eBay status: access issues and outage reports

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.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by eBay users through our website.

• Website Down (51%)
• Sign in (30%)
• Errors (19%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent eBay outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Preston	Errors	1 hour ago
London	Sign in	2 hours ago
Cardiff	Website Down	3 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	7 hours ago
Southwark	Sign in	12 hours ago
Stoke-on-Trent	Sign in	13 hours ago

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eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  whisperingcandle (@whisperingcandl) reported 18 seconds ago

  @JesseTinsley Your 'rolled equity' statement just describes how eBay shareholders get paid, not how many shares GME must issue to get it done

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  Matthew Thomas Bernell (@ImmanentFlux) reported 3 minutes ago

  @CardsPumpkin @jacob_prokarym It’s that they became irate and insulted me when I turned down 70%. Like bro, I have turned down 90% multiple times. It’s weird how you hear the same stuff on repeat “you’ll never get market” and “after eBay fees that person only got 85%” Just another day scalpin

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  alpha5tate 🇺🇸 (@alpha5tate) reported 4 minutes ago

  eBay is currently operating under a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) stemming from its cyberstalking case. This situation could have direct implications for $GME, and RC may be able to use it as leverage. In 2019, senior eBay executives and employees (in the Security & Global Resiliency team, plus communications) launched a harassment and intimidation campaign against Ina and David Steiner, who ran EcommerceBytes, a news site critical of eBay. Key triggers included articles about eBay's leadership, executive compensation, and a company pub project ("Walker's West"). Executives used aggressive language internally (e.g., "crush this lady," "take her down," "make an example out of someone"). eBay admitted responsibility for the acts of its officers, directors, employees, and agents. Seven former employees (including security director Jim Baugh) pleaded guilty to related felony charges and received prison sentences (up to 57 months). The DPA (Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, running through ~early 2027 and including a successor-binding clause) isn’t just a compliance headache — it can be turned into a strategic asset that aligns with Ryan Cohen’s critique of eBay’s bloated, poorly governed operations and his $2B cost-cut / EPS-uplift plan. A Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) is a legal settlement where eBay admitted to criminal conduct (related to a 2019 corporate cyberstalking/harassment campaign and obstruction of justice), paid a $3 million penalty, and avoided full prosecution in exchange for ongoing obligations. These include retaining an independent compliance monitor for three years, enhancing its compliance program, and cooperating with authorities. The agreement binds successors, meaning a buyer like GameStop would inherit these requirements. So how can this DPA potentially be leveraged by GME/RC? Pre-Acquisition (Bidding Phase) • Negotiation leverage: Cite monitor costs + integration restrictions to push for a lower price, better terms, or regulatory outs. • Superior due diligence: Access monitor reports for free, in-depth validation of exactly the governance/cultural problems RC has called out (overpaid execs, no skin in the game, weak controls). • Public narrative: Frame the bid as “finishing the DOJ’s reform work” to pressure eBay’s board and rally shareholders. During Acquisition (Closing & Integration) • Structured handoff: Proactively work with DOJ on the required 30-day notice for goodwill and smoother approvals. • Ready-made integration playbook: Map RC’s cost cuts directly onto DPA-mandated compliance enhancements (expense controls, ethics, investigations). • Financing edge: Monitor oversight can de-risk the deal for lenders. Post-Acquisition (Combined Company) • Cover for aggressive reforms: Use the independent monitor’s certification to justify executive pay cuts, overhead slashing, and cultural reset — framed as strengthening (not weakening) compliance. • Risk reduction & moat: Inherited program lowers future legal exposure and can be marketed as superior governance. • Value creation accelerator: Provides external validation and documentation to support rapid EPS gains while embedding lasting discipline. The DPA is a temporary “straitjacket” that RC can wear as armor. It forces the very governance and operational discipline he’s criticized eBay for lacking, while giving him external cover, deeper visibility, and a compelling turnaround narrative. It doesn’t eliminate risks (added costs, monitor friction, DOJ veto power on major changes), but in a deal this size, it can be reframed from hurdle to hidden asset—especially if the goal is long-term value creation over quick flips. Any real strategy would involve specialized M&A/DOJ counsel.

