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Ask HN: Did you get Google IO 2013 Ticket? If so at what time PDT?

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I tried my best but couldn't get the ticket to IO 2013 this time. I was on the website at 6:59am PDT but sining in and getting to the ticket page it was 7:02 PDT. Sucks, share your experiences?

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Finally got a ticket reservation @7:40PDT.

Checkout #1. Timeout - Wallet shows a cancelled transaction - "Unable to notify the merchant of this order.". Pending transaction of $900 showing on bank account.

Checkout #2. Same as above. Now bank shows two pending transactions for $900.

Checkout #3. Card is now declined.

Checkout #4. Ticket reservation expires, redirect to start.

7:50PDT - Registration is now closed.

I like your username btw :)

My friend got one about 15 minutes after registration opened, so I don't think it's a get-em-while-their-hot kind of deal. My guess is that they're being rate-limited, and it's not too late (I say to myself, staring at that stupid spinning circle hoping against hope)

My brother got a pending charge of $0.00 and a confirmation email and confirmation code. I got a pending charge of $300.00 without either of the two above...guess we have to wait and see what happens...

my pending charge has now been cancelled...

7:45 AM PDT

I got to the wallet screen, clicked 'start now' and the clock was ticking. Looked at the developer console and noticed a failed POST. Closed the popup window and tried again. It worked.

I have a pending charge of $900 in my Google wallet transaction history but no confirmation. It timed out while I was making the purchase, so still not sure.

And now my transaction shows up as cancelled by Google. Fuck you Google, fuck you Google Wallet.

This matches both my experience and reaction.

Got one at 7:45 PDT. Was a pretty smooth transaction. Got it in my first try for both the ticket and the payment.

You need to buy a lottery ticket today, I'm serious. You won't believe I logged in at 6:59 am and kept trying till 7:38am no luck :(

If you want any questions answered, I would be happy to ask them to the relevant google teams while I am at IO.

Tried on my Droid X phone, web page still says waiting for a ticket, never put me back on the main page. Bug?

Agh, I clicked at 7:00:02, got a 500, refresh, and I've been retrying on every bounce. Now it's closed :-(

Registration is now closed.

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