First off, I still have FULL ACCESS to Ebay in Canada.
So I don't understand your GLOBAL shutdown.
And the post on the link appears for me.
" ***Scheduled Maintenance For This Week***
August 21, 2013 | 08:53AM PST/PT
The eBay and PayPal systems will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 23:00 PT (11pm) on Thursday, August 22nd to 01:00 PT (1am) on Friday, August 23rd. During this maintenance period, certain site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow. "
