Got in 10 minutes ago, press the pay button, then waited for 5 minutes as the transaction timed out. Sigh. Start again.
Why oh Why do they have to do this at 7AN Pacific? What engineer is getting up at this unearthly hour?
Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
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Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#72I now have a pending charge for an academic ticket, so they are still rolling out.
Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#73I got a ticket but then got timed out at the payment step. Trying again...
Got a timeout at payment the second time through too...
Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Got in, pressed purchase, got the modal, pressed the pay button, "Your purchase will complete momentarily ...", sat for a while, closed modal, started over x2, tried waiting for 3 minutes, timed out, no pending charges. How annoying.
yup....Google still hasn't mastered e-commerce.
The same problem plagues the ticket sites when music festival tickets go on sale (TicketMaster, Gigs and Tours, etc.) and also the London Olympics site. No one seems to get it right.
Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#75Got a ticket reserved, but then Google Wallet was failing to load my credit card data. After 4:30 of waiting, it finally kicked in and I kicked off a purchase, only to have the timer run out before it finished. So now I've got a pending $900 charge on my Google Wallet account. Guess I get to see if that actually goes through and I get a ticket. Edit: Google has cancelled the $900 charge and I now do not have a ticket…
Got in, pressed purchase, got the modal, pressed the pay button, "Your purchase will complete momentarily ...", sat for a while, closed modal, started over x2, tried waiting for 3 minutes, timed out, no pending charges. How annoying.
Same. I suppose this is the lottery everyone is asking for?
Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#76Got a ticket reserved, but then Google Wallet was failing to load my credit card data. After 4:30 of waiting, it finally kicked in and I kicked off a purchase, only to have the timer run out before it finished. So now I've got a pending $900 charge on my Google Wallet account. Guess I get to see if that actually goes through and I get a ticket. Edit: Google has cancelled the $900 charge and I now do not have a ticket…
Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#77Do you think they are biased towards Android/Chrome user agent strings for the lottery?
Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#78Got in 10 minutes ago, press the pay button, then waited for 5 minutes as the transaction timed out. Sigh. Start again. Why oh Why do they have to do this at 7AN Pacific? What engineer is getting up at this unearthly hour?
> Why do they have to do this at 7AN Pacific? What engineer is getting up at this unearthly hour?
Surprisingly, some engineers do live outside of California. Last year Apple put WWDC tickets on sale at 5:30AM PDT without notice...the rumour mill suggested this was deliberately done by Apple to ensure more attendees from outside the west coast.
Whatever time you put tickets on sale, somebody is going to complain. There are certainly two sides to the coin here...
Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#79Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
#80Got a ticket! I canceled the payment a couple times, if it took more than a minute I canceled. Got stuck in the processing payment, it failed, and tried one more time and it worked. After that it took me to a signup form, with a long questionaire. I guess if you didn't see that, you don't have a ticket.