is ebay causing your computer to drag or lock up?

BBN · January 25, 2009 7:43AM

The last few days when I've been on ebay my computer either drags or locks up for minutes at a time. I leave ebay and go to just about any other site and my computer runs just fine. ANyone else experience this?

GrumpyEd · January 25, 2009 7:49AM

The "new" ebay is slower.
Maybe they "teamed up" with microsoft to make it worse.

BBN · January 25, 2009 7:51AM

seriously, with all of ebay's moves the last several months I really think a monkey would have done less to screw it up. This is a sign of a giant with no competition. They can F it up all they want because they know you or I have few avenues.

ACactions · January 25, 2009 7:51AM

Why has no other auction site or market site experienced success when going head to head with e-bay?

Barndog · January 25, 2009 7:55AM

ebay is faster for me with Firefox. I don't use IE to go there any longer.

Coxe · January 25, 2009 7:59AM

eBay is a resource drain, especially if you just park there. IE will doublesuckerpunch your desktop. Firefox might be better, but I have noticed it lately hogging more and more.

1Mike1 · January 25, 2009 8:07AM

YES! I'm usually shopping on ebay, playing poker tournaments and messaging on here and it locks me up in the middle of my game. Real annoying.

ArizonaJack · January 25, 2009 8:32AM

I have noticed the same thing. I tried changing from 200 listings per page to 100- then to 50, same result....draggy

21Walker · January 25, 2009 8:32AM

ebay is faster for me with Firefox. I don't use IE to go there any longer.

What Barndog said...........Rick

Bochiman · January 25, 2009 8:37AM

I use IE and haven't noticed any slowdowns even with the new crappy ebay design.

dbldie55 · January 25, 2009 8:39AM

Yes, just had to restart IE as it was using all of my CPU.

RWB · January 25, 2009 8:41AM

Happens every time I use ebay - slow, clumsy and filled with clutter.

tmcsr69 · January 25, 2009 8:41AM

I've been using the aol browser and have had this problem. I wasn't sure if it was my computer or the web site. I absolutely hate browsing the site.

slinc · January 25, 2009 8:56AM

I have noticed it slower lately, not a lot slower but noticeable.

JohnMaben · January 25, 2009 9:13AM

I've noticed that navigating around in the "sold items" section of my eBay is absolutely horrible. Doesn't matter what PC I'm on or when. It reacts in a delayed fashion with every click.

John

dsessom · January 25, 2009 9:16AM

It will depend on your computer's hardware. My laptop that has a Core2 Duo 2.16Ghz and 1GB ram has trouble with Ebay now, where my other PC with a Quad-Core and 4GB of ram has no problem at all. The kind of video card in your PC will also play a role in how it handles all the extra graphics garbage that Ebay has added.

I sure wish there were a site like Ebay for coins/currency ONLY that had the same (or comperable) volume of buyers. I'd quit Ebay (for coins anyway) immediately.

Another rant that is related...

I disputed a charge on my Paypal debit card and though I got the chargeback, Paypal cancelled my dang card! I use that card virtually everyday so they just screwed me. I didn't ask to cancel it, they just decided to cancel it on their own. Now I have to get a new card which will take a month to get. THANKS PAYPAL!

I swear...

mackdriver · January 25, 2009 9:22AM

Mine runs sloww too when i use the internet explorer browser.If you use mozilla firefox browser,it runs much faster.

eagle7 · January 25, 2009 9:27AM

At times recently our computer at work will not download the thumbs. I dont know if it is our software or ebay. And yes, the new webpages were probably designed by teenagers who worked for someone like facebook and have no idea what people who buy and sell in large quantities need to see. jmho.

CoinJunkie · January 25, 2009 9:29AM

Use Firefox and install the add-on "Flashblock". You should see a dramatic improvement.

LindeDad · January 25, 2009 9:40AM

I cheat and have the old version cashed.

notwilight · January 25, 2009 9:50AM

Firefox all the way. IE was lagging on several sites including ebay, weather channel, news stories, and anything loading a bunch of ads and stuff. It's like it's waiting for the last little thing to download before displaying anything. Firefox sped up even my old junker P4 from the early 90s that the kids use for Disney. --Jerry

Mar327 · January 25, 2009 10:41AM

When I'm signed in to an ebay name with over 250 listings, it runs extremely slow, resembling dial-up. When I'm in a name with less than 30 listings, it's running almost normally. I hate this new system.

I have a dual core with 4GB and a top notch video card - it doesn't matter.

COINB0Y · January 25, 2009 10:42AM

<< <i>I've noticed that navigating around in the "sold items" section of my eBay is absolutely horrible. Doesn't matter what PC I'm on or when. It reacts in a delayed fashion with every click. John >>

I am NOT going to change browsers for EBay. I am thinking of leaving EBay altogether for ANYTHING but EBay.

I know they will never listen to me, do they ever listen to what you think, John ?

I can not EVEN imagine what it is like for a big vendor like Modern. This has got to be torture.

TRY USING EBay UK to Navigate - I love it!

Thanks to Board Member, MacCrimmon for the suggestion.

Flatwoods · January 25, 2009 11:27AM

Funny this is one of the first threads I saw after rebooting.
I've had to reboot several times today because the computer would freeze up.
I wondered what the problem was.
You guessed it, all problems seem to have been Ebay related.

jt88 · January 26, 2009 4:27AM

I believe so. I always see the page waiting for about:blank in status bar. I have to replace my CPU heatsink this weekend to reduce the heat from CPU. I always clear the cookies, file history and delete tmp files to make the page load faster.

is ebay causing your computer to drag or lock up?

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