Is Paypal Down? Why Yes, It Is   - 34,546 Views, 94 Comments

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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. “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

10. 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

11. Down again…this is getting really really old.

    Comment by Nick — 6/18/2007 @ 8:23 pm

12. Again!!! WTF is wrong with PayPal!?

    Comment by George Bush — 6/18/2007 @ 9:42 pm

13. It is down again. Ugly dump site and service

    Comment by js — 6/18/2007 @ 9:46 pm

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. seriously man, this shit is motherfucking whack

    Comment by The Great Satan — 5/21/2008 @ 9:48 am

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Down again Sunday at 4:55EST

    Comment by Banshee — 6/8/2008 @ 12:57 pm

26. 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

27. 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

28. I have been having problems for the past 2 weeks, literally 8 out of 10 times Paypal will not load at all, sometimes I get wierd errors and sometimes it just works. No other websites are doing this.. Makes it hard to do business when I cannot check transaction details 80% of the time!!!

    Comment by triode — 7/7/2008 @ 6:51 am

29. I was browsing their basic website and it no longer loads. Their help forums still work, but none of their main pages…

    Comment by sd — 7/7/2008 @ 7:42 pm

30. paypal is down its saying bad server response i need to view account history

    Comment by jo — 7/8/2008 @ 12:15 am

31. server error paypal down. thats scary with all the money / persons depending on this. how is this possible?

    Comment by fashions — 7/11/2008 @ 12:15 pm

32. 1 24 192.168.1.1
    2 60 71.115.16.1 (SBNDIN.verizon-gni.net)
    3 69 130.81.36.194 (CHI01.verizon-gni.net)
    4 84 130.81.20.58 (CHI01.verizon-gni.net)
    5 143 152.63.0.193 (CHI2.ALTER.NET)
    6 1013 33 152.63.146.82 (SAC1.ALTER.NET)
    7 281 152.63.52.157 (SAC1.ALTER.NET)
    8 112 208.214.136.234 (customer.alter.net)
    9 * 100 0.0.0.0
    10 * 100 0.0.0.0
    11 * 100 0.0.0.0
    12 *100 Unable to reach 66.211.168.65 (paypal.com)

    Comment by fireflew — 7/17/2008 @ 8:11 pm

33. traceroute to paypal.com (66.211.168.97), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
    1 Removed
    2 tpgi.com.au (10.20.20.213) 23.856 ms 24.585 ms 26.071 ms
    3 tpgi.com.au (202.7.183.199) 28.055 ms 28.292 ms 30.278 ms
    4 tpgi.com.au (202.7.183.193) 31.765 ms 32.749 ms 33.985 ms
    5 1.tpgi.com.au (202.7.162.41) 55.451 ms 57.181 ms 57.666 ms
    6 207.114.154.1 (207.114.154.1) 216.064 ms 212.624 ms 212.548 ms
    7 okld.twtelecom.net (66.192.250.123) 212.773 ms 201.286 ms 201.292 ms
    8 0.sprintlink.net (144.228.143.69) 201.247 ms 202.972 ms 204.209 ms
    9 1.sprintlink.net (144.232.4.212) 206.194 ms 207.930 ms 208.916 ms
    10 0.sprintlink.net (144.232.19.82) 211.901 ms * 214.358 ms
    11 144.223.252.6 (144.223.252.6) 216.094 ms 203.326 ms 202.218 ms
    12 10.8.1.182 (10.8.1.182) 208.431 ms 208.440 ms 208.639 ms
    13 * * *
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    Look at hop 12. Resolves to a DNS black hole!

    Comment by triode — 7/18/2008 @ 4:59 am

34. Ed. Note: For those who don’t know, the last two comments above shows the results of what is known as a traceroute. It shows an attempt by the user’s local computer to connect to the Paypal computer, via the various Internet hops that it requires to get from Point A to Point B. (And it also shows that the commenters are more than slighly technically clued).

    Comment by The Internet Patrol — 7/18/2008 @ 5:00 am

35. Paypal is down now, not their main page, but if you try to login, on the next screen where it usually shows your balance, it now shows:-

    500 Internal Server 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.

    WTF?!

    Comment by John — 7/20/2008 @ 2:13 pm

36. 8th of August/9th of August
    Main Site works
    Payment from Ebay Germany doesn’t load
    Forget Password Function doesn’t work
    https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_forgot-password&from=PayPal

    Comment by Ingmar — 8/9/2008 @ 2:58 am

37. Now (12.08.08. 11:55 Berlin) Payment from Germany works.
    Printing receipt function doesn’t work. Log off doesnt’t work. (Timeouts)

    Comment by Ingmar — 8/12/2008 @ 2:36 am

38. paypal is down AGAIN. great.

