Hey all, this is a good thread. Let me mention a few things:

  • We've gotten orders from lots of different countries in the last 12 hours since the SoD pre-order went up, so there are not any country-specific problems that I'm aware of.
  • I've just now changed a couple of AVS settings on the site, so if you got AVS errors before, please try again.
  • If you persist in getting AVS errors, let me know via private email, and we'll work through it with you.
  • Note that PayPal is an alternative form of payment - just select it from the payment type drop-down.

We absolutely need AVS verification on the site, as we get people trying bogus CC numbers ALL the time. Right now it looks like the failure rate is less than 1% for valid customers, but we'd really like to reduce that without allowing in bogus orders.