I scoffed at their emails too. One of my items had close to 30 watchers on it (which is unusual for me). I've sold quite a few of this particular item in the past and it always sells the first time it's listed, with quite often a bidding war between at least 3 people. Normally my items sell for the opening bid, but this particular one seems to be popular amongst my buyers.

As it ended up relisting (eventually), I believe I missed out on a sale on that item. It will probably sell this time around, but it's not the point. If the interested buyers thought that it was something wrong with me that they couldn't bid, they may not come back to have another go next Saturday. Especially as this item is usually the "target" of snipers, due to the delay in relisting, this one now ends at around 2.45am.

I had 6 items that already had bids on that ended during the malfunction, so I guess I'll get a few bucks back from those. Not holding my breath though!