Brandon, We feel your pain. Remember that we also have to clear these up on OUR side and that a 5 cent charge is probably not costing us <5 cents. We're keeping this sort of thing in mind as we consider services such as invoiced billing, etc.
Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine Blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, and this could be fixed easily because this follow up message has the > app-id in it. > > > > * Shipping Status * > > * Qty * > > *Item* > > * Price* ** > > *Cancelled Items* > > 1 > > *App Engine Budget* - Maximum weekly budget for application > 's~penmachine-bu', including applicable tax. > > $0.00 > > Tax (CA) : > > $0.00 > > Total : > > $0.00 > > now > > $857.50 > > per week > > *Order cancelled - Your card was not charged* > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brandon Wirtz > *Sent:* Saturday, May 28, 2011 1:30 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [google-appengine] Google Check Out Kinda Sucks > > > > The credit card company seems to be really unhappy on days I get lots of > 5,6, and 7 cent charges and a few $5. Charges so “For my protection” they > blocked the $5 charge. Google Checkout sends me so much mail I don’t even > see it, it goes in to a folder. (some days I gets as many as 100 emails from > them) When a card is declined they don’t try and re-process 3 days later, or > 5, or whatever any of my other subscriptions do, they just give up. So then > I get one of these messages, and it is really hard to track down which > account I have to update. > > I know this isn’t Entirely the fault of the GAE team, but I wanted to > forward this so that the GAE team could print it out and say to whoever is > responsible… “See people don’t like this we should fix it” > > * * > > *Hello Brandon Wirtz*, > > Sorry, because you still haven't updated your credit card information, your > order from Google Services has been cancelled. If you'd like to place > another order, you must review and update your credit card information in > your Google Checkout Account first. > > Order date: *May 21, 2011 12:32 PM PDT* > Google order number: *427138585411029* > > * Shipping Status * > > * Qty * > > *Item* > > * Price* ** > > Digital delivery > > 1 > > *App Engine Charge* - Charge for resources consumed. > > $5.23 > > Total : > > $5.23 > > *Order cancelled - Your card was not charged* > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en.
