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Google I/O Sells Out in 30 Seconds

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Re: Google I/O Sells Out in 30 Seconds

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Post by danellis »

I got a ticket, but every time I try to pay for it I get "We couldn't complete your purchase because of a technical issue." Anyone else having similar issues?

(It did tell me "declined" once, but I called my bank's fraud department and had them remove the block.)

Re: Google I/O Sells Out in 30 Seconds

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Post by foresterh »

They should not give away anything this year, so those that didn't get a ticket will get a similar streaming experience and those that got one just for swag will get nothing for their "investment"

and I got a ticket, so I'm not saying this out of spite...

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Post by jellomaster »

devsite.registration.checkWaitListStatus = function (a) { var b = "/events/register/waitlist/status/" + devsite.registration.waitListKey + "/"; $.get(b, function (b) { var d = b.status; "waiting" == d ? a.setTimeout(devsite.registration.checkWaitListStatus, 25E3 + 1E4 * Math.random(), a) : devsite.location.href = "fulfilled" == d ? b.details_page : "/events/io/register/noticket" }).error(function () { devsite.location.href = "/events/io/register/noticket" }) };

Re: Google I/O Sells Out in 30 Seconds

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Post by BHSPitMonkey »

koko775 wrote: post #8

Sold out as of now. I had been trying since 7:00:00 - and still could not get a ticket. And I need one for work, damn it - I actually care about Android development. I couldn't care less about a free device.

For what it's worth, the Google Android team (as well as many other Google dev teams) host weekly "Hangouts" on Google+ where you can ask questions. They call them "Office Hours", and you can find the list here:

https://developers.google.com/events/

Oh, and of course all the I/O talks will be livestreamed and then posted to YouTube.

Re: Google I/O Sells Out in 30 Seconds

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Post by abraham »

zdw wrote: post #24

"Lets create a conference where the swag is easily resellable items worth more than the conference admission. Nobody will figure out how to arbitrage that..." I've heard great things about I/O, but the device giveaways seem to always turn registration into a circus...

I think this is one of the reasons the price doubled this year.
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