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  Big J State48 🇺🇸💚🌵📷🏜️🐕 (@JHinesSr) reported 6 minutes ago

  Reaching out to other collectors/resellers on @eBay to see if you are noticing any issues... Issues started popping up in April but then stopped and now in May arising again!? Were they hacked? Dealing with a slow site where images are loading slowly and wondering if it's associated with the issues in April? So far in May it's been SLOW AS HELL so what the hell is going on Ebay??? I'm down from 7-8 sales/day to 1-2/day WTF EBAY??? And YES I use promoted listings for ALL of my listings!

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  Kingdom Capital (@kingdomcapadv) reported 6 minutes ago

  Over the last 5 years, GME is down 40% and eBay is up 75%, give or take

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  Sgwiggly Squid (@SgwigglySquid) reported 8 minutes ago

  @mixnmatt1 report it for gouging prices of essential goods. ebay will take it down

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  Severin (@SeverinsCards) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Keith16King @freakimus Dan is right. What’s your eBay account so you can be blocked. Way more often than not this is a postal issue, not a seller issue.

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  dilley capital (@MoneyPrinter) reported 14 minutes ago

  this is the clip Ryan Cohen was referencing in the @tbpn interview about the Montblanc pen EVERYONE needs to watch this 👇🏻 now i’m going to speak from my own perspective as someone who sell luxury used goods on eBay, how this would change everything selling luxury used goods on ebay is great but there’s so much that can be improved upon and it mainly stems from authentication issues and trust. when you sell something on there like a Louis Vuitton handbag authentication issues offered either for a fee or for free depending on if it meets a dollar amount threshold at time of sale, that’s not the problem— the problem with this is time, the seller first has to send the time to ebay after sale to have the item authenticated (which takes forever), then the item is shipped to the customer. this time deters a majority of potential sales because people want to know what they’re buying is real. this is why we have seen reputable luxury consignment businesses scaling over the last few years bc they can offer a faster turnaround time to the customer but that comes at a heavy cost to the seller usually 25-40% 😵‍💫 having the ability to do in-store authentication will not only fix that timing issue on the front end but would also drastically improve ebay’s trust issue with the consumer we know people love ebay, we know consignment services for luxury used goods is scaling, if Ryan can fix ebay’s trust issue with the consumer and create a way for sellers to sell items faster this will generate sales like ebay has never seen. this is the part of my tedtalk where i remind you that used goods sales are skyrocketing. given the current state of the world and macro economic tailwinds people are buying and selling more as way to weather the storm. gamestop at times is kinda like a **** shop offering in store credit sure but most people don’t realize they offer CASH for items on the spot. idk if that would play into ryan’s plan down the road to expand offering cash instantly for trade ins on goods besides retro gaming and collectibles but this could be another very very very lucrative piece to his vision most people are completely missing. LONG $GME LONG $EBAY LONG @ryancohen

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  Nancy Gulbrandsen (@Nansealeeg) reported 14 minutes ago

