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- Website Down (49%)
- Sign in (32%)
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The most recent eBay outage reports came from the following cities:
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
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Thiais
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
 Preston
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
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Gateshead
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Swadlincote
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Website Down | 6 hours ago |
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Preston
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Website Down | 8 hours ago |
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eBay Issues Reports
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Maddie Hatter (@HatterMaddie17) reportedI used to sell stuff on eBay quite often, but the fees for sellers keep going up incrementally making it not worth the trouble to sell. In fact, the effective cost per sale has gone up by about 8–10% for many transactions compared to 2021 levels. Doesn’t eBay understand that their customers aren’t just buyers, but sellers too? This is one thing I’d like Ryan Cohen to consider if GameStop acquires eBay. $GME $eBay
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Mark M (@iwasmmueller88) reportedGot an eBay return request. On this card. Here’s my photo, showing what I believed as a print line. And the buyers return request photo. 1. I think the issue is fairly visible in my photo. Even if not extremely so I guess. 2. I nearly told the buyer to pound sand but it’s just not worth it. What do y’all think? As an aside, when I reviewed the card upon pulling it I did *not* run it through every angle and lighting imaginable
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Kat (@KatsCurious2) reportedCashless Life Problems - Thread (10) EBAY & ETSY & AMAZON (allegedly) Withdrawing funds from sellers because buyers say they didn't receive item but not checking with seller first.
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Jim (@Jim887404454583) reported@TapeTorque No, he can't just issue a ton of stock and buy ebay to hit his tranches, the targets will be adjusted upward in the event of a stock-based acquisition proportionately to maintain the original intent. Explicitly says so.
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AAAJADE (@TripleAJade) reported@ShaunFitzzzy @ryancohen It's offensive, How sloppy the Ebay C suite behaves.. it is as if they don't care and can't be caught or corrected, thus why bother - just more doubling down while turning up the financial extraction strategies. It is looking as if they have a plan and are running a play....
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Ocean𓅃Ridge (@RidgeOcean) reported@auroralchorus @Parker69922 eBay seller just has the wrong size drive listed. There is also some kind of odd issue with it 1.38TB doesn’t match up to anything well. It’s likely a 2TB drive with an odd format applied.
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Cec Podd (@CecPodd) reported@Joferjeff I had similar issue and eBay fined me! I told them to close my 25 year old account immediately. They refunded me.
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Creig Stephens (@creigstephens) reportedMost people saw GameStop’s offer to buy eBay and thought: “That’s crazy.” I saw something different: A company trying to buy its way into a better business model. But here’s the problem: Buying the machine doesn’t mean you can run the machine. That’s the lesson founders should study.
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Himmy Happerson (@himmyhapperson) reported@M_oass Duh the fix is Wall St not eBay. They pay the board and the execs to slowly tank the company so they can both use it in their swaps basket and destroy it from within. This is why American business is hollow — we hate it, we don’t want to use it, and **** you for your corruption.
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Two-Pump Chump! (@two_chump) reported@Joferjeff @eBay needs to fix this!
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EveryDogeHasHisDay (@SuperSleuth007) reported@Joferjeff @ValueAddedRS I had a similar issue with eBay. Sold a bass guitar EXACTLY as described in the advert. Buyer then decides he doesn't want it and wants ME to pay the £55 return delivery. I said no (I also stated no returns ). Ebay solution was to give him his money back & the guitar!!!
