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Here is what is happening with Paypal http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6228586/
PayPal.com, eBay's electronic payment arm, was suffering intermittent outages on Monday, according to the company. The problems actually began on Friday, according to PayPal spokeswoman Amanda Pires, after the firm added some "code enhancements" to the site.
"Some people have been able to transact, other people have not," she said. "We are currently looking at these issues and dedicating the appropriate resources to getting it fixed."
It's not clear how many members were impacted by the outage. But in an odd crossover from the cyberworld to the real world, some PayPal-branded ATM cards weren't working either, Pires confirmed.
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Yikes!! I finally managed to pay for my auction a few hours ago, hope it didn't go through twice!
"When folks go to use their PayPal debit cards, the payment is rejected, but the charge actually goes through and PayPal is deducting the amount from their account," she said. "From what I hear, a call to PayPal does correct the problem, but what a mess!"
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Karen, did you use a credit card to for the auction, or a checking debit or pay pal funds? I have 9 auctions I'm trying to pay for, but it won't let me pay any of them. I'm trying to pay through a cc.
KatyD
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Ya think they installed the ebay accounting system over at PayPal?
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Originally Posted by jayne
Ya think they installed the ebay accounting system over at PayPal?
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I got hit with their bug at the post office. Debit card would not process and they got an odd message. At home I got a partial page load that only said "sorry".
All I could think of were all those users who had spoofs in their mailboxes and would assume from the "sorry" message that they were indeed cut off.
The con men must have done well that day.
The first post actually stated they admitted it was due to some new code involved with "site enhancements".
You know, and I know, that is eBay-speak for screwing things up.
They have picked up the worst habit of eBay, that is not carefully pre-testing new code thoroughly before adding it. I swear the techies treat eBay like a permanent Beta test bed, and Paypal may soon follow suit.
I suppose it is inevitable that some day they will start screwing up our accounts there and there will be hell to pay.
Larry
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Originally Posted by KatyD
Karen, did you use a credit card to for the auction, or a checking debit or pay pal funds? I have 9 auctions I'm trying to pay for, but it won't let me pay any of them. I'm trying to pay through a cc.
Katy, I paid with a partial PP balance and the rest transfered from my PP checking account.
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Aha! I experienced the debit card issue several times on Friday.
The irony of it was that I actually took the day off (along with the rest of the weekend) to do a fun family activity, and ended up spending a good part of my day on Friday hounding Paypal for my money. Grr.
Makes me miss the check and money order days.
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Marilynr's Signature: "If the shoe fits, buy another one just like it -George Carlin
My Signature:
"If Paypal Poops; Poop on Paypal! - Shanne, who is definitely NOT Shane
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I'm remaining hopeful that tomorrow this will all be resolved. Personally I can't afford the stress of looking at it any other way, considering PayPal is my merchant account for my biz.
/me puts on happy face and hopes for the best