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Paypal Grinds To A Halt

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-pal-to-pay dept.

BillBrasky writes "After a 'Monthly Software Update', it appears that PayPal started having problems. There were reports all weekend of troubles, and as of Monday night here, I can't access it at all (connection time out). One user even reported that his PayPal Debit card was getting refused!" A message on the site now says the site is expected to be back at 8:10 PM PDT, not long from now.

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  1. Re:Um, yeah... by revscat · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You are a moron if you use paypal to run a business including the payroll, of all things. Read the fine print and you'll see that paypal IS NOT A BANK. They don't have to follow bank rules, and your money is NOT FDIC INSURED.

    Back in college I used to do first- and second-level tech support for an ISP. This was back in the mid-90's, so everybody was on dialup. Things being what they are, we would occasionally have outages. I remember getting a call from a guy who absolutely tried to tear me an asshole because of this: he was running his business over his $20/mo dialup line. No dialup, no internet, no money for him. He was *pissed*.

    I am still amazed at how many people are so stupid as to depend upon others like that. This PayPal thing is the same way; if you depend on PayPal for your lifeblood, you are pretty much an idiot.