go to the form at
http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SendSupportEmailShow&subject=Credit%20--%
20How%20can%20I%20receive%20credit%20for%20insertion%20fees%3F%20
Send -
* The item number(s) of the ended auction(s) * The specific fee(s) charged for them
* Your seller's email address or User ID
* The phrase, GIVE CREDIT in the Subject line This can also be accessed from http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/select-support.html
If you want to have more close up and personal contact with ebaY, go to the The Auction Guild Site www.auctionguild.com for ebaY contact info. If you want to get Megs voicemail or her Assistant, or Pierres voicemail, email [email protected]
I get so tired of the lies !!!
-Rosalinda
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[ edited by rnrgroup on Oct 10, 2000 10:36 PM ]
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bestkept
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posted on October 10, 2000 10:05:28 PM new
RNR Thanks for the information. When I tried to use it I Received this. The page cannot be displayed
The page you are trying to reach cannot be retrieved.
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Please try the following:
Open the cgi3.ebay.com home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
Click the Refresh button, or try again later.
Click Search to look for information on the Internet.
You can also see a list of related sites.
Error 501/505 - Not implemented or not supported
Internet Explorer
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Just another night in Ebay Land
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rnrgroup
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posted on October 10, 2000 10:14:12 PM new
You have to copy paste that URL into your URL address block in pieces. I had to put in page braks to keep it from messing up the page here. make sure you have the WHOLE URL pasted in.
Also - For anyone who is denied refunds by ebaY - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! email me at [email protected]
-Thanks -Rosalinda
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pineyhurst
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posted on October 11, 2000 04:09:51 AM new
If I remember correctly eBay has a habit of changing or deleting the page to request credit. Or at least burying it so it is not easy to find.
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spuddy98
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posted on October 11, 2000 04:58:38 AM new
My god you people whine! Look into the cost of your own website or even a brick and mortar! Would anyone come in? Ebay is fair at twice the cost! (shhh! don't tell them) If it bothers you when they go down you need to get a life. Who was it said they'd be looking out the window like a ten year old if AW went down too? I bet they'd just sit and stare at their monitor. I for one love ebay and always will. My 3 kids Birthday presents last year? Paid for buy selling a $5 garage sale model for $600. Go Ebay! My families christmas? A $500 auction putchase of mechanics tools on ebay sold for about $2000! Go ebay! How'd I buy my digital camera? Go Ebay! How did I buy my laptop? o ebay!!! And all the while working a regular job to feed my family, pay the mortgage and put in my 401K. So relax guys!
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corrdogg
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posted on October 11, 2000 05:52:38 AM new
Soooo... Spuddy98...
I'll bet that you got those pom-poms on eBay REAL CHEAP too, huh?
Strikes me a bit odd to post that stuff to this thread almost 12 hours after the outages. While we are all just *thrilled* for you and all your success, the discussion really had more to do with the functionality issues of the site and the revisionest version of what occurred as put out by ebay.
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pineyhurst
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posted on October 11, 2000 06:06:37 AM new
Spuddy: Gee, it sure is easy for you to say get a life and stop whining. How nice for you that everything works out so well selling and buying on eBay for a little extra cash or buying presents.
Would be raising the flag so high if selling on eBay was your business? Would you be singing the same song when it goes down or isn't functioning and you had to take a huge loss and try to figure out how you were going to feed your family, pay the mortgage, and drop a few $$ into your 401(k)?
This isn't whining. This is a question of paying for a service that isn't being provided. This is a question of eBay looking for ways to avoid reimbursing the fees paid for the service, or making up the auction time for the paid services.
[ edited by pineyhurst on Oct 11, 2000 07:41 AM ]
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labbie1
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posted on October 11, 2000 06:49:47 AM new
spuddy98 What would the family Christmas have been like if your $500 tools were sitting there with snipers and watchers just waiting to get in and then the system went down, but according to the Ebay clock (which seems to run slower than RL clocks when the system is down) it wasn't down long enough to extend or get credit? So, you had bids of say $600 on your $500 tools which you had to pay listing and FVF's on as well. The family's Christmas wouldn't have been quite so merry now would it?
We pay for a 24/7 service (knowing that they have to do maintenance and have some time down, which they tell us about so that we can list around those scheduled outages)they promised that they would have hot backups which I don't think we have ever seen (HAS anyone ever seen the hot backups work?).
I don't do Ebay for my bread and butter. My Ebaying is for the "extras" and to remove the clutter from my home. Even so, I like to make a profit on my items and when I pay for a service I want the service that I paid for.
At any rate, I have the right to grumble, whether it is my "Christmas" money or it is my House Payment because I paid for a service which was not provided.
<grumble><grumble><grumble><grumble>
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smw
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posted on October 11, 2000 06:06:07 PM new
Here it is 9:00 PM EDT Wednesday and I am getting reset messages trying to look at auction pages. This looks suspiciously like a pattern. What is the magic of 9:00 PM EDT, or 6:00 PM PDT ?
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