Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:55:43 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
Enoch Root quickly quoth:

Is it just me or are Ebay's server sinking to asinine levels of
asynchronicity? On one page I'm logged in, on another I'm required to
log in again, and the wait time for a page load on many another is
interminable.


At millions of transactions per day and graphics on nearly every item,
with dozens of large graphics on some, the wait times are obnoxious,
aren't they? I've never had to login again on a different page,
unless it takes me to the CA or UK servers from my US server startup.
Then I do have to log in. But after I've set up login info in the
password saver in FF, it does so automatically. Perhaps you're
unaware of a trans-Atlantic or country border switch during a search,
Enoch. That bothered me the first several times, too, until I saw the
eBay UK logo at the top that first time. 'twas an AHA! moment.

I still suspect a bug. I'm not moving between here and the UK (or
elsewhere) as I notice these problems. At one point I was logging in
*every* time I hit the confirm button on submitting a bid. This is very
bad news if you're a... late bidder. :-o

In addition, I noticed actual repeatable evidence of asynchrony. After
leaving (positive!) feedback for one individual, the "won bid" entry for
that item never updated on my "my ebay" page to reflect that I'd left
feedback even though my feedback made it to his/her/their feedback page.

It's a new problem, near's I can tell, but if it's only me I'm gonna cry.

er
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