  @cvpayne @ryancohen Mr. Payne, I watched your interview with Ryan Cohen earlier today and felt compelled to reach out. You gave him the platform he deserved and asked the questions that actually mattered. Thank you. As someone with a deeply personal stake in this story, and 25 years of eBay experience, I am asking you to please pass this along to @ryancohen AN OPEN LETTER TO RYAN COHEN Mr. Cohen, I have been an eBay buyer since 1999 and a seller for a decade. I’ve also been an Amazon seller. I stopped selling on both platforms because the fees became cost prohibitive. The margins simply disappeared. I know I am not alone. I am also the mother of a long term GME stockholder who believed in you when the mainstream financial media spent years doing everything in their power to destroy that stock. My son never wavered. Not once. Five years of manufactured doubt, narrative suppression and relentless ridicule, and he held the line. Your CNBC interviewers got exactly what they deserved. They spent years predicting and manufacturing your demise and you gave them nothing. Charles Payne got the real Ryan Cohen because he came with genuine curiosity and zero agenda. This acquisition is nothing short of inspiring. The vision is clear, the timing is right, and the opportunity is enormous. Before you restructure eBay, please spend real time in the seller communities. The people who were priced off that platform want to come back. And the sellers still there right now need a reason to STAY. Address them, their issues and you will have an army of advocates. eBay needs you. My son believed in you before the rest of the world caught up. So do I. Nancy Gulbrandsen P.S. My first eBay purchase? A Pokémon Charizard card for my son’s Christmas present.

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  Ishaan (@ishaancsp) reported 17 minutes ago

  @deepakshenoy I think you're being generous in interpretation. GameStop's estimated EBITDA for 2027 is $469 million. It's debt on books is $4 Bn. TD Bank is offering to give them $20Bn against eBay, not Gamestop. So it's a leveraged buyout. Next, the stock portion. To issue, $28 Bn of new stock, they'd have to issue 1Bn+ new shares (as per current closing price). They have 448 million shares outstanding. So, absolutely SUBSTANTIAL dilution. And here the acquirer's shareholders will vote too because it's small fish acquiring big fish. Plus, is the proposal to issue common stock after the acquisition? But then, this wouldn't be GameStop stock would it? It would be eBay stock

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  alpha5tate 🇺🇸 (@alpha5tate) reported 20 minutes ago

  RC will hold them accountable: eBay is currently operating under a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) stemming from its cyberstalking case. This situation could have direct implications for $GME, and RC may be able to use it as leverage. In 2019, senior eBay executives and employees (in the Security & Global Resiliency team, plus communications) launched a harassment and intimidation campaign against Ina and David Steiner, who ran EcommerceBytes, a news site critical of eBay. Key triggers included articles about eBay's leadership, executive compensation, and a company pub project ("Walker's West"). Executives used aggressive language internally (e.g., "crush this lady," "take her down," "make an example out of someone"). eBay admitted responsibility for the acts of its officers, directors, employees, and agents. Seven former employees (including security director Jim Baugh) pleaded guilty to related felony charges and received prison sentences (up to 57 months). The DPA (Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, running through ~early 2027 and including a successor-binding clause) isn’t just a compliance headache — it can be turned into a strategic asset that aligns with Ryan Cohen’s critique of eBay’s bloated, poorly governed operations and his $2B cost-cut / EPS-uplift plan. A Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) is a legal settlement where eBay admitted to criminal conduct (related to a 2019 corporate cyberstalking/harassment campaign and obstruction of justice), paid a $3 million penalty, and avoided full prosecution in exchange for ongoing obligations. These include retaining an independent compliance monitor for three years, enhancing its compliance program, and cooperating with authorities. The agreement binds successors, meaning a buyer like GameStop would inherit these requirements. So how can this DPA potentially be leveraged by GME/RC? Pre-Acquisition (Bidding Phase) • Negotiation leverage: Cite monitor costs + integration restrictions to push for a lower price, better terms, or regulatory outs. • Superior due diligence: Access monitor reports for free, in-depth validation of exactly the governance/cultural problems RC has called out (overpaid execs, no skin in the game, weak controls). • Public narrative: Frame the bid as “finishing the DOJ’s reform work” to pressure eBay’s board and rally shareholders. During Acquisition (Closing & Integration) • Structured handoff: Proactively work with DOJ on the required 30-day notice for goodwill and smoother approvals. • Ready-made integration playbook: Map RC’s cost cuts directly onto DPA-mandated compliance enhancements (expense controls, ethics, investigations). • Financing edge: Monitor oversight can de-risk the deal for lenders. Post-Acquisition (Combined Company) • Cover for aggressive reforms: Use the independent monitor’s certification to justify executive pay cuts, overhead slashing, and cultural reset — framed as strengthening (not weakening) compliance. • Risk reduction & moat: Inherited program lowers future legal exposure and can be marketed as superior governance. • Value creation accelerator: Provides external validation and documentation to support rapid EPS gains while embedding lasting discipline. The DPA is a temporary “straitjacket” that RC can wear as armor. It forces the very governance and operational discipline he’s criticized eBay for lacking, while giving him external cover, deeper visibility, and a compelling turnaround narrative. It doesn’t eliminate risks (added costs, monitor friction, DOJ veto power on major changes), but in a deal this size, it can be reframed from hurdle to hidden asset—especially if the goal is long-term value creation over quick flips. Any real strategy would involve specialized M&A/DOJ counsel.

