phbroz
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:30:24 PM
...but Ebay's down!
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oldstuff
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:31:41 PM
This is just too friggin much...
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tiptie
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:31:45 PM
It's that new adult site policy...........grin......sigh......
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nowwhat
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:32:23 PM
It most certainly is! Had to add that my comment is not in response to tiptie's post. Just bad timing on my part.
[ edited by nowwhat on Oct 17, 2000 05:34 PM ]
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thedewey
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:32:50 PM
Yup. Surprise, surprise. 
I usually have pretty good luck avoiding outages, but this time, it got me.
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kathyg
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:34:21 PM
No, no, not down. Just preventative maintenance so they that don't go down... right?
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Shadowcat
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:34:43 PM
I'm such a creature of habit. Every time I get the dreaded 404 message, I immediately come to AW to find out if anyone else is having the same problem.
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mauimoods
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:35:35 PM
Me too, S-kitty. I tried to go and nope...so I ran here to see...and yup. Question answered.
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mouseslayer
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:44:01 PM
LOL, me too maui 
~~MouseSlayer is not a cat =^..^= ~~
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chum
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:44:51 PM
I dont know but I had 5 auctions end so far tonight on yahoo using the bidprice feature. Ever since eBay has been down my bids on yahoo are soaring. Its weird but in a way eBay being down is making me more money. I sorta feel guilty being happy eBay is down.
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Shadowcat
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:44:58 PM
This is what Ebay has to say for themselves:
"** 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.
Please check the Announcement Board at http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml for updates. We will keep you posted as work progresses. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
Regards,
eBay"
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preacher4u
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posted on October 17, 2000 05:59:41 PM
eBay is partly available thru
http://www.ebay.co.uk
------------------------------------------------------------
Many miles away, there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the shore of a dark Scottish lake.
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/preacher4u/
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anzco
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posted on October 17, 2000 06:13:43 PM
I've been buying and selling on ebay for over 2 years now....I am sick of the outtages and system instability...It happens every year around this time of year and I for one have had enough.
I have decided to list 80% of my items on YAHOO from now on and only 20% on Ebay.
I notice that my Yahoo auctions are getting viewed more often (Yes...Yahoo has built-in counters already...whereas ebay is just starting to experiment with them)
Yahoo has an easy to use interface that looks great and very rarely goes down...
Plus...listings are free unless you choose special features (which are also moderately priced) Plus you can convert your ebay feedback to $$$$. You get one dollar for each point in your Ebay feedback rating that you can apply toward special listing features.
I've had enough of the politics and the instability of ebay...I do not like the direction they are headed in...I do like Yahoo's changes and direction!
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mildreds
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posted on October 17, 2000 06:19:40 PM
Ebay "We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.Regards,"
What planet are they from???? an inconvenience?? I do not think I can tell my mortgage company I can not pay you sorry for the inconvenience. They are charging listing fees and then not providing the service. I have auctions closing in an hour with high listing fees. I also have 15 more I wanted to put on.
They may not care about the sellers but those buyers are not going to keep logging on to a site every night that is not functioning. Pretty soon they will find other things to do with their time.
If they really want to apologize they can extend auctions 24 hours and refund listing fees. I will be sending an Email. If I have listed an auction withebay can i relist it with Yahoo?? Or do I have to create a whole new one. I use Auction Manager Pro.
I am soooooooo maaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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jm10m
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posted on October 17, 2000 06:27:06 PM
Please check the Announcement Board at http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml for updates. We will keep you posted as work progresses. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
********************************************
I checked the announcement board .. THIS is what I got;
Sorry. That Web site is not accepting requests.
(IN BIG BLACK LETTERS)
There has got to be something positive here..
And I thought of something..!!
We don't have to worry about "hackers" taking the site down..
eBay takes care of that.
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mildreds
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posted on October 17, 2000 06:33:40 PM
Maybe they are trying to force us to watch the debates, Maybe they are getting a kick back from Hollywood for the new T.V. sytem, having a difficult time trying to be funny. I am tooooooooooomaddddddddddddddddddddddddd
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sdurrell96
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posted on October 17, 2000 06:37:30 PM
What's the new adult policy? Maybe I'm out of the loop. I guess I've been struggling to launch my auctions the last few days! I've tried Yahoo, and didn't get any bids! So I'm stuck with EBay! Suggestions?.........
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airguy
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posted on October 17, 2000 06:59:54 PM
anzco/anyone
convert your ebay feedback to cash one yahoo with their "featured" options. can't seem to find anything on their site about this.
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betsybarnet
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posted on October 17, 2000 08:12:57 PM
sdurrell - You ask what the new adult policy is at eBay.....they are putting the "mature audience" listings on a different search engine so these auctions will not come up in a search of the main auction site......They are also banning sexually explicit or graphic material....I guess now only the eBayers can get scr*wed on eBay! suhthnbelle
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anzco
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posted on October 17, 2000 08:17:34 PM
AIRGUY
Go to : http://auctions.yahoo.com/phtml/auc/us/promo/ratings_featured.html
to convert Ebay points to $$$ on Yahoo auction listing options.
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airguy
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posted on October 17, 2000 09:05:38 PM
thanks i could use the extra 3700 in free listing upgrades
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