Passwords

falcongalMember

OK, I've got a snipe set to go off tonight at 10:30 with a 35 second lead time. I'm having a tough time not thinking like a (ugh!) proxy bidder

and looking at it every few minutes.
After this snipe is placed, I want to change my password because I've been using the same password since joining e-Bay in January of last year. Since I don't want to risk messing up the next snipe after this one, what's the best way to go about it? Change it with e-Bay and then AS and everything should be OK? Any tricks or caveats? I've never changed my password before.

So thanks for humoring me with a dumb question.

6/22/037:26 PM

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rickMember

Hi,

>>Since I don't want to risk messing up the next snipe after this one, what's the best way to go about it?<<
When is your "next snipe"?

>>Change it with e-Bay and then AS and everything should be OK?<<
You need to change e-bay first, before you change AS.

Changing passwords is very fast, both on ebay and AS.

[This message was edited by Rick on June 22, 2003 at 07:43 PM.]

[This message was edited by Rick on June 22, 2003 at 07:45 PM.]

6/22/037:34 PM

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falcongalMember

Thanks, Rick
I haven't set the next snipe yet, but it will probably be a few hours after this one. That would be during the overnight hours. Would it be best to wait until during the daytime for e-Bay and AS to process it, or would it be an immediate thing?

6/22/037:43 PM

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rickMember

You've had this password for awhile. Another 10 or 12 hours shouldn't make a big difference. If for some reason you want to change it, it will only take a couple of minutes. You have to change both ebay and AS. But it's quick. But, if you have some time, and there's nothing pressing, you can always wait until tomorrow.

What would you prefer to do?

6/22/037:45 PM

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chatterMember

I would wait until your current wave of auctioons end, when you have a day or so between snipes, then change eBay first, then AS.

6/22/037:46 PM

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rickMember

Chatter,

You are in the middle of moving to another state. I thought I let those that care - know.

Rick

6/22/037:52 PM

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falcongalMember

I'll just wait until tomorrow. Thank you for telling me to do e-Bay first, then AS. I didn't know that. I just finished reading a posting on the discussion boards by someone whose password was stolen and thought it would be a good idea to change mine, too. But I was afraid I'd do something wrong that might mess up the next snipe. Thanks to both of you.

6/22/037:55 PM