OK, eBay back to normal for me, the excitement is over. Before, during the tumult, I couldn't log in, print shipping labels, even see my own listings! In fact no one could see my eBay listings then.

(1) Here was some of the eBay discussion boards on it:

http://community.ebay.com/t5/My-Account/My-account-and-listings-are-GONE-calls-being-on-hold-what-is/m-p/22638049#U22638049

(2) Here are some news stories on it:

https://news.google.com/news?ncl=dM7M7j-1fjaxoTMrhDmMsIlz5RFEM&q=ebay&lr=English&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v5oHVJ2tFIbHgwSyh4DYDA&ved=0CCQQqgIwAA

Robert