    Comment by allix — 8/18/2008 @ 9:04 am

39. NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE IT.

    Comment by JEAN — 8/21/2008 @ 1:46 pm

40. I hope this will be back soon I’m waiting for a couple of payments and if they try to pay what actually will happen if the site is down.

    Comment by Jackie Rogers — 8/23/2008 @ 1:55 pm

41. It seems paypal is down againh, wtf is going on with them. Hope II’ll see them operational soon.

    Comment by Sunn — 9/4/2008 @ 5:27 am

42. trying to make a payment via paypal since 5pm 11/9/08 now 11.45am latest to come up internal error contact webmaster@paypal.com

    Comment by terry — 9/12/2008 @ 2:07 am

43. I cannot access paypal either :(

    Comment by Michelle — 9/28/2008 @ 3:48 am

44. I cannot access it either !

    Comment by Rosa — 9/28/2008 @ 8:37 am

45. down !

    Comment by Peter — 9/28/2008 @ 8:41 am

46. It’s still down and getting me annoyed..

    Comment by Dancing_Banana's — 10/9/2008 @ 11:34 pm

47. I think the credit card registered has expired. I have been trying to enter the new number. Paypal will not allow me to do this. Please rectify. Thank you.

    Comment by Nancy Whitton — 10/12/2008 @ 11:03 am

48. Can”t reach Paypal. Emailed webmaster@paypal.com and got a stupid autoresponse directing me to their website…GREAT. I pinged the site but can’t get by 152.63.146.82!!!

    Comment by Hank — 10/13/2008 @ 5:15 pm

49. Paypal down?

    Comment by MZ — 1/29/2009 @ 11:10 pm

50. not sure whats going on would like to pay for my goods and not be messing the saler around why is this so hard to do.

    Comment by gwenh172 — 2/3/2009 @ 9:36 am

51. whats happened 7-4-09 error 500 @5.12pm

    Comment by keith & narelle storey — 4/7/2009 @ 12:03 am

52. error at 12:08 pm

    Comment by larry a mckain — 5/1/2009 @ 10:14 pm

53. paypal down yet again need to pay for items down from 7.10am

    Comment by Treina — 5/1/2009 @ 10:17 pm

54. Paypal ‘internal server error’ again on 2nd & 3rd May 2009.
    Why is this still happening?? Don’t they have a backup server??

    Comment by Sue — 5/3/2009 @ 9:14 pm

55. Still down….

    Comment by Eva — 5/4/2009 @ 11:00 am

56. can’t access today, May 15,2009..what’s happening?

    Comment by jintu — 5/14/2009 @ 10:52 pm

57. 2100hrs PST Unable to make payments via paypal.com. I tried while logged in and not logged in.

    Comment by Yimman — 5/20/2009 @ 8:54 pm

58. server error 24/6/09 9.00am aaargghh

    Comment by marilyn — 6/23/2009 @ 11:58 pm

59. come on paypal pull ur socks up get it bloody sorted …..

    Comment by anna — 6/24/2009 @ 12:43 am

60. tried to make payment 23/06/09 but came up error please explain

    Comment by vicki — 6/24/2009 @ 12:45 am

61. THE SITE IS DOWN TODAY AT 09:22 LONDDON TIME - NO TRANSACTIONS ARE POSSIBLE. I RANG UP PAYPAL WHO SAID THERE SYSTEMS ARE UPDATING??

    Comment by Andy Watson — 6/24/2009 @ 12:45 am

62. hi i can’t get in to my paypal it just say error and i really need to pay for something pleas get back to me thanks

    Comment by joe meighan — 6/24/2009 @ 12:51 am

63. Paypal down. Checking my account at 09.40 and could not access. Hope it’s for long.

    Comment by June Abbott — 6/24/2009 @ 12:54 am

64. paypal doen need yo get on @ 09:45
    how long it going to last ???????

    Comment by michelle — 6/24/2009 @ 12:54 am

65. hi paypal down need to get on @09:45.
    how long is it going to take ????????????????

    Comment by michelle — 6/24/2009 @ 12:55 am

66. am trying to pay ebay items through pay pal but it says it got a error on server and to contact you

    Comment by KATHLEEN — 6/24/2009 @ 1:01 am

67. Thank GOD I am not alone on this.It kinda FREEKED me out seeing the ERROR Message but I see there are alot of us seeing the same thing.I hope they get this fixed quick.It may be an outside Hacker as there have ben lots of attempts this month to get us to give up our secure Info.Lets all hope PayPal is only down for Maint and it has gone into a longer fix.

