Anybody else being made to prove you're not a robot left and right on the site lately?

[gurlcat]

If they're trying to weed out scammers that's great, but considering I'm already logged in it's a bit much how often I'm having to pick castles or stadiums from images.  And I especially don't get the 'when' of it -like it's not when I try to buy, bid, or do anything in my seller functions, you know, actually DO something ..... no, it's when I'm simply trying to learn something, like see someone's feedback or find information in Help and Contact <-that one triggers it EVERY time now, and it annoyingly pops up in the middle of me typing in the search bar ... not before, not after, but WHILE I'm trying to type.  

Anybody else?  

[redlinear]

I have superhuman speed (can't help it).  Take forever to sign in

[iamalwaysright]

Surprisingly no because I coulda sworn I was reluctantly in the ebay "volunteer" page to opt me into every test, pilot, and glitch known to ebay.

[brightlightbookseller]

Do you use a VPN, or even Apple's built in privacy feature that hides your IP?  That will trigger the CAPTCHA all the time.

[yuzuha]

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@brightlightbookseller wrote:

Do you use a VPN, or even Apple's built in privacy feature that hides your IP?  That will trigger the CAPTCHA all the time.

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Or if you're using something like NoScript. I got hit with a captcha on another webpage the other day because I forgot to enable Java on that page.

[hollysfinds]

Glad to know I'm not the only one. 

I eventually had to change my password to get into the boards even though I was using the correct password that I had. 

It just kept looping me through the same process over and over no matter what I did until I changed my password. 

[eburtonlab]

If the link you are trying to use leads to a redirect loop, that can make it appear that you are trying to load hundreds of pages in quick succession and trigger that "bot" message as well.

Trying another browser or a private or incognito browser window may help in some cases.

If you are still running into the "bot" message, there are more things to try in this thread:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Report-eBay-Technical-Issues/We-think-you-are-a-BOT/m-p/33951183#M1158...

[ten_o_nine]

I think the robot is trying to make sure you're one of them.😃

[heckofagame]

I work non-stop and I don't get paid. Sounds like a robot to me.

[gloryglorygifts]

Yes, and it's annoying.

[wastingtime101]

There are about 40,000 posts about this on the tech issues board. @eburtonlab has been awesome replying to all of them. Cheers to you, E.

[wastingtime101]

There is a site-wide tech ticket. Anybody running into this can contact CS and ask them to add your account to Alert 14917

https://www.ebay.com/help/contact_us?id=4002&st=10

[kima77]

So much so that I will stop using ebay if it does not stop. I dont need anything they sell

[mam98031]

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@kima77 wrote:

So much so that I will stop using ebay if it does not stop. I dont need anything they sell

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it isn't that common, not yet anyway.  If you are planning to stop using Ebay, there must be another reason.

This is a very old thread and will likely get closed soon.

[kh-shakhib]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.