topic Re: Slow loading and glitching pages in Technical Issues

Slow loading and glitching pages

mabscuriosities — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:57:05 GMT

what's with the slow loading and glitching pages. errors and alerts.

Its very hard to manoeuvre around my account. Heavens forbid that buyers are effected .

High chance they are as my sales are down dramatically!

At the moment I cant even reach the print labels page to get addresses and forget about messaging.

Very frustrating . even now the page is refreshing itself , giving a warning that it cant be completed then refreshing to being normal

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

sandypebbles — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:09:42 GMT

I was hoping you could tell us

It has been slow for me for a long time, but the past several days, almost unusably so

Other members cannot tell you why

eBay would tell you it has been escalated to tech and will be fixed in 24-48 hours (it hasn't and it wont)

The two new scammers who have appeared on the forum in the past few days will tell you to contact them (don't) and that they are 'experts in .......' (they aren't) they are scammers using hacked accounts to post here and try and get info from members

They should have been banned already, but have not

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

twyngwyn — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:36:09 GMT

Same here. I have found that whenever they tweak the app, the normal site melts down.

I have both, so can alternate 🙄

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

*casey* — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:57:10 GMT

I was going to post a 'warning' thread today but I'll post the information here instead.

I've just logged in so I didn't see the IDs who claimed to be experts and who asked the OP to contact them BUT ever since the first two appeared on our forum, I've been looking into it.

They post everywhere, especially facebook, other eBay sites and I think it's going to happen more frequently here since I read elsewhere yesterday " Now expanding into Australia"

For ALL new sellers who may read the threads -

BEWARE - DO NOT CONTACT any user ID who claims to be a 'Certified eBay Consultant' and asks you to contact them regarding help with your eBay account .

DO NOT REPLY to any messages you may receive from them. Report them

They're 99% registered in Pakistan but are also registered in Australia .

There are 1000s of them

Elsewhere, they claim to be eg:

A Certified eBay Consultant & Growth Expert pecialist - Virtual Assistant - Book a consultation

Account Management

Defect Removal

Listing Optimisation

Product Hunting

Pricing and competitor analysis

eBay store set up and optimisation

Dispute handling

Reinstatement of suspended accounts

"Looking for eBay clients in the UK, US and Australia"

Book a consultation (on Whatsapp)

The 'elsewhere' site also has high quality perfume for sale !

along with plenty of eBay accounts for sale eg:

"Whats price of ebay account with 100+ feedbacks?"

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

sandypebbles — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:58:38 GMT

And they are supported to continue posting here

Apparently the rules about keeping the forum safe are as legit as the rules about keeping eBay safe

As in, fully aware of these scammers but they are allowed to carry on

casey, it is the same scammer who posted on the 'Blokes' thread about being an expert in all things eBay, they are the same scammer who posted on the thread about someone's item not arriving to send them a private message with their details etc

Same scammer who also uses the other ID to post similar scams

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

*casey* — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:31:22 GMT

I encourage everyone , new or otherwise, who may just read the threads to pass all of this information around to everyone you know because I believe Australia will soon be flooded with this

" Certified eBay Consultant' rubbish.

Another example, all users in Pakistan:

Post: "Need eBay tracking for eBay account urgently"

Numerous replies include:

All tracking available for all countries UK , USA Australia Germany etc

Evri

Dpd

Royal mail

DHL

FedEx

USPs

Ups

All tracking available for all countries UK , USA Australia Germany etc

24/7 service,

*Only RS 50 per tracking*

For USA, Australia, Spain,France, Canada and other country

Evri, royal mail

Dpd, DHL

UPS, USPS

FedEx, Italian post

Aramex Australia

All tracking available in cheap price let's well come to connect

All country All trackings available

Only Rs 120 per tracking

BUYER BEWARE: Choose your sellers carefully

If you're the victim of a FAKE tracking scam, although not impossible, you'll have to fight a battle with eBay to receive a refund

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

davewil1964 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:36:14 GMT

Mine is faster since I had to buy a new phone.

I've now got 5G and everything loads quicker.

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

davewil1964 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:37:07 GMT

Reboot your device.

Clear cache and cookies.

It is most likely to be at your end.

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

mabscuriosities — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:13:08 GMT

Thanks , I've done all that and still ebay is my only lag site.

Haha I was even contemplating a new PC

PS. AI tells me many people are finding these difficulties with ebay.

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

imastawka — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:22:09 GMT

Just a thought...

Has anyone tried opening a Private window?

How Private Browsing Reduces Lags

Disables Extensions: Many browser extensions (like ad blockers or trackers) constantly monitor web traffic. If an extension is broken or heavy, it will slow down page loads. A private window disables these by default, often resulting in an immediate speed boost.
Clears Cache/Cookies: Private mode starts with a fresh session, ignoring old cookies or a bloated cache that might be causing conflicts with websites.
Fresh Session: It forces the browser to re-download elements from scratch, which can bypass errors that occur when the browser tries to use saved data that has become corrupted.

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

*casey* — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:50:50 GMT

Thanks for that .

I just tested it and it seems much improved.

I was hesitant to clear cache and cookies because after doing that a few weeks ago, I couldn't log in until I received a 4 digit code to my email address, for security reasons !

Laughable, considering the scammers seem to have no problems !

I'll see what happens when I log out as up until yesterday, I still had to go through 'tick the pictures" security check !

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

sandypebbles — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:20:37 GMT

Done all of this

Have had 5G for eons

Not me this time and 100% eBay

Re: Slow loading and glitching pages

sandypebbles — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:22:07 GMT

Yes I still get the pictures on a loop

People like us, a security risk apparently

The scammers pretending to be eBay are supported and welcome with open arms