EBAY ERROR: LOGIN TIMEOUT (1)

julesjelev · Guest

I received this error message this morning and neither the first server nor the mirror I am using placed the bid.

I had no issue logging int to my Ebay account this morning.

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Sorry guys, I just went to the mirror and it looks like the bid was placed and I was outbid.

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 8004 Location: Bristol, UK

That would be a good justification for your Mirror subscription... OK, so you didn't win, but at least as a result of having it you didn't see the item go for less than you were prepared to pay.
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julesjelev · Guest

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Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 8004 Location: Bristol, UK

I get the impression that once a particular server has an issue it stops trying to perform any of the later steps... but I might be wrong, since I don't have a great deal of experience with failures on the Main server, the overwhelming majority work fine for me.

Even if it did go on to look up the final price after a failure, the fact that it was lower than the amount you were prepared to pay wouldn't be an indication that your bid had not been placed by the other server, or in fact that you had not won it... Ebay only ever makes you pay at most one bid increment more than the next highest bidder.

If you knew that it was the same as before Gixen was scheduled to bid then I agree that would be an indication of a failure and, of course, if the final price is indicated as being higher than you were willing to pay then that would be an indication that you hadn't won, so that might be a small justification for Gixen continuing to update the auction price after a failure.

I think, going forward, my recommendation would be that if you do ever see a failure on the Main tab, then the next thing to do is to check the Mirror tab.
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