Locog said it was unclear precisely what was preventing users from uploading tickets to the site, but that they hoped the system-wide refresh would fix the problem.
For buyers there was frustration as what appeared to be opportunities to buy tickets for high-profile events including athletics medal sessions turned out to be false hope.
Their irritation was heightened by misleading wording on the site that suggested users had secured tickets before the system had actually worked out whether they were still available.
An error message on the ticket website when users try to access their account
The system allows users to search for tickets by session or sport, and once tickets have been added to users? ?shopping list? they receive the following message: ?Please note that tickets in your shopping list are not reserved until you click ?Proceed to checkout?.?
This led users to believe that they had secured tickets, when in fact they had not. Only after the system took as long as two minutes to refresh were users informed whether they had been successful, with the answer more often than not ?no?.
Locog rejected criticism of the system, saying it was a standard "off-the-shelf" Ticketmaster system used for ?live? ticket purchasing and that it had no bespoke elements for dealing with Olympic tickets.
They hope to have the system fully functioning this afternoon, and it will run until February 6.
As well as ticket re-sales, more than 1.3m football tickets and 500,000 Paralympic tickets are available.
Have you bought or sold tickets on the exchange? Email olympics@telegraph.co.uk with your story
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