mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@mam98031 wrote:
@hurryagain wrote:
@greg5000 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@rocklen60c7 wrote:
Been a member since 1996! Really does not matter how long does it?
What matters is that in real time Ebay sucks.
I think you have me confused with some other poster. I didn't say anything about how long anyone has been on the site. I never say stuff like that.
I understood what @rocklen60c7 was saying, was that they have been a member since 1996.
AHHH!
That's what it was...
I was just going to reply to this and say that @mam98031 did not say anything about 1996...I looked all over and could not find a reference to 1996. Great sleuthing @greg5000 !
Except according to the ID they are posting with, they did not start with Ebay in 1996. Their account was set up in 1999 and their join the community here in 2006. But maybe they have another ID. IDK.
Oh! Well then...the mystery remains...
Then we just ask @rocklen60c7 what does 1996 mean? 
BTW @mam98031 I have been having to sign back in a million times this evening...way more than the usual glitch has me/us do...are you having this issue? (Okay, so maybe not a million times, but close...
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No I haven't had any problems with that today. Months ago I remember that happening. But not in recent memory.
Just to make sure, go check your site preferences and make sure they didn't somehow change. There is a setting for keeping you logged in.
@mam98031 wrote:
No I haven't had any problems with that today. Months ago I remember that happening. But not in recent memory.
Just to make sure, go check your site preferences and make sure they didn't somehow change. There is a setting for keeping you logged in.
Lucky you...it's been going on for some of us for about a week now...nice little thread on it...
@hurryagain wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
No I haven't had any problems with that today. Months ago I remember that happening. But not in recent memory.
Just to make sure, go check your site preferences and make sure they didn't somehow change. There is a setting for keeping you logged in.
Lucky you...it's been going on for some of us for about a week now...nice little thread on it...
That pesky authentication warning is annoying but easy to deal with. If you get it, just click your back button ONCE. That takes you back to the screen you entered your response in and what you typed should be there. Click the Post button again and it should post.
It works 99.999% of the time for me and I've gotten that darn thing a lot over the past few days.
@hurryagain wrote:
@greg5000 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@rocklen60c7 wrote:
Been a member since 1996! Really does not matter how long does it?
What matters is that in real time Ebay sucks.
I think you have me confused with some other poster. I didn't say anything about how long anyone has been on the site. I never say stuff like that.
I understood what @rocklen60c7 was saying, was that they have been a member since 1996.
AHHH!
That's what it was...
I was just going to reply to this and say that @mam98031 did not say anything about 1996...I looked all over and could not find a reference to 1996. Great sleuthing @greg5000 !
Thanks! ... I am very sleuthy. And, I moved to San Jose, CA (home of eBay Headquarters) in 1996! Getting old ... but still sleuthy. 
@hurryagain wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@hurryagain wrote:
@greg5000 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@rocklen60c7 wrote:
Been a member since 1996! Really does not matter how long does it?
What matters is that in real time Ebay sucks.
I think you have me confused with some other poster. I didn't say anything about how long anyone has been on the site. I never say stuff like that.
I understood what @rocklen60c7 was saying, was that they have been a member since 1996.
AHHH!
That's what it was...
I was just going to reply to this and say that @mam98031 did not say anything about 1996...I looked all over and could not find a reference to 1996. Great sleuthing @greg5000 !
Except according to the ID they are posting with, they did not start with Ebay in 1996. Their account was set up in 1999 and their join the community here in 2006. But maybe they have another ID. IDK.
Oh! Well then...the mystery remains...
Then we just ask @rocklen60c7 what does 1996 mean?
BTW @mam98031 I have been having to sign back in a million times this evening...way more than the usual glitch has me/us do...are you having this issue? (Okay, so maybe not a million times, but close...
Yes the mystery remains is it 1996 or 1999? Or, was it a typo and we just flip the last 6 to make it work? 
Community Boards is having another Red Banner night. Almost every other post I try to reply to or mark helpful results in a Red Banner Error Message (including this one).
Also had to sign back in multiple times and saw a brand new "Your Request Is Currently Being Processed" Swirly Bar.
@mam98031 wrote:
No I haven't had any problems with that today. Months ago I remember that happening. But not in recent memory.
Just to make sure, go check your site preferences and make sure they didn't somehow change. There is a setting for keeping you logged in.
It's happening often to me and many others (who are reporting it on other threads and here). Tonight it's worse than it's ever been.
There are multiple issues:
- Red Banner Authentication Error, when trying to reply to a post.
- Red Banner Sorry Error Message, when trying to mark a post helpful.
- Getting kicked out and having to sign back in.
- And a new "Your Request Is Currently Being Processed" Swirly Bar.
@hurryagain wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
No I haven't had any problems with that today. Months ago I remember that happening. But not in recent memory.
Just to make sure, go check your site preferences and make sure they didn't somehow change. There is a setting for keeping you logged in.
Lucky you...it's been going on for some of us for about a week now...nice little thread on it...
I have a large collection of Red Banner Error Messages too!! 
@mam98031 wrote:
@hurryagain wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
No I haven't had any problems with that today. Months ago I remember that happening. But not in recent memory.
Just to make sure, go check your site preferences and make sure they didn't somehow change. There is a setting for keeping you logged in.
Lucky you...it's been going on for some of us for about a week now...nice little thread on it...
That pesky authentication warning is annoying but easy to deal with. If you get it, just click your back button ONCE. That takes you back to the screen you entered your response in and what you typed should be there. Click the Post button again and it should post.
It works 99.999% of the time for me and I've gotten that darn thing a lot over the past few days.
There may be some nuances the way this problem occurs for different users on different computer platforms. For me the Red Banner Authentication Error pops up before I post (as I'm typing my reply). When I hit the Back Button I go back to the thread, and have to hit Reply again ... and I lose whatever I typed (except occasionally, if it was auto-saved and the stars are all aligned). I have to save a copy and paste my reply, and sometimes it takes three attempts. Others are reporting the same thing. The method that works for you 99.999% of the time works 0% of the time for me.
But the good news is ... that we both found a work-around that works for both of us!
Now, if only eBay could fix all these incredibly annoying Technical Issues ... that would be great!!
@rl-watches wrote:Hello Guys,
I sell stuff (watches) on eBay since 2005.
These days I sold a watch for $850 shipped to a guy in Canada, nickname gro015, and this guy even knowing the watch conditions before purchase, decided to open a return.
After a long conversation I offered him $150 to close the case. He denied and request eBay to step in.
I never handled before with this situation: always solved the case without eBay’s help.
I talked to the guy, and we decided I will refund the value and he will return the item. After I refund the value the guy simply disappeared and not responded my messages anymore.
I requested eBay’s help and they said to talk to the buyer and that eBay could not do anything about that (as in the message attached), but the buyer do not respond to my messages.
I decided to stop selling on eBay after this case.
Very bad to be fooled by these scammers and eBay do not help us!
regards
rl-watches
So sorry this has happened to you. There have been some unsavory characters buying (and selling) on eBay lately. One of the things not to do is refund someone without them sending the item back first.
Although...they can just send an empty box or a box of rocks and with a tracking number, ebay will make you refund them anyway...
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