Has all buying stopped?

[shoppingbag*]

So, we can't buy until we change our password, and we can't change password, because the system is clogged up, so has eBay come to a standstill?  Does anyone know how long it will take to clear all this backlog?  I feel sorry for the Sellers, what happens to all their auctions that will be ending and no-one able to bid on them?

[amxsuperstores]

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@shoppingbag* wrote:

So, we can't buy until we change our password, and we can't change password, because the system is clogged up, so has eBay come to a standstill?  Does anyone know how long it will take to clear all this backlog?  I feel sorry for the Sellers, what happens to all their auctions that will be ending and no-one able to bid on them?

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Yep.  My store traffic checked through Omniture is down 75% today vs. every other day in the last 60 days.  Hopefully it starts to claw it's way back up.

Obviously there's no hope that eBay would compensate us.  It's not like I want compensation financially, but they could maybe offer to do an automated message to every buyer on eBay saying 'hey how about you DO buy from our sellers, they are suffering since the hacking incident!'

Doubt it would happen though.  Cheers eBay, cheers!

[harley_babes_hoard]

The breach happened back in February not today

[amxsuperstores]

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@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
The breach happened back in February not today

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Yes, but the news articles and the panic knee-jerk reaction and eBay jamming happened today.

[lyndal1838]

There is nothing stopping you buying....I have just bought 2 items with no problems at all.

[sprinklespowerpuff]

Thanks for that info, Lyndal. I'm not changing my password.

[lyndal1838]

Neither am I for the moment.

The breach happened months ago and there have been no wholesale outbreaks of account hacking.  I feel the ebay suggestion to change passwords is just a precaution.

When things cool down I will probably change it but for now it is probably more of a hassle than it is worth.

[chameleon54]

I,ve been out today, but came home to fairly reasonable sales, so someone must be buying. It is all a bit of a worry though.

[shoppingbag*]

The message eBay is putting out is that you won't be able to do anything on the site until you change your password.  From what several of you have said, this doesn't seem to be the case at all. I can't understand why they would mislead us like that.

[lane-ends]

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@shoppingbag* wrote:

The message eBay is putting out is that you won't be able to do anything on the site until you change your password.  From what several of you have said, this doesn't seem to be the case at all. I can't understand why they would mislead us like that.

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Its all about left hands and right hands, and lack of coordination there of.

I've bought and sold today