# Would someone please test PayPal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 8, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340 "2009-07-08T16:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/1 "2009-07-08T16:25:54Z")
All I need is for people to try to get on [www.paypal.com](http://www.paypal.com) & see if the page comes up. It seems to have been out for the past hour & I want to make sure it’s not just me. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/2 "2009-07-08T16:27:16Z")
Comes up for me. Perhaps they’ve changed their DNS servers and it just hasn’t propagated to you yet. Are you getting a specific error message (404, timeout, etc)? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/3 "2009-07-08T16:36:30Z")
Comes up for me too. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/4 "2009-07-08T16:53:43Z")
It usually times out. I’m trying ebay now and it’s not doing any better. SDMB, yahoo, [webs.com](http://webs.com) & everything else I’ve tried this morning comes right up. Just not those two ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/5 "2009-07-08T16:54:41Z")
This website is good for such queries: > **[Is it down? Check at Down for Everyone or Just Me](https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/)** > > Check if a website or service is down or having problems and report your problems! Click now to check/report problems! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/6 "2009-07-08T17:21:02Z")
All is well- just had to reboot the puter. ---
**Author:** ![Stathol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Stathol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stathol)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/7 "2009-07-08T18:01:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > This website is good for such queries: > > [http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/) I usually just SSH to my home box, or to one of several other machines I have remote access to and use them to see if a site is up or down, but that’s a pretty handy site. Of course, being the smart-ass that I am, the first thing I had to ask it was whether [downforeveryoneorjustme.com](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com) was down for everyone, or just me. It turns out that [they’re smart-asses too](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/downforeveryoneorjustme.com). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/8 "2009-07-08T18:04:28Z")
> [@Stathol](#): > > Of course, being the smart-ass that I am, the first thing I had to ask it was whether [downforeveryoneorjustme.com](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com) was down for everyone, or just me. > > It turns out that [they’re smart-asses too](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/downforeveryoneorjustme.com). I think everybody tries that within 90 seconds or so of discovering that site. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/9 "2009-07-08T20:01:31Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I think everybody tries that within 90 seconds or so of discovering that site. I guess I’m not that clever, then. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-test-paypal/502340/10 "2009-07-08T20:20:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I guess I’m not that clever, then. ☹ But on the other hand, you’re normal. Well, you know, _relatively_. 🙂