# ebay and Opera problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-and-opera-problems/216565 "2003-12-02T20:49:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-and-opera-problems/216565/1 "2003-12-02T20:49:28Z")
I have recently had problems using my opera (7.03/WinXP) to login to my ebay account. Have others noticed this problem? Is it that I have set my JAVA to block pop-ups. BTW I have no problems using that other, IMHO inferior, browser. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-and-opera-problems/216565/2 "2003-12-02T23:07:50Z")
opera 7.11 (Win XP). Same problem. Didn’t change any settings; just stopped being able to log in to ebay account. Paypal works, though. Don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-and-opera-problems/216565/3 "2003-12-02T23:14:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by _xiao\_wenti_ \* > **Is it that I have set my JAVA to block pop-ups** I believe you can set Opera to block pop-ups in general, but still allow them from specific sites that you list. But I don’t think that’s your problem. I use Mozilla, with pop-ups blocked, and ebay is not on my list of allowed pop-ups, but I still have no problems accessing the ebay site (except for over-spending!). ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-and-opera-problems/216565/4 "2003-12-03T11:14:54Z")
I got a long e-mail from the customer support. It’s below. I will check it today – this might close the thread, mods. Hello, Thanks for taking the time to write to us about not being able to sign in to your account. I really am sorry for the difficulties you’ve had. We are experiencing issues with Opera users this week. Let’s try and get this fixed, as quickly as possible. Please try the following: Click “File”… Scroll down the menu and click “Preferences”… Click “Privacy” in the popup console… Click the long button labeled “Edit server filters…”… Find the eBay folder and click to highlight (don’t worry if folder expands to reveal contents)… Click the “Edit” button to your right… Then depending on your original settings, UNCLICK “Use default cookie settings”… Then the next top two items should be checked: Use as domain Accept cookies for server/domain This should allow you to sign in to your account. When you do so please use only your User ID DELETED and not your e-mail address, to sign in with. If your password doesn’t seem to work, please let me reset it for you. I just need a little bit of information: E-mail address: Full name: Address: City: State: Postal Code: Country: Primary phone number: My name is Mike and I hope I was able to help you out. All the Best, ## Michael T. A. eBay Customer Support Beware! Protect yourself from fraudulent emails that ask for sensitive personal information like credit card numbers, passwords, etc. Just because an email message looks like it is sent directly from eBay, it isn’t always. To learn more about protecting yourself from fake or “spoof” emails, visit our User Account Protection page. Simply cut and paste this Web address into your browser window: [http://member.ebay.com/ad/ck/1065-11789-3840-13](http://member.ebay.com/ad/ck/1065-11789-3840-13) Original Message Follows: Form Message %42222% 100998 Subject: GS=C14006 Other sign-in questions ?01 Item: User Feedback: 17 Browser Info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.1) Opera 7.03 [en] Message: Ask about registration, passwords, changing email / User ID \> Sign-in problems \> Other sign-in questions Message: I have been using OPERA and e-bay together for a number of years. I am now no longer able to login using opera (7.03). I have to use that inferior Microsoft product. Is there a way that I can use opera and your services?