eBay status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: website down, sign in and errors.
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eBay is a multinational online auction website that facilites online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales. eBay is free to use for buyers, but sellers are charged fees for listing items and again when those items are sold.
Problems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of eBay reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
May 3: Problems at eBay
eBay is having issues since 06:50 PM IST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!
Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by eBay users through our website.
- Website Down (52%)
- Sign in (30%)
- Errors (19%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent eBay outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Preston
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
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Pembroke Dock
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
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Croydon
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Website Down | 5 hours ago |
 Coburg
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Sign in | 8 hours ago |
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Falkirk
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Sign in | 8 hours ago |
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Preston
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Website Down | 9 hours ago |
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eBay Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Matt (@1776enforcer) reported@TheNeonGreek @DiscussingFilm You think fees would go down under GameStop ? Hell no. eBay charges fees comparable to other online marketplaces. And here’s the most important part items actually sell consistently on there.
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Rincon Cards & Collectables (@RinconCandC) reported@srqbanker @rogerrogerspor1 @eBay After item arrives, and assuming it’s not rejected by, eBay Authentication it is a done deal for the seller and becomes eBay’s problem. Seller is clear of any requirements. This includes when an item is “lost” at authentication.
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Knight øf Cerebus (@SciOperative) reportedeBay is THAT much in trouble?
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Tish💙 #OneNightInTulsa | #HappysPlace (@fancy_reba_tots) reported@jessie_anne1 I think I got this one off Discogs. They will pop up there or eBay on occasion. Usually the promo copy and not usually cheap. I’m not a collector, per se, I want my vinyl for listening so grabbing a promo copy wasn’t an issue for me vs an actual release version.
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Bill Y (@BillY18201250) reported@AutoInfatuation @eBay_UK Yep ebay is screwed by scammers now. What is needed in the UK is a totally independent body to recases which have open access to all ebay messages and ad data funded by ebay profit. Ebay Luxembourg won't like it but UK gov could easily change the trading law to close this down.
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John Bailey (@vap0r1) reported@0hour1 I bought my dell server on ebay.
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Ice Claw (@IceClaw2140) reported@WatcherGuru GameStop buying eBay? My brain just did a Windows 95 error sound.
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Natixisevplus (@Natixisevplus) reportedI’ve read GME × eBay theories Financial fanfiction in Excel 👉 Nearly impossible deal 👉 Bad timing (warrants) 👉 Massive dilution TRS will magically fix everything. Realistic scenario: 👉 GameShire Hathaway 👉 stakes (eBay & others) + opportunistic deals Not this nonsense
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MoneyStockFlow (@_Real_Money_) reported@AutoInfatuation @eBay_UK We have the same issue in the US. Sold never-opened fishing tackle to somebody in another state, $150 worth. Buyer says he never received, i have a photo with fedex proof of the delivery. Ebay sided with the buyer and i lost my money and product. F'em.
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Mollusk (@Escargot4U) reported@chieftrades1 @kunal00 You do realize the market cap isn’t the sale price right? A business like eBay would require a buyout premium 20-40% higher than its current value. This is impossible. Also you can’t “put down 20%” because your “lender” of 50B+ would be stuck with a business that only makes a 2B/yr
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Baldie (@InfiniteBaldie) reportedThis is why I have trust issues thinking about selling on Ebay. I have been wanting to sell my CIB pokemon games but with so many fakes floating around it would be trivial for a scammer to swap and play the system. Marketplace sucks with constant flaking or extreme lowball offers
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Dade Murphy (@nakedjockman) reported@RedLex62 @RZG2020 @wolf_of_ape_st eBay is worth more than half of GME’s market cap since after hours yesterday. GME would need to pay a premium of 30-50% over that for the board and shareholders to entertain the offer. Assuming GME rises, yes, GME could raise equity but that would occur through dilution which would push GME back down—hurting shareholders but the company has more cash. What if then, eBay declines the offer. Now, GME has more cash but the stock falls back down because the deal fell through and GME diluted shareholders to try and make the deal come to fruition. In that scenario, GME would be stronger but shareholders now have less value—until a new and better deal comes around. But, eBay would be a perfect fit for GameStop. Can’t see any other company GME has positioned itself as to benefit it as much as eBay would and could.
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Mewshirebathaway (@Celestine618) reportedConnecting Jake's DD to the eBay news got me feeling 🍻 If @jake2b is correct, GameStop would quietly acquire the DK-Butterfly-1, Inc. shell (the post-bankruptcy successor to Bed Bath & Beyond) for a modest sum, inheriting its billions in preserved NOL carryforwards that were deliberately shielded from IRC §382 limitations via the Chapter 11 ownership-change exception under §382(l)(5) (as evidenced by the Deloitte fee dockets and restructuring work he has repeatedly cited). This clean tax vehicle—potentially executed through a §368(a)(1)(G) Type G reorganization where the new entity issues shares as substantial or full consideration—would then merge with or serve as the acquisition platform for GameStop’s already-announced eBay takeover bid: Ryan Cohen’s team would submit the formal cash-and/or-stock offer (built on the stake they’ve been accumulating), using the combined ~$5B+ NOL tax shield (BBBY’s plus GME’s) to offset massive future taxable income and deal-related gains, slashing the after-tax cost of the $45B+ eBay purchase and instantly creating a tax-efficient e-commerce/collectibles giant. The play would unfold rapidly in the coming months—shell integration first for the NOL unlock, followed by the eBay closing, regulatory approvals, and synergies—transforming GameStop into the $100B+ consumer powerhouse Cohen has telegraphed, with legacy BBBY holders potentially participating via warrants or distributions while the entire structure cements RC’s activist legacy through a deliberately engineered “nesting-doll” strategy that bypasses normal tax and ownership hurdles.
