title: PayPal Sandbox - Multiple Issues
body: <p>[rant] I've about had it with the new PayPal dev environment.  While it looks cool, there are several serious issues that makes it an embarrassing release for PayPal [/rant]</p>
  
  <h1>Main Issue: Test funds 0 USD, no matter what I do</h1>
  
  <p>I've tried the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Deleting personal test account and recreating</li>
  <li>Adding funding from "bank account" (but I have to confirm my identity with an SSN/TaxID, which I fictitiously do not know)</li>
  <li>Adding a fake credit card (4111111111111111 is already in use; fictitious card numbers are actually validated, and won't work)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <h1>Other issues / complaints:</h1>
  
  <p><strong>Shouldn't have to login to a real PayPal account to QA a checkout workflow</strong></p>
  
  <p>My client could create her own test account and use that, but then I'd have to change the business email address for the checkout workflow.  We can't test concurrently without one of us having access to the other's real PayPal account.  This change was a good idea in theory, but the implementation isn't there yet.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Serious cookie issues</strong></p>
  
  <p>It's bad enough that the "Logout" function (<a href="https://developer.paypal.com/cgi-bin/devscr?cmd=_logout" rel="nofollow">https://developer.paypal.com/cgi-bin/devscr?cmd=_logout</a>) gives a 503 error.  We literally have to clear cookies constantly just to rule out that whatever bug isn't caused by cookies.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Can't login to sandbox site from developer test accounts page</strong></p>
  
  <p>There's a nice little helper link that says "Sandbox Site" under each test account.  One would think that clicking on it would log you into the sandbox with that account.  Nope.</p>
  
  <h1>WTF, PayPal</h1>
  
  <p>I've had various issues (other than the ones listed here) since the new developer site was launched early this month.  Not once have I seen a formal recognition of issues from PayPal.  A little status message of "Hey, we're working on it!" would give me what I need to explain my delays to clients.</p>
  
  <p>I absolutely love the new interface.  I would love it even more if it worked.</p>