    Comment by DANIEL Q — 6/24/2009 @ 1:06 am

68. I hope this problem can be fixed soon, it is quite inconvenient when its supposed to be reliable.

    Comment by Binny — 6/24/2009 @ 1:13 am

69. Is paypal down again? Wednesday 24th June.

    Comment by Malcolm — 6/24/2009 @ 1:27 am

70. its down again

    Comment by Rob — 6/24/2009 @ 1:45 am

71. first time I’ve encountered this problem have I done something wrong? 24/06/09 @10;17 am

    Comment by specialyme — 6/24/2009 @ 1:52 am

72. it is down again

    Comment by Tom — 8/3/2009 @ 9:29 am

73. Down Again

    Comment by Name — 8/3/2009 @ 9:39 am

74. I think it’s down again!

    Comment by Diana — 8/3/2009 @ 9:43 am

75. yup, it is down. sweet.

    Comment by ryan — 8/3/2009 @ 9:44 am

76. Yep. It’s down again. Ridiculous….I’m pulling all my money out today and transferring it to my bank, then I’m taking the cash out and burying it in my yard like Randy Quaid’s character in National Lampoons Vegas Vacation….

    Comment by WTF Paypal — 8/3/2009 @ 9:46 am

77. Paypal is down again. I don’t understand how such a huge company like this would go down. Don’t they have backup servers or something?

    Comment by Steve — 8/3/2009 @ 9:49 am

78. error on paypal cant pay for goods

    Comment by sharon — 8/3/2009 @ 9:49 am

79. Paypal made a service announcement about this

    http://www.pdncommunity.com/t5/blogs/blogpage/blog-id/mts_updates

    Comment by Tom — 8/3/2009 @ 9:53 am

80. Imperative I get in Paypal!! Down Again………8-3-09…2pm EST.

    Comment by Theresa Fulvi — 8/3/2009 @ 9:57 am

81. papal down at 19.20 what is wrong

    Comment by janet anderson — 8/3/2009 @ 10:20 am

82. OOPS

    Comment by Matt H — 8/3/2009 @ 10:26 am

83. WHEN WILL THIS BE SORTED?

    Comment by twinkletoes4you66 — 8/3/2009 @ 10:28 am

84. whats going on?? i need to access my paypal!!!

    Comment by tonya — 8/3/2009 @ 10:31 am

85. fix or forget our business.

    Comment by david — 8/3/2009 @ 10:31 am

86. Unable to log on and close a dispute Timed 1800hrs till 1930hrs 3/8/09

    Comment by Les Walker — 8/3/2009 @ 10:35 am

87. Well, this explains a lot.. I was trying to pay for items thru eBay, and was getting the, “Sorry, you’ve hit a speed bump!” msg, lol.

    Thanks for the link too!

    Comment by SimbiAni — 8/3/2009 @ 10:49 am

88. is paypal down i can’t pay for my items

    Comment by joyce — 8/3/2009 @ 11:15 am

89. tried to pay by paypal and it came up with an error

    Comment by james aspin — 8/3/2009 @ 11:19 am

90. This is the first time I have tried to buy something and I have entered my paypal pass word many many times-am i payingfor the product many-many times?

    Comment by LuWanna — 8/3/2009 @ 1:35 pm

91. This cost me the good will of a supplier because after not being able to complete a transaction on ebay, I bought it on another site and later I find the original transaction finally went through on my ebay site and now I have bought 2 of the items after trying to get out of the first transaction with the vendor.

    Comment by ernie — 8/3/2009 @ 4:12 pm

92. seems that more often paypal screw up customers. they ask customers and sellers to be onest but how we can call them ? not to mention that last few months i saw every day that annoying message on their page which says that “we are doing maintanace between 14:00 and 16:00 and paypal service will not be available.” every day maintanace ? wtf computers they use ? refurbished from second world war ???? shame for a piece of shit service which take a loooot of comission just to dissapoint us when we need-it the most.

    Comment by the one — 8/4/2009 @ 7:27 am

93. forgot to mention, if they really must do maintanance every day, why they cannot do-it at night between 3:00 and 5:00 am when most of the ppls are doing something else than bussiness. they are so fukcing lazy and must do this in the middle of the day, when most of the transactions take place ? not one time i lost transactions because of this.
    i hope that better services will take place of this ridiculous scam. paypal = ebay = thieves.

    Comment by the one — 8/4/2009 @ 7:31 am

94. I had an order almost finished on Nov. 7, 2009 @ 1:10 PM and your internet server went down and I didn’t get the order complete

    Comment by Sue Burke — 11/7/2009 @ 11:20 am

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