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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

#91

I got in once after 4 6 minute waits. I was stuck on the wallet loading screen as I watched the timer go to zero. I got in again and hit buy, only to be told there was some problem talking to the merchant account. Kicked back to the "we found you a ticket" screen. Got stuck for a minute or so on the wallet load again, then kicked back. Got back to the buy screen, entered a new card just in case, and got the same merc…

We've had 5 wallet timeouts thus far. Frustrating.

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

#92
post #78

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?

> 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. Ther…

Yeh the Apple WWDC was worse. If I remember rightly, it wasnt really announced ahead of time when the tickets would be going on sale either. I just woke up one day and 'poof - sold out'.

I think you're right, it must be deliberate!

(sigh - another 500 Server Error - haven't had one of those in ten minutes - things are improving!)

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

#93

I got in once after 4 6 minute waits. I was stuck on the wallet loading screen as I watched the timer go to zero. I got in again and hit buy, only to be told there was some problem talking to the merchant account. Kicked back to the "we found you a ticket" screen. Got stuck for a minute or so on the wallet load again, then kicked back. Got back to the buy screen, entered a new card just in case, and got the same merc…

Any pending charges on wallet.google.com?

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

#96

I got in once after 4 6 minute waits. I was stuck on the wallet loading screen as I watched the timer go to zero. I got in again and hit buy, only to be told there was some problem talking to the merchant account. Kicked back to the "we found you a ticket" screen. Got stuck for a minute or so on the wallet load again, then kicked back. Got back to the buy screen, entered a new card just in case, and got the same merc…

FYI, it appears that if the page times out but successfully posts a "pending" Wallet transaction, you are not registered.

On this suspicion I tried again, and eventually paid again. This transaction succeeded, and the page took me to a registration form. After filling out the form, only then did I get a confirmation number and e-mail.

http://i.imgur.com/jvcbpxP.png

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

#97

I got in once after 4 6 minute waits. I was stuck on the wallet loading screen as I watched the timer go to zero. I got in again and hit buy, only to be told there was some problem talking to the merchant account. Kicked back to the "we found you a ticket" screen. Got stuck for a minute or so on the wallet load again, then kicked back. Got back to the buy screen, entered a new card just in case, and got the same merc…

Any pending charges on wallet.google.com?

Two cancelled $900 charges.
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