eBay Glitch Erases User's 11 Year Old Account

[mandy]

eBay users on both sides of the Atlantic are reporting potentially serious site glitches that have confounded customer service representatives trying to diagnose and fix the problems. The glitches, while unrelated, both appeared to involve database problems that prevented users of the online auction house from carrying out basic functions.

The first bug has bitten hard at Stefan Waldman, a seller who woke up last week to discover that his eBay account had mysteriously vanished. The account, which had the user id "stefan," was established in 1996 and had racked up a 99.7 percent positive feedback score from 717 comments. Loss of the account, which Waldman estimates he used to transact $20,000 to $30,000 worth of sales, could put him at a severe disadvantage...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/12/ebay_glitches/

[sneakymagenta]

a seller who woke up last week to discover that his eBay account had mysteriously vanished

Yah Ebay! 

The deleted accounts are coinciding with a separate problem being reported by an eBay user in the UK, who presented evidence that transactions conducted on PayPal are not being reflected properly on eBay.

Seasons greetings from Ebay! 

[dimucci]

glitches du jour

[bargainbloodhound]

I'm once again enjoying a glitch free, ebay free, holiday shopping season.