mypegasus
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posted on October 15, 2000 05:46:36 PM
Was able to get announcement board:
17:37:37 PDT-The eBay Site is unavailable while we perform preventative
maintenance. We are working to complete the maintenance and return to
operation as quickly as possible.
We will update you as more information is available. We apologize for
this necessary inconvenience, and appreciate your understanding.
17:22:17 PDT-The eBay Site is undergoing preventative maintenance until 17:30 PDT.
We are working to complete the maintenance and return to operation as
quickly as possible.
17:00:49 PDT-The eBay Site will be unavailable from 17:10 PDT to 17:20 PDT while we
perform preventative maintenance.
Above are the last 3 announcements bottom 2 I skipped copying the appology at bottom.
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dman3
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posted on October 15, 2000 05:49:49 PM
PREVENTATIVE it is from the looks of it its prevented hundereds in bids 
WWW.dman-n-company.com
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mypegasus
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posted on October 15, 2000 05:50:53 PM
Forgot to mention, it took several tries to get page to load. Can't get anything else on site. Get the unavalible notice.
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phbroz
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posted on October 15, 2000 05:51:40 PM
(PREVENT)ATIVE MAINTENANCE? why would anyone want to do that?
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mypegasus
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posted on October 15, 2000 05:53:45 PM
Don't you think that maintenance should be done at off-peak times? Not Sunday evening when bidding used to be good!
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flynn
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posted on October 15, 2000 06:26:48 PM
mypegasus:
What a load of you know what. I agree completely.
Why anyone would just throw hundreds if not millions of dollars down the crapper is beyond me.
Sunday has been THE best night to close auctions in a while. eBay just screwed up again!!! 
Who in the world is making these decisions? Looks like they'll be looking for a job soon!
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skyscout
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posted on October 15, 2000 06:30:26 PM
Ebay seems to never be able to really say what is happening. Most likely, it was emergency maintenance. I would cut them some slack because these things are bound to happen, but the way they write those posts up is a bit annoying. Everything is always under control.
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jelato
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posted on October 15, 2000 06:32:03 PM
Regarding - who is in charge of these decisions, and bet they will be looking for another job soon. Nahh, ebay promotes those people....
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flynn
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posted on October 15, 2000 06:35:57 PM
jelato:
Hey if that's the case I'm perfect for a job that requires making stupid decisions! I decided to end my auctions during prime time on a Sunday, didn't I?
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susiegirl
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posted on October 15, 2000 06:43:28 PM
Well, Sunday night of a previously bad week is not a bad time for this to happen....philosophically speaking...
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kitsch1
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posted on October 15, 2000 06:51:31 PM
hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
They are lying thru their teeth. Sunday is THE hot day to list and bid always has been. Preventing the system from total collapse after the initial partial collapse is more the truth.
It is not so good to be caught in so very many lies ebay.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeesh, like we are all mindless morons who will buy it?
This parrot I bought not 'alf and hour ago is dead! 'es not dead, 'es pining for the fjords
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/[email protected]/
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labrat4gmos
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posted on October 15, 2000 06:56:50 PM
You had the "preventative maintenance" and
I just got "Ebay Australia is down", so I couldn't post my auction. I am in the US, posting for the US. I don't think it is
PM at all....looks like they ended up with
all systems screwed up tonight.
I was able to get the same auction through
to processing finally, but it just came up
"Error, query is empty."
I think I am done for the night.
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capotasto
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posted on October 15, 2000 07:07:16 PM
eBay has just passed paypal for liar of the month trophy...
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mreinkec
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posted on October 15, 2000 09:20:55 PM
Most likely, it was emergency maintenance. I would cut them some slack because these things are bound to happen
Why don't they cut us some slack and extend auctions that were ending during their outage! I potentially lost at least $95 on one auction tonight, possibly more. This is very frustrating. Where can we send a complaint that will be heard?
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kitsch1
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posted on October 15, 2000 09:47:25 PM
Send it to God, at least there is a chance it will be heard.
I'd cut em some slack too if they weren't blowin smoke up an orafice and telling me it's golden fairy dust.
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twinsoft
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posted on October 15, 2000 11:48:06 PM
It looks like "preventive maintenance" is the new buzzword for "we screwed up in broad daylight, during the busiest period of the week, but we won't admit it." I think you'll find it in the eBay Doublespeak Dictionary right next to "we are working to resolve these issues..." (somebody forgot to feed the hampster).
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