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Julius Oliveti (@juliusoliveti) reported@ValueAddedRS @ryancohen This is probably due to consolidated data, where it appears the more successful you are the more eBay places your advert in low intent searches you have no control over and your ROAS goes down. Linked to phrase and broad match KWs mainly but exact also works like phrase on eBay
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ryans assistant _kj (@just_k_j) reportedHello @frozentiljly, This is eBay’s automated response system. We are so sorry that you have experienced: “I have received fraudulent items.” You can please be at rest knowing that your issue(s) are being reviewed. Thank you, eBay
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Julie Wade (@julie_wade) reported$GME 13D - $eBay 425 Here is the corrected and reconciled breakdown of the January 2026 13D versus the May 2026 corporate activity. The biggest distinction to make is between Ryan Cohen's personal buying (reported in his 13D/A) and GameStop's corporate buying (reported in the eBay 425 filings). In the January 2026 personal 13D/A, Ryan Cohen held 42,082,626 total beneficial GME shares, bought 1 million shares personally, with a direct cost basis of $128.2 million total and ownership of approximately 9.3% of GameStop. In the May 2026 corporate eBay bid, the metric for GME shares held is N/A (since GME does not own itself), the action taken was a bid of $55.5 billion for eBay, the direct cost basis/resources were $9.0 billion cash plus GME stock, and the ownership percentage was 6.55% economic exposure to eBay. The January "Buy-In" specifics are as follows. You asked for the dates to look at for his sales (or in this case, his purchases, as his 13D shows he hasn't sold). On your charts, look at these two days in January 2026—this was his last major "buy" signal. On January 20, 2026, he purchased 500,000 shares at a weighted average of $21.12. On January 21, 2026, he purchased another 500,000 shares at a weighted average of $21.60. These purchases were made with personal funds. They established a firm "floor" on the chart right before the major 2026 announcements. The 171 million options, known as "The Moonshot," have the following details. The summary you provided is correct about the number, but here is the correction on the "Target reached" status. These options were granted in January 2026, but they haven't "paid out" yet. They are the ultimate "skin in the game" carrot. The total granted is 171,537,327 options. The exercise price is $20.66 (the closing price on Jan 6, 2026). The "Catch" is that these options only vest in tranches. The first 10% only vests if GameStop’s market cap stays above $20 billion (roughly $45/share) AND the company hits $2.0 billion in cumulative EBITDA. The goal is that the final tranches require a $100 billion market cap. If we consolidate this, Cohen’s total "trade" upon "Reaching Target" looks like this. The base is 42.1 million shares he already owns (value: approximately $925 million). The leverage is 171.5 million options. If he successfully uses the $9 billion cash pile to buy eBay and successfully integrates it, hitting that $100 billion market cap target, those options would be worth over $13 billion (calculated as ($100 - $20.66) on the share equivalent). The final fix on the eBay bid is as follows. The $9.4 billion cash vault you identified isn't just sitting there. As of May 4, 2026, GameStop (the company) reported it now owns 25,000 shares of eBay and has derivative exposure (put/call pairs) to another 29 million shares. This is the company’s 13D on eBay, not Cohen’s personal one. Cohen is essentially "all-in" on using GameStop's balance sheet to acquire eBay. If it works, he becomes one of the wealthiest people on earth through those options. If it fails, he still owns 9.3% of a company with $9 billion in cash. Let that sink in.
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XShadesX (@TheRealXShadesX) reported@MemeStockMillyz And why is that. It’s shown to trade in that area no matter what unless RK comes back. Earnings beat after earnings beat the stock trades sideways. GameStop beats earnings and revenue declines boom sideways or down. They buy eBay boom down cause of dilution. They buy eBay and
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Chewlies (@walterchewski) reported@Joferjeff Ive had mixed results from ebay. Typically with good faith buyers, it works out, even when there are problems, but the couple times ive dealt with scammers, ebay ****** me over.
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Palouse Puma (@WenBananas) reported@foxenflask @Comedyorwat Like where your thesis is at. I would say that a re-rate of $GME prior to the Schedule TO makes the most sense. 1. Crush Q1 earnings, 2. Host earnings call with forward guidance to give shareholders confidence in per-share value with this eBay plan (not dilutive empire building) 3. Shareholders vote and approve shares and comp package 4. Immediate dilution doesn’t happen (per Ryan’s FG call) 5. Market starts saying… oh ****, he’s not doing this until it makes sense, and starts pricing in THAT alternative 6. Campaign continues with more eBay buying, more board pressure 7. Another financial backer/s comes in and slaps money down 8. Market starts saying… oh ****, this is gonna happen and starts pricing that in 9. Now $GME sits above (preferably $35) a solid price that makes for less dilution, better financing, and an even sweeter deal / schedule TO is laid on the table for eBay shareholders I don’t see this happening until $GME > $35, but I think he has a plan to get there.