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  MarketswithMay (@marketswithmay) reported 22 minutes ago

  $GME/$EBAY.... Let's talk Free cash flow... I don't do this sort of valuation work. When I ask, I'm legit asking as anyone who has followed me in $SOFI or $AMC knows. In the interest of helping those who do this work...here's how I'm thinking about it. First, what is free cash flow (OCF -CapEx) when it comes to debt? This is what $AMC folks hold near and dear. FCF is the best metric for paying back debt. When FCF is negative, it's sometimes referred to as cash burn rate or burn rate. With both $Ebay and $GME, we're positive fcf. So there is no risk that the debt doesn't get paid back, but how fast? The interest rate, willingness to lend, to $GME, the smaller of the two, and the syndication that replaces the TD LETTER, will come down to FCF among a few things. And if a deal does happen, FCF will also be at the core of every earnings call (RC doesn't do earnings call) or financial statement analysis thereafter. $EBAY Image 1 This is the Cash Flow statement for $EBAY from Q4. It's been a transitioning company since 2020, but you can see Adventia worked itself through 2023/24... and then 2025, (see charges plus impact to tax expense). $EBAY Image 2 This is the Cashflow statement from Q1 26. You can see the stuff below shareholder compensation is finally limited, BUT... you have the purchase of dpop for $1.2b coming in Q2/Q3. $GME's Fcf Recent Docs Image 3 & 4 The Annual filing Mar 31st (image 3) shows about $600m in fcf. Image 4 is Q1. Combined: $1.4 + 600-$1.2 = $800m (I'm assuming depop gets done before the two companies finalize. So then it comes to what do you think he will free up from operating income, i.e. FCF is also Oper Inc - D&A - Taxes - Change in Net Working Capital Some say $2b, some say more. Some think less. If you get an asset sale, it's def more. A few things to consider for those doing this calculation: Year 1: A lot of random charges. 1) You will still have the weird charges on whatever happens with dpop 2) Any banker's fees or other integration charges. RC said, there weren't many though in the interview, but it won't be zero 3) Severance fees and associated staffing costs. RC's plan involves a headcount transformation. 4) Some estimate on the speed of cost savings 5) Some thought process on the impact to sales from a timing perspective Year 2 and beyond: Normalized fcf Year 2 and 3 are likely transition years. I'm not sure how those who model stuff will want to think about it. Like I said I'm interested to hear what you have to say. Example of a Quick Treatment. Given what RC said on the interview: I think the banks were probably underwriting with an idea of ~$2B of FCF post-close — backing out the Depop drag, assuming eBay’s core FCF stabilizes with no further decline, plus some recovery in revenue growth and operating margins. Then in year 2 or 3, you might see the strategy start to show with a pick up (so $3-$4b fcf from costs and rev pick-up?) This mostly proves both the turnaround strategy and the timing. Other thoughts If you're approaching it a different way, that's cool. I just thought I'd help level set the discussion. If those antagonistic to the deal are all about the debt load incurred for a retailer (fair question, Burry) then those interested/staying would want to be rather explicit about how it gets paid down... Net income and revenue calculations are helpful. No shade. FCF is explicit and direct. Some of you already have models started, so I thought I'd just see if I could avoid doing work.

