Access to MyEbay.com.au

[bargain.street]

Hi All,

Recently work has put on a block on the my ebay page. www.ebay.com.au works but when you access myebay it's blocked. does anyone know how to get around this ie a ip address i can type into the http://? either that or navigate to another page to see my sales etc but not via myebay

much appreciateed.

[digital*ghost]

Umm, wouldn't that be so as to restrict computer usage to work-related...stuff? :8}

At any rate, a web proxy would probably do the trick.

(Some filters can be bypassed with certain sites - like Facebook - if you just add an 's' [secure] to the http, doesn't work with My eBay near as I can tell).

[nouveau_retro]

you do realise that your boss would know your ebay username and that these forums are public? B-)

[crypsynight]

Jump onto your boss's computer (administrator) when he's not around and remove the block??  If you're going to break the rules, then do a good job at it? :^O

[sexy*harley*chick]

Perhaps try a different browser?

If not just do work instead of ebay lol

[cosmosgrove]

Sounds like your workplace may have blocked just your 'myebay', it would be difficult to block everyones individual ebay pages. Wouldn't the IT dept need to know everyones id's to do this?

My son was using google translate as a proxy to bypass the facebook blocks at school, not sure if that would work. But really why don't you just check on your mobile during your break?

[kayedonproducts]

I have to be honest and say, if I was a boss, I wouldn't my staff using a computer, internet supplier and usage that I paid for, to access eBay.

I feel the same about a tip I read to save on electricity in the home - charge everything that needs charging at work.

I may be considered an old fuddy-duddy, but to me it is stealing.

As has been said, if you have a mobile & can connect to eBay - do it in your lunch break, or find an Internet Cafe.

I also think it is sad that children find was to get around blocks on school computers. Taxpayers pay for these for schoolwork.  Also, schools put blocks on for good reasons - I'd be marching my child up to the School if I found out he/she was breaking the rules - and have; in the days well before computers were in Schools!!!

These are my opinions and don't want to sound/be read as being judgemental.  I just have been brought up to believe in honesty and in no way am perfect, but do try to do the right thing.

[crypsynight]

I may be wrong, but I can't see how he can block your home page without blocking the whole of ebay??

What happens when you try and access it?

[nouveau_retro]

Don't worry I've got it sorted- one of us boardies can phone your boss and explain that you need to use the ebay chatboards, check your sales, do paypal x-fers, package your orders, use the bosses postal account, and answer emails, all while you're at his workplace. You'll probably get a promotion for your enterprising nature 😄

[digital*ghost]

The URL for My eBay is not ID specific, which is why adding it to a filter will effect a global block on accessing it for anyone on the network. If My eBay is the only part of the site that's blocked, I dare say you could log in and do everything else (bid, buy, list, browse, log in/post to the forums....)

The boss, or whoever is in charge of setting the blocks, would  have access to the web history of all computers on the network, so there's probably a reason this one was put in place (frequency, time spent, etc etc). 😉