Okay, now we are getting somewhere: http://androidcommunity.com/android-market-paid-app-system-blocking-new-merchants-20090313/
On Mar 13, 7:20 am, jsdf <jasons...@gmail.com> wrote: > 50 hours down and counting. > Can anyone from Google help here? > Romain? Dianne? Anyone else? > > On Mar 12, 8:35 pm, Jesse McGrew <jmcg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Still down for me too, by the way. This isn't something we're doing > > wrong, the system is just broken. > > > Jesse > > > On Mar 12, 8:09 am,jsdf<jasons...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Weeks! Wow, that's truly a testament to how little Google cares about > > > customer support. As an example of how things could be done better, > > > look at Authorize.net. A webstore I help maintain went down. I got > > > on the phone and was talking to a human within 2 minutes. Turned out > > > the problem was on my end, but boy it was nice to be able to establish > > > that up front without wasting a lot of time. (And, I'm sure people > > > will have issue with Authorize.net as an example, but my point is that > > > it is still way waaay better than Google). > > > > The biggest problem I have always had with Google is the seeming > > > attitude of "since customer support doesn't scale, we don't bother > > > doing it. You are on your own." This is reflected in all of their > > > help and community pages. On EVERY help page they indicate something > > > to the effect of "sorry, we don't answer help requests.". No other > > > company in the world could get away with this level of customer > > > support, and it's incredible to me that Google can and routinely does. > > > > Let's be clear, this isn't for something Google is providing for free. > > > I, and everyone else on this list, PAID to be anAndroidMarket > > > developer. That includes the customer support that should go with it. > > > > Oh, and in case you are keeping score, 36 hours later, still down. > > > [/venting] > > > > On Mar 12, 9:13 am, madcoder <paperga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Wait for it. That's all. I couldn't get myaccountverified, and had > > > > to send emails to support for a few weeks to get it all straight, but > > > > in the end, to Google's credit, they worked it all out. > > > > > On Mar 12, 10:02 am,jsdf<jasons...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Unfortunately, 24 hours later, it is still down. > > > > > And, I check with a friend who works at Google, but he's in Adwords > > > > > and is unable to do anything. Even he said I'm at the mercy of > > > > > support, while acknowledging that Google is terrible at support. > > > > > > Now what? Suggestions? > > > > > > On Mar 11, 10:03 am, "keith_hi...@yahoo.com" <keith_hi...@yahoo.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I am having the same issue. Been trying since yesterday to get this > > > > > > resolved. Google as of yet has not responded to my tech support > > > > > > request. > > > > > > > On Mar 10, 9:16 pm,jsdf<jasons...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am trying to sign up for amerchantaccountbut it seems to be > > > > > > > down: > > > > > > > "Sorry, we could not setup yourmerchantaccount. > > > > > > > Please try again later." > > > > > > > > Can anyone else confirm this, or is it just my login? > > > > > > > > Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---