Is Paypal Down? Why Yes, It Is 6/1/2007 - 7,877 views, 27 Comments
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If you have been frustrated trying to reach Paypal, well, you’re not alone. Countless people have been unable to access Paypal, and their Paypal accounts, as the giant went down this morning. Instead, they received this error: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@paypal.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.paypal.com Port 443 Of course, millions of people rely on Paypal both as their Internet “bank” and, for business, to make sales. So this is very serious. How many millions of dollars worth of transactions will be lost before Paypal is back up? And why are they down? Were they attacked? Did someone trip over a power cord? Be sure to watch this space for further updates!
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I just got a bit afraid as I tried following a link to verify a payment…But then I saw that it’s for the whole site. Although I receive an Error Message which is displayed nicely within the Paypal Layout itself, not just a plain Apache Message. So may this be an progress about this problem?
Hopefully they will be back soon.
BTW: when was Paypal becoming a Bank?
Comment by Philipp — 6/1/2007 @ 8:52 am
Yes, this is bad form on PayPal’s part. I would like to verify payment before shipping…but I promised I would ship today. Hopefully they won’t lose any data and get it sorted out soon.
Comment by Brian — 6/1/2007 @ 9:34 am
As of 10:33 AM PDT, I’m able to get to the login page, but then receive Error 3004.
PS. For a site that is about spam, you sure have a lot of annoying ads and layout for ads.
Comment by filmo — 6/1/2007 @ 9:34 am
I was getting ready to post this very thing. I know yesterday there was a message on my account stating they would be down, but that was yesterday. Hope all is okay with our money.
Comment by Homemom3 — 6/1/2007 @ 11:29 am
On the System Announcements page at eBay, there’s the following message:
June 01, 2007 | 10:25AM PST/PT
Members may be experiencing errors when attempting to log in or make payments through PayPal. We are aware of the issue and are working to fix it as quickly as possible.
Comment by Bryan — 6/1/2007 @ 11:45 am
Pay pal down no wonder i have recieved several con letters from a face paypal, that why theyre down
Comment by Robbin the Raver — 6/1/2007 @ 1:38 pm
Pay pal down no wonder i have recieved several con letters from a fake paypal, that why theyre down
Comment by Robbin the Raver — 6/1/2007 @ 1:39 pm
Here in El Salvador, we have 6:02PM, and PayPal is working perfectly, I login intro my account without problems. I think they´re back again.
Comment by Chero07 — 6/1/2007 @ 4:02 pm
“PS. For a site that is about spam, you sure have a lot of annoying ads and layout for ads.”
Eh? Oh. I use Firefox with Adblock Plus. Otherwise, ads will be very annoying!
Comment by Alex — 6/1/2007 @ 5:24 pm
I haven’t had any trouble with Pay Pal at all this week and I just went to the site and was able to sign in with no problem. . . Just wanted to let you know that it is working for me.
Comment by Kim Leonard — 6/1/2007 @ 7:14 pm
Down again…this is getting really really old.
Comment by Nick — 6/18/2007 @ 8:23 pm
Again!!! WTF is wrong with PayPal!?
Comment by George Bush — 6/18/2007 @ 9:42 pm
It is down again. Ugly dump site and service
Comment by js — 6/18/2007 @ 9:46 pm
I just sold something on eBay that required PayPal immediate purchase. Since PayPal is down, that really screws things up, & the buyer did not (could not) send payment. If PayPal was a bank, the Feds would step in.
Comment by Dick Cheney — 6/18/2007 @ 10:00 pm
How often does this happen? This is a first for me and it had really unconvinced myself and I’m sure the seller as well.
Comment by Scott — 7/15/2007 @ 3:26 pm
gawd - what a whiney bunch of little choads! get over it. you think you got problems??? hahahaha
you have no idea.
Comment by c, manson — 9/13/2007 @ 10:23 pm
I have had problems paying my paypal bill online for the last 3 months.I finally called to pay over the phone.This is screwed up!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Leigh — 10/9/2007 @ 1:25 pm
Paypal is down and I have a limited amount of time to pay for my purchase!!HELP!!!!!!!!
Comment by Mandy — 3/1/2008 @ 10:38 pm
WHAT THE FUCK - WHY IS IT DOWN AGAIN?
I invest TONS OF MONEY INTO THESE FUCK HEADS
Comment by WTHATHFU — 5/21/2008 @ 9:40 am
seriously man, this shit is motherfucking whack
Comment by The Great Satan — 5/21/2008 @ 9:48 am
whoopty-fucking-do, paypal is back up, it really is a fickle little bastard
Comment by the great Satan — 5/21/2008 @ 4:25 pm
Maybe if they go down long enough, and hold up enough money/transactions congress will finally take the time to investigate a company that lives between the law. Might bring some legitimacy to this type of thing. Then again google is stepping up as of late so…
Comment by 1001001think — 5/21/2008 @ 8:30 pm
it’s sunday 8 june and paypal is dead again, this is relaly cistomg me money
Comment by Flash Design Guy — 6/7/2008 @ 11:49 pm
This is unbelievable we relay on paypal and have never considered they could be down, now it appears they are down very week?
Comment by Flash Templates — 6/7/2008 @ 11:52 pm
Down again Sunday at 4:55EST
Comment by Banshee — 6/8/2008 @ 12:57 pm
june-17-2008 …I’m getting that paypal error message now like what you have printed on your website but can’t find any more info on it!!! My money is locked down!!!
Comment by bruce — 6/17/2008 @ 5:34 pm
They were down Monday 30th June 2008, then yesterday (2nd) and today (3rd) July, every time I tried to log-in (from the UK) I got “Page Not Found” - WTF is up with this? It’s getting beyond a joke!
Comment by Charlie — 7/2/2008 @ 11:17 pm