This event prevailed on two different computers and three different
operating systems.
Chris
>
>I've been selling on eBay for several months now and have had no issues
>whatsoever using my MacBook Air. None. Zip. Nada.
>
>Chris, I believe you need to take your computer out into the desert, find a
>reputable shaman, and see if the shaman can remove whatever foul spells
>have been placed on you and your technology. Seriously. (Not <g>)
>
>--Bob Whitmire
>Certified Neanderthal
>
>
>On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
>chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I wonder why you have such odd problems that the rest of us don't seem to
>> encounter. I have no idea what it means to have evilbay "disable"
>> "functions". Nor do I have any idea what it means for something to "time
>> out at the system level". What is "the system"? How do you know it's
>> timing out or where?
>>
>> I know very little about bikes but decided I'd play the part of a
>> restoration parts buyer. Did a search for a "Raleigh crankset". Found one
>> for 50s-60s bikes. Buy it now and everything else seems to be working just
>> fine. I've never seen any of this stuff not work in probably 10 years of
>> using ebay.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 9/12/2015 4:14 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> I'm over at the bike shop using our MacBook Pro laptop. evilBay
>>>> has disabled just
>>>> about every function you can think of. Buy It Now is disabled and
>>>> simply times out at
>>>> the system level. You cannot contact any sellers. The shipping rate
>>>> calculator says
>>>> that my ZIP code is invalid. The "Help and Contact" page does not
>>>> exist. The last system
>>>> announcement was 10 September.
>>>>
>>>> This is American technology at its finest.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> When I got back home I check the defunct evilBay URLs using:
>>>
>>> http://internetsupervision.com/scripts/urlcheck/check.aspx
>>>
>>> and sure enough, most of them timed out. I was finally able to get to a
>>> Buy It Now item that I very much needed for a bike I'm restoring, but it
>>> took a full 45 minutes to complete the transaction, mostly due to evilBay
>>> timing out and disconnecting at their end. I endured this while at the
>>> same time repairing my refrigerator, which had been partially broken since
>>> last weekend.
>>>
>>> Maybe they'll have the shipping calculator working by tomorrow, but
>>> I doubt it.
>>>
>>
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