EBAY Service Disrupted, Shoppers And Sellers Howl

EBay Inc.'s main e-commerce sites suffered from sporadic failures on Saturday, limiting the ability of shoppers to search for products on the site in the lead-up to the crucial holiday shopping season and prompting hundreds of complaints from sellers.

Sellers say they first began noticing problems with eBay's search system on Saturday morning. At 11:17 a.m. Pacific time, the company posted a note on its announcement board stating they were aware of the problem - which intensified through the day.