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Coyote (@Coyote08714134) reported@AutoInfatuation @eBay_UK True. eBay panders way to hard to disingenuous buyers. They cause more problems for eBay than their worth
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Vet 420 (@WeedVet) reported@TangandTanq @oeyoeyoo Yea, I’ve heard that too and it comes from ebay…. So buyer gets refunded and seller makes the eBay claim? Is that how those work? Unfortunately I’ve gotten the USPS claim process down pat lately
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💸 Jon 💸 (@traderjon01) reported$GME can't even afford a quarter of $EBAY this rumor is so dumb GameStop Total Cash on Hand$9.014 Billion eBay Market Cap~$46.7 Billion GameStop Market Cap~$11.2 Billion They would need to raise so much cash and dilute shareholders down to peanuts.
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Rob K 🇬🇧🩵🏴 (@RobKnights8213) reported@AutoInfatuation @eBay_UK I had my eBay account since 2004, 100% feedback and recently, after returning from living abroad, I put something up for sale and they clamped down on me, so I explained everything to them and they said my account would be back up in 24 hours. 7 days later and 3 more phone calls they told me my account as suspended. I have now closed that account as there are now lots of others to use instead. They are legislating themselves into non existence! There is a lot of that going on at the moment!!
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Tim Haldorsson (@TimHaldorsson) reported@walterfootball well, eBay stock went down almost 10% last week due to Claude launching an AI agent market place. this little one day move in the stock would wipe out the whole equity of GameStop if they put up 5 billion usd in cash for the buyout? it’s a bad comparison because a home price should in theory be more stable.
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Q (@Say2km) reported@AutoInfatuation @eBay_UK I bought a watch a few years ago. £3k. Seller sent me a box with screws in it. Took it up with eBay and PayPal back then. They backed the seller, shut down my PayPal and eBay accounts. Got proof from the police the seller was dodgy. They took no notice
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JosephGMECobraKai (@JosephCobraKai) reportedMy stupid Sunday predication. When all is said and done, $eBay shareholders will receive 3 new $gme shares per 1 owned eBay share and roughly $50-$60 cash (funded by new debt and gme cash). We will issue new shares and the total outstanding will be roughly 1.3-1.4B shares for the combined co. Once everything settles and everything being equal, barring any craziness or unexpected catalysts, a price of $35-$40 would be the baseline. I am stupid and not an expert this is just my thought.
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Josh (@PureContender) reported@fatparoon @CardPurchaser @eBay We got it figured out. Seemed to just be a weird EBay issue
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Jarrod (@Coyote_Operator) reported@robplaisance @tigerjoker84 The issue is 1. Not getting scammed with eBay and getting some bs item and 2. Avoiding getting non-authentic merchandise.
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Grok (@grok) reported@lmilsfsd @TeladocHub @wallstreetbets GameStop (mkt cap ~$12B) could acquire eBay (~$46B) mainly via an all-stock deal: issue new GME shares to eBay holders at a 20-40% premium. This heavily dilutes existing GME owners (they'd likely own ~20-25% of the combined ~$60B entity). GME's cash reserves and debt capacity could fund part of it, but stock dominates. Plausible terms: exchange ratio of ~1.8-2.2 GME shares per eBay share (based on recent prices), or mixed cash/stock with a collar. Cohen has built a stake and could go hostile/direct to shareholders if rejected. Purely speculative per WSJ reports.
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invs86 (@DeviousPL) reported@AutoInfatuation @eBay_UK Are you a business or private seller as that determines how you have to handle it and how eBay will treat you? By the way, the buyer demanding money off is abuse and if the eBay rep knows what they’re doing they’ll shut it down for this reason.
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Mischa (@MichaK2810) reported@michaeljburry Ebay is dying imho. They changed so much over the years just to keep users. Their service is terrible especially with actual problems like fraud (My own experiences). Gamestop could do the same on their own without taking Ebays burden. Also Gamestop would be in direct competition with Ebay users selling used and retro stuff. So it is then the choice of selling to Gamestop who resells or going somewhere else. Also, this is not even close to RCs comment "something never done before" I prefer your multi-company acquisition theory. It makes more sense investing in other undervalued companies and join forces. Much more likely to be 10x fast then simply using ebay as sales channel. That could even reduce the combined value at least temporarily.
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Jack Niewold 🫡 (@JackNiewold) reported@swmartin19 if you buy ebay, you now own ebay + gamestop so you can go out and borrow $46 billion because lenders know that you will own ebay and its cash flows, which you can use to pay the loan itself they're loaning money against the asset GME is buying (kind of like buying a house) if the cash flows don't support the full loan, you can issue new shares against the organization or use more cash
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RxRixhSpaceGuardGhostMan (@Makai_VI) reported@VPW2Dojo For real, bro. Has the price gonna down for Fight Night NY. Last time I saw on ebay someone wanted $100 for a used copy.
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dr. retard (@DoctorRetardPhD) reported@Pregory1 They won't. They will issue new shares and cash, Weeds was prob pretty close with the 400m shares if they use their cash and equivalents. And if the eBay shareholders don't see Cohen's vision, they'll dump that shares. My best guess..
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MetalHead till I'm Dead (@Ironhyde01) reported@DiscussingFilm What? Are they gonna shut down eBay too?
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Captain USAmerica (@CaptanUSAmerica) reportedLook at the number on the screen. 4/20- that’s when nobody could stop the eBay take over. RK’s plan was already complete putting the shorts down and out for good. I’m sure they were busy with tech and AI to notice. Look at the money Hedges threw into those sectors at that time.