eBay

gem-n-i-gemstonz · ‎10-26-2003

Is there anyone out there that can help?? I was just clicking around and checking out some auctions, and when I returned to my-eBay ALL 44 of my auctions have disappeared! ALL the auctions I have sold have disappeared....EVERYTHING IS GONE!!!

WHAT DI I DO??? I am freaking out here!

Jaqui

Gem Am I

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -Ram Dass

llee2 · ‎10-26-2003

Looks like you listed them all in your store maybe?

deltone · ‎10-26-2003

I can see them Jaqui!! Where are you looking? Must have been a temporary glitch or something because they are there!!

gem-n-i-gemstonz · ‎10-26-2003

Hi

no all the items in my store, EVERYTHING is gone. My-eBay is BLANK. It shows no unsold items, no sold items, no auctions AT ALL. As if I havent been working my butt off for the last 1 1/2 years

Jaqui

Gem Am I

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -Ram Dass

cello10 · ‎10-26-2003

Hi Jacqui,

My stuff has disappeared as well from myebay and even when I check myself as a seller. But when I punch in individual item numbers in the search, the auctions come up. Further, I tried relisting an item, everything worked fine and then all my auctions returned to myebay. But they have since disappeared. I tried contacting powerseller support but its giving me an error message of course. Anybody know what's going on?

I am freaking out right along with you Jacqui.

Marcello

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-26-2003

I checked on eBay.com and all mine are there but are totally missing from eBay.ca. I thought it was something I said!

gem-n-i-gemstonz · ‎10-26-2003

Hi Marcello,

I just used the live help, and it seems this is a mass problem. The items do show up(I finally calmed enough to do a search for one of the less common items I have up). I tried to click on the item, and it was ok as well. Then from there I clicked on "view sellers other items" and all my items were there. (incidentally I had already tried that from this page and it said, "this seller is currently not offering any items for sale"....which didnt help my state of mind any).

Live help SAYS that the items are biddable, and that they are feverishly working on correcting the problem. Also that the only thing affected is the "my eBay" page.

They asked me to be patient and check back in a little while...they also said that for some members if you click on "refresh" your items will show up.

So, I am off to have a shower and try to calm my nerves a little.

Thanks for getting to me with this Marcello....I now wish that I had kept a listing of all my current auction numbers.

Jaqui

Gem Am I

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -Ram Dass

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-26-2003

Cant be true as I opened up eBay.ca, went into musical instruments and eneterd "Blue" under violins (knowing I am the only person selling a blue violin on eBay and it came up with Nothing. I then entered the brand name, knowing I am the only one selling this brand and again "Nothing".
Here I am preparing another 5 listings to go on and none of my listings for any instrument are shown on eBay Canada.
I checked "Items available in Canada" as well as "Items available to Canada" and none of my listings for any instrument are listed on eBay.ca, but they are all their on eBay.com.

gem-n-i-gemstonz · ‎10-26-2003

Hi Deltone,

When I click on "view authors auctions" from this page it still says I have nothing for sale, and my eBay is still blank. I will go have that shower, and check back in a few minutes.

But, thanks for trying to help...I DO appreciate it. It is comforting to know someone else can see my stuff.

Jaqui

Gem Am I

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -Ram Dass

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-26-2003

Youre going to love this one, I was checking all my auctions that 2 minutes ago were still showing on eBay.com and now they have all gone as well including recent sales history.

gem-n-i-gemstonz · ‎10-26-2003

Hi amberwood

...you are lucky that something showed up at all. Mine were all wiped out on both .com as well as .ca from the beginning. That was one of the reasons I was freaking out so much. I thought it was my account.

Jaqui

Gem Am I

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -Ram Dass

gem-n-i-gemstonz · ‎10-26-2003

The funny thing is, all the items I am watching are all there. Great, I can watch how well my competitors are doing while my stuff is in neverneverland

Jaqui

Gem Am I

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -Ram Dass

radioforparents · ‎10-26-2003

Just wanted to say mine have all disappeared too. I tried to email Power Seller Support, but got an error message. Isn't it crazy that it doesn't matter what we say or do, or how much money we lose because of this, but eBay will still do nothing about it??? UGH!!

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-26-2003

It does seem soemwhat selective doesnt it?

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-26-2003

It seems that as of 1:46 pm EST, all my items are back on eBay.ca and eBay.com except "My eBay" has not changed and still shows that I dont have anything for sale.
At least people can see what I have listed and bid (I think) on my products now.

gem-n-i-gemstonz · ‎10-26-2003

Amberwood

When I asked live help if I should get my mother to put a tiny bid on something to see if it was still biddable, they said (of course) that I shouldnt...they wouldnt like to see my account affected because of all this. I said sure, but if it ISNT bid on because of this, I lose money at the curent bid price...which isnt fair either. I asked if eBay was prepared to let us re-do auctions because of this. That was when they went and "checked" and came back saying items were definitely still biddable. Yeah...sure.

This particular item hasnt had a similar one finish UNDER 26 US dollars for the last few weeks. Mine is currently at 15.50...we'll see. Its an out of print book...should finish at at least 26 US.

Jaqui

Gem Am I

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -Ram Dass

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-26-2003

Jaqui
You know if this happened at 3am I wouldnt be as concerned. Partially because I wouldnt be awake and therefore not aware of the problem but also most of my bidders arent actively bidding at 3am.
This is a cold, wet Sunday. The perfect conditions for people to sit at home on their computers and do their Christmas Shopping on eBay.
I am confident that eBay are doing everthing possible however I do not believe they know whether or not someone can actually bid and close a deal on our items at this stage.

I wonder how many sellers have been affected and is it just us Canadians and how is it that some seller's items remain listed and are actively trading when others are either not there at all or are not accessible for bidding on.

Sunday is generally a good day for me even though I dont have any auctions ending today, I do get a couple of BIN customers (or should I say, I previously did)

The loss to eBay will be far less than the loss to us in not making those sales and loosing this valuable time on a key buying day.

valuelinks · ‎10-26-2003

Hi,

Well ,well. Ebay had done it again. I had over 700 auctions and they are now gone. I have learnt from dealing with Ebay to stay calm! Does nayoen know when this problem will be fixed?

Tracy

muminlaw · ‎10-26-2003

I just searched by seller for both amberwoodottawa and gem-n-i-gemstonz -- you're both there, still alive and ticking! I also had to do a search for myself, 'cause my "my ebay" is also blank!

And sorry to hear it's a cold wet Sunday in Ottawa! It's a bright sunny Sunday on the west coast - a few more days of this and we might begin to dry out! Droughts, fires, floods ... what a year!

Sure hope they've got "my ebay" fixed by later this afternoon! It would be nice to see who to send eoa notices to! C'mon eBay - get it fixed or at least come in here and let us know what's happening! Don't they know that powersellers are NOT doing this as a hobby!!???

Glenda

Glenda

valuelinks · ‎10-26-2003

Yes, you are right. I find it very difficult to deal with Ebay at times. By the way has anyone run into the problem with customers changing the amount of the invoices and sending you payments for less than the close price? I seem to be getting a few of these and I'm always concerned that if I ask for the correct amount I will piss them off and they will leave bad feedback. It usually isn't a lot of money but I think it's the point.

Tracy