Ebuyer problems

saxo_vtr_paul · 13-11-2005, 12:34

Hi all,

I seem to be having problems connecting to the Ebuyer website. I have had this problem for a good 6 months or more I have just never thought of putting a mesage on this forum about it.

Basically the site runs really slow for me, sometimes it just times out and doesnt show up the page.

I think I did read something about the proxy or something on here ages ago but I cant find it.

Just wondered if this was a filter problem with ntl as my friend who is on Tiscali can connect fine to the site.

Cheers

Paul

kill_bill · 13-11-2005, 13:26

Ive had this, just go to ebuyer.com instead of the .co.uk and it works fine for me

Halcyon · 13-11-2005, 13:31

Ebuyer has been a problem for NTL users for a long time now.
The best thing you can do to try and get round it is to use a proxy.

You can find alist of proxies and how to use them here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...trancache.html

saxo_vtr_paul · 13-11-2005, 13:50

thanks for the reply kill bill, this does not work for me sorry, its exactly the same.

As for Halcyon's reply I will give it a shot later and post on here how I got on.

Cheers for you help

Graham M · 13-11-2005, 14:12

Yeah I cannot get to ebuyer.co.uk either, have to use .com. Very strange that some cannot get to it at all.

jrhnewark · 13-11-2005, 16:42

Ebuyer tends to always run much slower than most other sites via NTL - again, ebuyer.com is much better.

**Paul** · 13-11-2005, 16:57

If I go to .co.uk it re-directs me to .com anyway ....

handyman · 13-11-2005, 17:02

I have the same slowness through a residential or business adsl connection so it's not really connection orientated It will probably be server slowness due to traffic.

Chrysalis · 13-11-2005, 20:51

well known problem with the ntl proxies.

Chris W · 13-11-2005, 21:03

moving to proxy discussion forum...

2||Para · 13-11-2005, 23:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrhnewark

Ebuyer tends to always run much slower than most other sites via NTL - again, ebuyer.com is much better.

Much the same as their policy for Returns then

saxo_vtr_paul · 14-11-2005, 19:00

not sure on what to do about changing the proxy like someone suggested in doing.

So is this an ntl problem then? as my friend who has a different ISP can access it fine.

LemonyBrainAid · 14-11-2005, 19:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M

If I go to .co.uk it re-directs me to .com anyway ....

Same...

jonifen · 15-11-2005, 12:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2||Para

Much the same as their policy for Returns then

Not from my experience

Sent an item back Special Delivery on the Friday. Received the replacement at lunchtime on the Monday. Fastest RMA I've ever done (apart from when I've took the item back in person).

Back on topic though - I find that when ebuyer's site is running slow, if I use one of the proxies for the Colchester area, it works superbly.

Ebuyer's site has been running well recently (without me specifying a proxy aswell)... long may it last!

Retrovertigo · 08-12-2005, 16:22

Finally did a search here after having had problems accessing Ebuyer for several months myself now.

But why is this? What makes that one site "special" that NTL won't load it? seems annoying I have to go about setting proxies just because of one website