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Well, my default is to accept cookies from the originating web site only, or some wording such as that. Maybe e-Bay considers its unsecure and secure web sites as different sites. When I get home I will play with cookies.  
 
> I get that also, and my working hypothesis is that you must have Cookies enabled   
> *before* you sign in, perhaps even at the time you first go to the sign-in page.   
> I haven't gotten around to testing this idea, because my personal default is to   
> have Cookies disabled. By the time I remember to turn them back on, for the   
> time   
> being, it is too late, as that "can't redirect" page has kicked in, and the only   
> thing to do from there is to click on the "if you didn't go there automatically   
> .   
> . . " link. My strong hunch is that if I remembered to Enable Cookies _before_   
> reaching a 'Sign In' situation, this would not even come up.   
>   
> Next, you're going to shoot down my theory by telling me that *your* default is   
> to   
> have Cookies ON all the time . . . .   
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> Jordan   
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Well, my default is to accept cookies from the originating web site only, or some wording such as that. Maybe e-Bay considers its unsecure and secure web sites as different sites. When I get home I will play with cookies. 
 > I get that also, and my working hypothesis is that you must have Cookies enabled  > *before* you sign in, perhaps even at the time you first go to the sign-in page.  > I haven't gotten around to testing this idea, because my personal default is to  > have Cookies disabled. By the time I remember to turn them back on, for the  > time  > being, it is too late, as that "can't redirect" page has kicked in, and the only  > thing to do from there is to click on the "if you didn't go there automatically  > .  > . . " link. My strong hunch is that if I remembered to Enable Cookies _before_  > reaching a 'Sign In' situation, this would not even come up.  >  > Next, you're going to shoot down my theory by telling me that *your* default is  > to  > have Cookies ON all the time . . . .  >  >  > Jordan  >  >  >  > =====================================================  > 
  
 
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