Heh... I guess it would create some problems if you tried to purchase an app with your own account for, say, 1 dollar... So your account is then $-1.00, Google gets $0.30 and you get the other $0.70, bringing your own account up to $-0.30. Then if you return the app you would be refunded $1.00, and Google would take away your $0.70 profit... and you would be back to $1.00... but it would probably spawn some infinite loop and all hell would break loose on the Android Market (oh wait, it already has).
Suggestion: Displaying the message "You may not purchase your own goods from the Market" would be much more informative than "A server error has occurred." (Thus avoiding the developer hitting Retry a bunch of times!) :-) On Feb 20, 3:11 pm, Inderjeet Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > That is true: Google Checkout will not let a merchant be a buyer for their > own goods. > Inder > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yup, it appears as though you can't buy your own app! :) > > > On Feb 20, 1:21 pm, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Same here. > > > > On Feb 20, 11:38 am, g1bb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Are you trying to purchase your own app? I got the same error when I > > > > did, but not when I purchased someone else's. > > > > > On Feb 20, 10:58 am, SR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I've been trying to buy some apps but have been getting a server > > error > > > > > after "Authorizing credit card..." bubble shows up. For about an > > > > > hour or so... > > > > > > Anybody else have this problem? > > > > > > Maybe there are problems with the server and someone from Google > > ought > > > > > to look at them? > > > > > > SR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
