It has never technically been down. I've been using eBay all this morning without any issues. I've looked at comments on 'itisdownrightnow' and I understand how upset people are but these things do happen. If the Royal Mail has a problem with 10 of their vans then the chances are you wouldn't find out - you wouldn't even notice. Millions of people have had no problems with eBay, only a small few. I'm just trying to say that technically eBay was never down and you can't rely on a 3rd party website all the time.