Not many know, but there were some serious issues with the AWS servers being down earlier in the week and that had a huge affect on a lot of online platforms including eBay.

There were no announcements that I know of from eBay regarding this, but begs the question, why is there no redundant backup in case of such a huge service outage??

That leads to me to what I see today.

This is is one of our accounts when I click items awaiting dispatch, but both our accounts are like this:

 

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Then I click the My eBay or see the seller hub and I get this:

 

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What exactly is going on and why are we being left in the dark?
What about all of those that run auctions and get no bids as the platform is clearly ran on a shoestring budget, else there would be 100% uptime and at least a back up if it all goes west, as it has again today!!

 

How exactly can we use this to help buyers when it is clearly not fit for purpose?

Do eBay know that April Fools Day is on 1st April and only once a year and not every other day?

Thank you
Russ


We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
- Albert Einstein