[LeatherTrumpet]

like for hours

Service Unavailable - DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

like for hours

Service Unavailable - DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

If it was run by James I'd say he just forgot to pay the server fees again.

As it's a massive site... could be a DDOS?

[Niamh.]

Haven't used Ebay in years

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If it was run by James I'd say he just forgot to pay the server fees again.

As it's a massive site... could be a DDOS?

Friday is their day to do maintenance but never this long

[AnnieK]

Its up for me

Edit - actually when I did a search for something it only brought up sellers from overseas.

[Ammi]

…it’s cool for me also…

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it’s cool for me also…

It let me in ok Ammi but when I searched for something it only showed overseas sellers and when I set it to UK only, i got the DNS error

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Haven't used Ebay in years

I use it VERY occasionally for small items if they're not on Amazon (things I can think of off the top of my head are car headlight bulbs - which can be extortionate if you buy branded ones, and are literally exactly the same as £2 imports - and a phone opening tool because the ones on Amazon were either crap or going for 3x too much (£10 when they should be £3). I also use it for cheap OEM copies of Windows But yeah... it used to be a better service than it is now... it's full of scams these days, both buyer and seller.

I did of course get my PS5 on there because I gave up on monitoring proper sites for stock drops, but I have to admit I was nervous about spending that sort of money on there, right up until it arrived and was set up & working . Didn't help that the tracking on the dodgy courier they used kept randomly changing date/time, suddenly changed to a week long wait on the day it was meant to arrive, but then actually arrived the next morning .

[Toy Soldier]

Now here's a bizarre twist in the tale:

Just fired up the VPN, set my IP to California... ebay.co.uk loads up fine, and returns results for UK items.

[Toy Soldier]

Disconnected the VPN, refreshed the page, DNS failure.

The site is not down but you can't connect to it from a UK IP address. Now that is pretty ****ing odd .

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

It let me in ok Ammi but when I searched for something it only showed overseas sellers and when I set it to UK only, i got the DNS error

..Oh I just did a search and the search is cool also for me….?…I want to put this thing in my basket and do a buy it now just to check but I don’t want to buy it, though….

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I use it VERY occasionally for small items if they're not on Amazon (things I can think of off the top of my head are car headlight bulbs - which can be extortionate if you buy branded ones, and are literally exactly the same as £2 imports - and a phone opening tool because the ones on Amazon were either crap or going for 3x too much (£10 when they should be £3). I also use it for cheap OEM copies of Windows But yeah... it used to be a better service than it is now... it's full of scams these days, both buyer and seller.

I did of course get my PS5 on there because I gave up on monitoring proper sites for stock drops, but I have to admit I was nervous about spending that sort of money on there, right up until it arrived and was set up & working . Didn't help that the tracking on the dodgy courier they used kept randomly changing date/time, suddenly changed to a week long wait on the day it was meant to arrive, but then actually arrived the next morning .

I find that things aren't massively cheaper on there and then a lot of times delivery charges can be the same or more than whatever you're buying

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Disconnected the VPN, refreshed the page, DNS failure.

The site is not down but you can't connect to it from a UK IP address. Now that is pretty ****ing odd .

Yes i can list ok to it using Inkfrog which is USA based

[bitontheslide]

it's ok for me, shows uk listings no problem

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's ok for me, shows uk listings no problem

…yeah, same for me…I’ve done a few searches and they’re all working ok…the only thing I haven’t done is to try to complete a purchase…

[Ammi]

…I think that I’m using the App, I don’t know if that makes a difference…

[Niamh.]

I did just log in though and seems to be working fine for me too

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I find that things aren't massively cheaper on there and then a lot of times delivery charges can be the same or more than whatever you're buying

Amazon Marketplace killed it tbh, especially if you have a Prime membership, a lot of eBay sellers list on there as well and you get free/faster delivery and (especially if you're a long term Prime subscriber) pretty much guaranteed protection from scams.

Like I know I know Amazon is wrecking the world but you just can't argue with the service. We bought a freesat box recently, turned out to be a bit crap, requested a refund with the only reasoning being "it's not very good" and had a full £200 refund in my bank before I'd even sent it back .

In all seriousness though it's NOT very good. Don't buy one. 2/5.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Now back, that was 2 hours so must have been an attack?

[bitontheslide]

the issue will be with the dns server some isp's are using, Ammi and I are obviously using a good one

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the issue will be with the dns server some isp's are using, Ammi and I are obviously using a good one

…probably the best, I would say…?…

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Amazon Marketplace killed it tbh, especially if you have a Prime membership, a lot of eBay sellers list on there as well and you get free/faster delivery and (especially if you're a long term Prime subscriber) pretty much guaranteed protection from scams.

Like I know I know Amazon is wrecking the world but you just can't argue with the service. We bought a freesat box recently, turned out to be a bit crap, requested a refund with the only reasoning being "it's not very good" and had a full £200 refund in my bank before I'd even sent it back .

In all seriousness though it's NOT very good. Don't buy one. 2/5.

I used to shop a lot on Amazon but since ye left the EU it's cheaper buying here (which I suppose isn't a bad thing for our own economy)