What happens when one of the biggest payment systems in Paypal goes down for maintenance?

Well, browsing to Paypal to make a payment to a client today I noticed that the site is “down for maintenance”. Paypal is the biggest payment processor on the internet today and when something that big goes down a lot of people notice.

Here is the exact message from the Paypal site:
“****Scheduled Maintenance Notification****

We are performing maintenance on the PayPal site from 11:00 PM to 12:00 AM PDT. The PayPal site and a majority of our features will be unavailable during that time.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your business. Once the maintenance has been completed we will return to normal functionality.

Thank you,

PayPal Operations”

No website can be up 100 percent of the time. But, when a site many people rely on goes down for maintenance or for any other reason it is a huge inconvenience. I am not sure how many people Paypal services in an hour but think about how much money they will be loosing because someone gets pissed off that the service isn’t available and uses another payment processor.

Has Paypal being down tonight affected you in any way?

Have you heard the latest on the Holyfield foreclosure? A poor housing market in the US and owning a multi-million dollar home are a dangerous mix. The poor economy is one of the reasons why many people are feeling the pinch and being a celebrity doesn’t mean that you will not face this problem.

In the last couple months more then one celebrity has not been able to keep up with their mortgage payments. Ed McMahon, Latrell Sprewell, and Jose Canseco have faced headaches with paying for their homes. The lasted to ad the the list of down and out celebs is the Holyfield Foreclosure.

Holyfield reportedly has made 200 millions from his boxing career. How can these multi-millionaires not afford their house payments? I just think it boils down to their lavish lifestyles. Read the rest of this entry »