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Thu, Apr 26 2012 12:23:22

WWDC Tickets, Cancelled?

After the madhouse rush to buy tickets for WWDC yesterday, several developers got emails from Apple saying their tickets were "not eligible" and thus were cancelled. The common thread seems to be that buying multiple tickets with the same credit card and billing address caused the issue.

  1. AaronHillegass
    Aaron Hillegass@AaronHillegass
    I just got an email from Apple "Because you are not eligible to buy it, we are canceling the WWDC ticket you bought this morning." What?!
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 15:20:47
  2. Cabel
    Cabel Maxfield Sasser@Cabel
    @AaronHillegass Hey, us too! Times four. Awesome!
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 15:22:49
  3. nptacek
    Nicholas Ptacek@nptacek
    So... was there seriously no way for a company to order WWDC tickets for their employees? Another cancelled order here.
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 16:34:29
  4. CarterA
    Carter Allen@CarterA
    This warrants a full tweet: MANY orgs are running into the WWDC canceled ticket problem. I called the ADC, they are working on it.
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 16:34:19
  5. bmastenbrook
    Brian Mastenbrook@bmastenbrook
    Argh. Apple just cancelled one of our WWDC tickets because we used the same (company) credit card & billing address for both tickets.
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 16:37:16
  6. RogueAmoeba
    Rogue Amoeba@RogueAmoeba
    Apple cancelled a WWDC ticket order for using the same credit card. No chance a company might buy multiple tickets with the same card?
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 16:50:29
  7. exactmagic
    Exact Magic@exactmagic
    same here. what a cluster @RogueAmoeba Apple cancelled a WWDC ticket order for using the same credit card. No chance a company might buy...
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 19:53:07
  8. brcimo
    Bryan Cimo@brcimo
    Most of our #wwdc tickets were cancelled. One ticket for an enterprise dev team. #lame
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 16:56:17
  9. Gernot
    Gernot@Gernot
    Anyone else who had their WWDC ticket cancelled? :-(
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 16:55:51
  10. bmastenbrook
    Brian Mastenbrook@bmastenbrook
    @ejacqui re WWDC ticketing, Apple has also batch cancelled multiple tickets bought on one CC# even if the devs were on the same team.
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 18:19:51
  11. MavFan2007
    Jordan Bellanti@MavFan2007
    @TUAW My #WWDC Ticket was cancelled because they said it was a duplicate.... Me and my boss used the same company credit card....
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 18:56:43
  12. scottg0
    Scott Gustafson@scottg0
    Apple cancelled my wife's #WWDC ticket for some unknown reason (said it was duplicate purchase). Very frustrating. Trying to get fixed now.
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 20:34:24
  13. rsebbe
    Raphael Sebbe@rsebbe
    That's so lovely to wake up with a mail from Apple saying your WWDC ticket was cancelled. Thank you so much, Apple!
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 22:13:15
  14. msmccomb
    Matthew McComb@msmccomb
    WWDC ticket cancelled by Apple because the company card was used to purchase 2 tickets (different dev. accounts, shipping addresses, names!)
    Wed, Apr 25 2012 23:15:23
  15. der_steef
    der_steef@der_steef
    my wwdc ticket got cancelled as well. wtf?
    Thu, Apr 26 2012 00:23:39
  16. zambiorix
    Gerd Van Zegbroeck@zambiorix
    I hear stories of people getting their wwdc ticket(s) cancelled. All of them bought multiple tickets with the same CC.
    Thu, Apr 26 2012 00:28:37
  17. rcabaco
    Rúben Cabaço@rcabaco
    My WWDC ticket just got cancelled. No email, no love letter, no nothing.
    Thu, Apr 26 2012 03:53:37
  18. jpedroso
    Jorge Pedroso@jpedroso
    @dancounsell so, we just had 1 of 2 WWDC tickets cancelled. Problem seems to be using the same credit card for purchases. Your case too?
    Thu, Apr 26 2012 04:39:29
  19. JenRosamond
    Jennifer Rosamond@JenRosamond
    My co-developer had his #WWDC ticket cancelled. Anyone else have this happen?
    Thu, Apr 26 2012 07:17:58
  20. robelkin
    Rob Elkin@robelkin
    @SteveStreza Apple are reinstating them if a company is booking multiple on the same card but for different people.
    Thu, Apr 26 2012 12:14:14

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