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  Chadd Schroy (@ChaddSchroy) reported 22 minutes ago

  @ryancohen @eBay Ooopf this might be a problem 😬

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  DrakeN 魔人 (@draken1721) reported 26 minutes ago

  @KobeissiLetter eBay panicking because a real operator tried to actually fix their broken platform. Suspension is just cope.

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  Saksham Kaushik (@sakshamkauzhik) reported 33 minutes ago

  @ryancohen "eBay really said 'this guy is too based for our community' Suspending the one guy who's actually trying to fix your dying platform by buying it and turning it around. Free Ryan Cohen. Time to acquire and clean house @eBay "

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  Glitch Truth (@glitchtruth) reported 33 minutes ago

  GameStop just offered $56 billion for eBay. eBay's market cap is around $30 billion. GameStop's is roughly $10 billion. The offer is bigger than the buyer. GameStop would need to issue massive new stock or raise bond debt the company has never run. eBay's board would have to accept GME paper at a valuation the open market won't underwrite. Real takeover bids come with committed financing. This one doesn't. This is the Ryan Cohen press-release playbook. He ran it at Bed Bath & Beyond. Pump the headline, run the float, exit. BBBY filed Chapter 11 in 2023. If you're holding GME calls into a "merger pop," you're paying premium for theater. If you're long the stock, management just told you the next 12 months: announcements, not earnings. The deal isn't the point. The volatility is.

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  mouse (@mousedevv) reported 34 minutes ago

  AI Security Daily Issue #5 just dropped — and the AI gold rush just hit a brick wall: ✅ 1 Million AI Services Exposed — Intruder scanned Ollama, self-hosted LLMs, agent platforms & MCP servers. ✅ Fresh MCP RCE — CVE-2026-27203 in eBay API MCP Server: environment variable injection = instant remote code execution. Agent tool-calling just got another easy backdoor. ✅ Indirect Prompt Injection Still King — Google NotebookLM VRP payout proves file/context attacks are live and dangerous. Full issue with technical breakdowns, action items, and ready-to-copy security prompts for vibe programmers on @prmpted !

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  Brett N (@BrettN89441) reported 34 minutes ago

  So @USPS deliveries have slowed down by at least a day, if not two or three. And prices have now tripled since pre-covid where it was $1.87 to ship a 3oz via USPS with tracking anywhere in the USA - today I just spent $6.36 for the same thing - but slower. @Etsy @ebay you really need to control your pricing better. This is ROBBERY!

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  Fact (@Fact) reported 37 minutes ago

  In 2006, an Australian man attempted to sell New Zealand on eBay. The bidding reached $3,000 before eBay shut it down.

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  OneManSaas (@OneManSaas) reported 37 minutes ago

  @SahilBloom Been living this building multiple income streams - every dollar earned had to solve a real problem first. The eBay business works because I actually understand what collectors want, not because I hoped someone would pay me for existing.

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  Glitch Truth (@glitchtruth) reported 42 minutes ago

  GameStop just offered $56 billion to buy eBay. GameStop is worth $7 billion. eBay is worth $30 billion. The bid is nearly double what eBay trades for, and roughly eight times GameStop's entire market cap. No financing is attached. No bank syndicate is named. Ryan Cohen is running the same playbook that pumped Bed Bath & Beyond before it imploded: use meme-equity-inflated stock as deal currency, announce the transformative acquisition, hope the float squeezes hard enough that the math works retroactively. eBay's board has zero incentive to engage. There is no scenario where Cohen issues 8x his own float in new shares without the stock collapsing under dilution before the deal closes. For retail: when the bidder's market cap is one-quarter of the target's, the press release is the product. The deal is the bait. If you hold GME expecting "merger arbitrage," what you actually own is a covered short on Ryan Cohen's vibes.