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domoshi (@heydomoshi) reported@foxenflask Watching to see if their Special Meeting threshold gets voted down to 10%. I missed the record date when i bought my 1 ebay share so can't vote 😭
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John Lavernoich (@JLav65) reportedJUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (Issues#'s 165, 172, 183-85, 188, 197, 215, 224, etc.) | eBay
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Hungry Hobo (@TeslaP90DL) reported@Bob_Bingi45 @M46726805 @mrfundman It’s simple you can get a new module for a model S for $200 on eBay.. 9 times out of 10 if there’s a problem, it’s just with one of the modules and your back on the road.. do you realize that they have a eight year 150k mile warranty on the battery and powertrain?
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Cassandra Carbee (@blackeyedcat69) reportedGoogle Gemini put an ad on the side of at least one of the busses down here. Considering what happened with eBay that time, I am somewhat concerned.
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Gottawk (@Wreckage_Ghost) reported@KaijuCooper after lockdown being impossible to find I broke down and ordered him off ebay. Only for my local walmart to get a fresh wave with lockdown. I was mad.
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John Bumstead (@RDKLInc) reportedThe eBay "mass accidental shipping overpricing" event continues! Sellers accept incorrect default settings and unknowingly set USPS calculated shipping to $75-$200 for items that should ship for $20 via Fedex/UPS. None of these items are ever going to sell! Potentially millions of items. The damage caused is hard to calculate, but it's certainly severe. Yes, the shipping is technically correct for the incorrect size/weight that is a seller's default -- USPS is simply the wrong carrier for items of any size/weight, which they are unaware of. But instead of blaming thousands of sellers for getting the system wrong, how about eBay gets a clue and suggests an optimal shipping method? i.e. "Hey, before you proceed with that, UPS/Fedex would probably be a better option! And by the way, based on all the data we have on what you're selling, are you SURE it weights 50lb and is 20x20x24?" I mean, they are trusting AI in a million bizarre and inappropriate ways, so why are they afraid to use some intelligence to determine proper shipping? In the last 3 months, I have personally walked 50 sellers through switching their shipping to UPS/Fedex and correcting dimensions. But most will not listen and suspect that a helpful buyer is up to something. I only know all this because I am the odd person who is scouring eBay 3-5 hours a day. This is a big problem, and nobody even seems to be aware of it. Certainly eBay isn't. Either they don't know, or they don't care -- pick one.
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Carlos Robles (@CRGreatking345) reportedPublic Info: eBay you have vendors doing Drop Shipments to customers. The problem is Walmart deliveries Driver leaving packages at the counter, without informing the receptionist.
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Hugo Simões (@HugoRASimoes) reported@eBay Will ebay ever fix the language on its site? Horrible brazillianese shows up when I explicitly tell the site that I want the site in English. There are many people complaining as well...
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Altered Ego (@AlteredEgo0903) reported@BryanMcNamaraUS @k1rallik It's simple supply/demand. They're ramping down supply on an outdated piece of tech that is still in demand. They don't need to upgrade the Steam deck when people are selling them for this price for resale on ebay. Valve is simply giving the last few folks who didn't get one the chance to pay that price for a brand new model rather than a pre-owned one. Resources are being reallocated to the Machine and Frame, consider this a "Late adoption tax" for the people who want to get the first gen steamdeck one last time before it's sun sets.
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colm mcwilliams (@colum26) reportedIn my view, many retail stores — both online and physical — are contributing to the same issue as eBay scalpers by selling products at excessive mark-ups far above the original retail price.
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Fr-24kt (@FarGLcrpto) reported@Joferjeff I stopped my account over these same issues 2 years ago + combination with the fees over tax over fee They dont care and wont turn the decision around, got scammed multiple times and punished with 7 days no listings for bs like that Was selling from ebay uk
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J.K.Rolly (@Rorosfatarse) reported@Jnobcryingbaby And where are you in life, woman beater with tiny bungalow who bought a broken noncy foreign bride on ebay, one owner, j.Epstien
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ARB_Investing (@BetterDays47) reported@M_oass Wall Street will erase both eBay’s and GME’s valuations. They will sell eBay down at least 15% from here. Then GME will take a loss from investments. GME will take a big dump because of that, and at least a 25% dump! This will make it impossible for GME to acquire eBay.