I checked this page to see what was going on with eBay:

http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ebay.com.html

Look at all the comments........ once I saw that, I stopped messing with my DNS settings and stuff, and just had to go to bed.

Quite sad that I lost the 150 free listings I was hoping to get done just before midnight due to wanting to spend the weekend with my family.  I guess we shouldn't leave things to the last minute (or hours) with eBay - look what happens.  Everyone else does it too and it probably caused a meltdown.  It's annoying that eBay always launches these free promotions just before the weekend.

I don't imagine there will be any more freebies offered until for next weekend at the earliest.