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  DM (@Dean1Michael) reported 45 minutes ago

  @eBay No, I want some answers on the public stage now! Now my payout isn’t for another week and it’s already been 2 weeks since I sent the package. You guys changed it, so you guys can fix it. Otherwise I’ll get everyone on the planet to stop selling on eBay. Laugh all you want

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  Emil Hartela (@emilhartela) reported 50 minutes ago

  Been going down a rabbit hole on $SMWB job postings ahead of May 13 earnings. Found something worth flagging. Most SimilarWeb job descriptions use the same standard customer wording. "Google; eBay; and Adidas." It shows up consistently across postings. This one reads differently. "Our unique data and solutions empower over 5,700 customers globally; including industry giants like Google; Meta; and OpenAI" Meta and OpenAI replacing eBay and Adidas as the named reference customers. Companies do not swap out their reference customers accidentally. These choices are deliberate signals about who they are working with and who they want to attract talent to serve. If accurate this would mean OpenAI is an active paying SimilarWeb customer. Not a prospect. Not a conversation. A named reference customer used to recruit talent publicly. This sits alongside what we already know. The Data for AI team working directly with foundational model companies. Two large LLM contracts pending. AI revenue up 3x in 2025 representing 11% of Q4 revenue. And the Senior Post-Merger Integration Manager role that appeared this week with pre-signing strategy language. I could be reading too much into a job posting. But the pattern keeps building. Earnings May 13. Before market open. $SMWB

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  TORQUOR (@torquor) reported 54 minutes ago

  @MannyCalavera12 The Switch 2 had enormous issues. Pre-orders sold out and were then cancelled a week out from launch, literally every site selling the switch crashed on launch day and scalpers were selling pre-orders and launch day orders on Ebay. Identical launch but more embarrassing for them.

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  Twisha (@sajla20) reported 55 minutes ago

  @eBay_UK @nicpicot @eBay I’ve been a long term eBay buyer. I addressed a problem recently. I did not receive my order. It’s obvious there was no evidence of delivery. I contacted eBay for a refund. My request was denied. No buyer’s protection was mentioned. I am very disappointed and discouraged to buy.

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  Hrvoje H (@railz0) reported 56 minutes ago

  @TeeCGGaming 70% of the “pool” goes to groups spamming side event entries or buying tickets. Money hack? Yes. Good prizing? No. BotRK has 2 $1.5k listings on eBay and 0 sales, so t8 without best-of is terrible regardless. All while Riot charges 1M+ in entries for the weekend. Poppy hahahahaha

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  whisperingcandle (@whisperingcandl) reported 56 minutes ago

  @741percentGME @ryancohen Wouldn't $GME need to issue ~ 5–6 billion new shares (depending on GME’s price at deal signing) to deliver roughly 27–28B of stock consideration to eBay holders?

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  Elon Create Fusion Energy = Q Musk (@create_q) reported 57 minutes ago

  @driver61d1 27 billion for ebay lol they buying for 56 billion, I garantee you they turn down the offer, the Japanese carry trade forces market correction and GameStop sells shares at $400+ then buys Ebay for even cheaper! Screen shot this!

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  EPG-Every Platform Gamer (@EPG_Gaming_247) reported 59 minutes ago

  @mikeklubnika Jesus this is getting out of control. eBay needs to ban these sick rats too. ANYONE who buys from scalpers at higher than RRP.. YOU are part of the problem! and a total moron..

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  The Sports Card Shop (@_sportscardshop) reported 60 minutes ago

  @eddiemcpigskin @eBay @ProfSportsCards I don't know much about Cohen or GameStop, but I know a little about ebay. They may be a successful company, but they're often complicit in allowing their sellers to defraud their buyers. Some of the listings they allow are downright predatory to uneducated consumers. Just run a search for Mickey Mantle Autograph, or Beatle Autograph and you'll find far more fakes that not. If he can fix that, it would be a win.