Massive Disruption of PayPal Subscription Service

hausmasta writes "Since August 30, there are massive problems with PayPal subscriptions. The automatic renewal of subscriptions stopped that day, causing headaches for lots of web site owners that rely on this kind of revenue. The problem is global, as this thread in the PayPal Developer Community shows. PayPal is aware of the problem but hasn't indicated any progress yet; some posters are wondering whether they have stopped working on it over the long (US) holiday weekend."

Take it from somebody who has done IT

[coryking]

This is just more proof that servers know when it is a holiday. They just sit around all year long smile when you walk by them. Their cute little blue LED's blink at you with affection. But leave for a three day weekend and BAM!!! They stab you in the back!

Make no mistake my fine Slashdot friends. Servers are evil little bastards. They know. Oh yes. They know.

Well, dang!

[ackthpt]

That's why my million dollar donation to Slashdot keeps bouncing. ;-)

Re:Not good for Paypal, but geez

[coryking]

If you ever want to see amusing, look at the idiots who post on the Second Life blog whenever their stuff goes down [secondlife.com]. You think "OMG My payments are 12 hours behind" is bad, try "OMG, I make a living selling virtual dildos and I cannot sell my product. It is the end!!!"

Re:Probably getting bit by lack of technical talen

[Anonymous Coward]

Hello Captain. [ytmnd.com]

Sorry to disagree with you, but I used to work at Paypal. It was great, and instead of a check, they sent my earnings directly through Paypal immediately (they only took off 2.9% as well, what a bargain!)

As you can tell, you are wrong about Paypal. They taught me about Fiscal responsibility and with that, I was able to save over 300K in cash. They doubly reinforced that lesson afterward, after I left, by freezing my account.

It turned out to be my pals back at the office! What pranksters! Though, I still wish I had my cash back. It's been over a year and I am beginning to have my doubts.

Re:Take it from somebody who has done IT

[davester666]

This is just more proof that servers know when it is a holiday. They just sit around all year long smile when you walk by them. Their cute little blue LED's blink at you with affection. But leave for a three day weekend and BAM!!! They stab you in the back!

Make no mistake my fine Slashdot friends. Servers are evil little bastards. They know. Oh yes. They know.

That's why I set the date on my server's so they think it's Saturday when it's really Tuesday. And, I also set the time so it's 12 hours out, because they also like going down at night...