Is Ebay Down? I Get An Upstream Error?

I keep getting:

upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: overflow

Anybody else having trouble?

eBay was down for me but is now online

I never saw eBay go down before.

Have had various low level issues as of late on sellers side. Couldn't upload images at all a week or so ago and then *poof* all good same nite. Usually means they're doing upgrades in the bkgd in my experience.

eBay does not do upgrades, they only do downgrades.

And that is on a good day!

And too bad they won't do downgrades on bad sellers/actors when brought to their attention.

Without eBay supporting this forum, this community probably would not exist.
Don

Interesting comment . ---Puts a new light on discussing anything eBay .

Or discussing why other companies and organizations are not supporting online philatelic communities like these; investing a very small amount in marketing/networking on social media sites like this one seems to not only be extremely feasible but also a good way to make our hobby grow. For example, Hipstamp, Amos, SG, Subway, etc.
Don

Since I am new here, perhaps I am reading more into this than appears. However, it looks like I am being asked (or reminded) that it is not nice to say anything detrimental about sites that do or could support this forum. Is this the case?

Not at all. If you search the forum you will find endless numbers of threads and posts which flame eBay. For example, I myself have previously posted a number of criticisms on the eBay feedback system (and offered ways to improve but I understand it is not likely they would listen to them).

When I do post something critical of eBay, I keep in mind two things. First, many, many people here rely upon eBay for income. Second, eBay has a role in keeping this community going. Folks are welcome to accept or reject these considerations.
Don

I've been selling on eBay for 23 years and eBay has upgraded and evolved constantly. We started off settling purchases with checks and eBay recognized how awkward that was so they purchased and supported Paypal and this was just the 1st of many improvements. A modern example of eBay recognizing a problem and solving it for it's sellers is the sales tax issue that arose a couple years ago when many states insisted on collecting tax on internet sales withing their borders. Now eBay collects and settles all the sales tax and it is invisible to me. I can't imagine doing this myself. I know they charge me commission on the sales tax and that's annoying but I'd rather pay the commission than do it myself. eBay's implementation of Managed Payments was troubled but now I find it more convenient than Paypal both as a buyer and seller and I love waking up every morning to the message " eBay has sent your payout"!!

Communicating with eBay was difficult but a few years ago they invited me to join their concierge program and now I can get in touch with eBay in less than 2 minutes and have a conversation with a rep whose mission is to solve my problem. My communication with eBay is by the far the best of company I deal with.

About 15 years ago my wife retired and we decided to try and convert my stamp collecting/ebay hobby into our retirement business. It took us a few years to figure it out but for the last 10 years selling on eBay has made our retirement much more comfortable than it would be otherwise. I find eBay to be a comprehensive selling platform that is easy for a 2 man operation like my wife and I to use and most importantly brings me lots of bidders week after week.

Comments like the one above used to bother me but my customers keep bidding and the $ keep rolling in so I've learned that these comments have no impact. I would prefer that if folks that have a specific issue with eBay they explain it rather than take these non specific potshots.

Ken

I started to get the same text last night and throughout the morning maybe once every 5-10 minutes. Once I hit the refresh button, I got the eBay page I was looking to see. I would not characterize it as ever being down, just slow.

EDIT: As I wrote the above, it was a bit after 2 PM PDT local time. The issue still exist in the afternoon and I will expand the non-responsive "error" message to include an eBay page related to what I am looking for but with no specific information, just a bold red text indicating the my request could not be handled at this time. Again a tap of the refresh button got me to where I was going.