Yes, he wrote “payed.” Where were these people in English class? Just imagine, these people can read many books, articles, etc. and yet does not notice that the word is spelled “paid.” Damn.
Even the author of the piece has no concept of the spelling of “its” as a possessive pronoun and “it’s” as the contraction of “it” and “is.” This is something that I refer to in my tagline...to no avail.
Oops, I made a boo-boo. The “does” in the first sentence is superfluous.