Why is eBay mars bar at the moment?

[Evangelion]

For the last three or four weeks I've bought hardly anything on eBay, and listed none of my for sale items.

Why?

Because eBay is, currently, absolute st.

It's like swimming through treacle. For instance, if I go to any of my Saved searches (or Followed searches, as eBay now chooses to call them), or create a new one, scrolling up or down is a right pain, and frequently just stops working completely. And selecting any item in the list more often than not produces no result at all. Even just clicking away from the eBay tab in IE takes forever, as does clicking on it again to go back.

AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I'm also scared to attempt to list anything for sale as the process may take so long as to leave me suicidal, also if others are having the same problem (and they are, see http://downdetector.co.uk/problems/ebay), this may result in fewer views and hence fewer bids.

Or is it me, in which case, does anyone have a solution?

(I doubt it, every other website I visit behaves impeccably.)

Edited by Evangelion on Saturday 23 August 10:51

[Evangelion]

Also, I often get a little pop-up that reads:

"eBay has stopped responding due to a long-running script."

[Evangelion]

Well? Any ides chaps?

[Evangelion]

I'm not particularly computer literate, how do I get Chrome?

[Evangelion]

Someone who just told me he is having the same problem as me, is actually using Chrome!

[Evangelion]

Well I just uninstalled the Yahoo Smartbar, restarted the lappy and it seems to be working again now!

[Evangelion]

Piersman2 said:

... Set yourself up with Firefox and the 'add-blocker' add-on and your browsing experience will be transformed!

Good suggestion! Well I said I was computer-illiterate ... so how's it done?

[Evangelion]

mybrainhurts said:

Kinky said:

Title edited to replace offensive word with simple look-up table replacement word

Thanks. You just reminded me of Marianne Faithful with a Mars bar up her....you know.

Apparently, there was absolutely no truth in this story at all. It was complete and utter fabrication.
















(It was a Topic.)

[Evangelion]

Dunno what the fuss is all about, mine's been fine all day, been watching and bidding as usual. Haven't yet tried listing anything for sale though, as I've not finished writing the descriptions yet.