# Ebay: Keep me signed in - doesn't **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 26, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547 "2005-09-26T19:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/1 "2005-09-26T19:49:16Z")
Every time I sign into ebay, I click on the “Keep me signed in.” It does, but only for that day. Isn’t it supposed to keep you signed in on that computer until you log out? ---
**Author:** ![Walton\_Firm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Walton\_Firm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walton_Firm)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/2 "2005-09-26T19:51:08Z")
Do you have your browser set to delete cookies? ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/3 "2005-09-26T19:52:53Z")
Same thing happens to me - and I’m all cookied up. It sometimes lasts a week but then breaks. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/4 "2005-09-26T20:08:05Z")
eBay logs me out every 24 hours. If I log in at work at 10 AM, I’ll stay logged in all day, and then the next morning when I come in. But if I check again at 11 AM the second day, it will have logged me out. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/5 "2005-09-26T20:13:35Z")
**Walton Firm** : Nope, cookies are OK **Big Bad Voodoo Lou** : Yes, that seems to be what happens to me too, I was just being lazy in my description. It used to keep me logged in, but stopped doing it about 5 months ago. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/6 "2005-09-26T20:50:54Z")
It does the same thing to me, and I have cookies. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/7 "2005-09-26T21:00:57Z")
I’ve never ever had eBay keep me logged in. And yes, I’ve got all the settings right. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/8 "2005-09-26T21:02:58Z")
It always logs me out sooner or later, too. Seems like much shorter than 24 hours, too. Opera 7.54 user, cookies ok. ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-keep-me-signed-in-doesnt/323547/9 "2005-09-26T21:51:03Z")
Click Keep me signed in next to the little check box and get… > [@ebay](#): > > To save time re-entering your User ID and password, you can have your computer remember this information **for one day.** [bolding mine]