Uploading photo as message attachment gives "Server Error"

[rienincanada]

I found the same error in the archives of 2014 (!). Ebay has become a very lazy fat giant, suffocating in its own vomit after continually, greedily eating too much. Maintenance of the place is now minimal, if at all.

I'm trying to send someone a message and prove my statement by adding pictures, but after about 30 or 40% percent upload, I get the error "Server Error, please remove and try again". As can be expected, no "trying again" ever leads to success.

On the off-chance that there is a solution somehow, here my question. I use the latest iteration of Firefox on Windows 10 and have not noticed any other errors.

I'll restart the process and try later.

Any ideas in the meantime?

Thanks

- Marinus

[rebell45]

Maybe try reducing the file size of the pictures, if you can do so without reducing the quality. 

[rienincanada]

Thanks. They are screenshots, one is less than 200 kB, the other about 88kB. Regular JPGs. But I could try another format.

Edit: Any other picture, small or large: same error. Different browser: same error.

[lepke1979]

Try disabling any popup blockers you might have. Had similar issue on one of my browsers and that was the issue.

[luckythewinner]

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@rienincanada wrote:

Ebay has become a very lazy fat giant, suffocating in its own vomit after continually, greedily eating too much. Maintenance of the place is now minimal, if at all.

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I've created about 100 listings in the last few days, and no problems uploading files in the 200k-600k range. I am a software engineer, so I use Chrome almost exclusively.  

What listing form are you using? 

[pikabo-icu]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@rienincanada wrote:

Ebay has become a very lazy fat giant, suffocating in its own vomit after continually, greedily eating too much. Maintenance of the place is now minimal, if at all.

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I've created about 100 listings in the last few days, and no problems uploading files in the 200k-600k range. I am a software engineer, so I use Chrome almost exclusively.  

What listing form are you using? 

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Trying to send a photo via a message

[popblox]

This used to happen to me all the time - if I remember correctly, I think it had something to do with too many messages with attachments in my inbox. At any rate, I always just forwarded the photos to my cell, then attached the photos to the message using the eBay app. Kind of a pain, but it got the job done.

[luckythewinner]

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@pikabo-icu wrote:

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@rienincanada wrote:

Ebay has become a very lazy fat giant, suffocating in its own vomit after continually, greedily eating too much. Maintenance of the place is now minimal, if at all.

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I've created about 100 listings in the last few days, and no problems uploading files in the 200k-600k range. I am a software engineer, so I use Chrome almost exclusively.  

What listing form are you using? 

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Trying to send a photo via a message

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LOL.

I completely missed that.

Reading comprehension failure 🙂

[william_b_noble]

this problem just started for me yesterday, using the HTML web page and MS Edge, I can not upload any image of any size as an attachment to a message, but I can still create listings with images.

[rebell45]

Someone mentioned changing from a JPEG to a .png worked for them. Also, make sure you have your email format set to Include Graphics in your Account>Communication Preferences>Delivery Options.

@rienincanada 

[rienincanada]

 Still the same.

[coolections]

No nasty of an opening topic to even discuss your problem.

[jm4wolves]

This was the Only way I could upload photos. I tried from my laptop, desktop kept getting the server error. Saw this suggestion and used the Ebay app on my iPhone and worked as it should, no more errors.