Down and out

So, yesterday, around noon, I'm checking my email, (something I don't do often), and I notice that there's an email from the guys at Blizzard. And they're telling me that the payment didn't go through, and so, first thought that goes through my head is that "I'm broke! Oh crap!" but the second thought replaced very quickly: "Oh crap! When I got my debit card replaced, I forgot to update it with WoW!" So, I go to the battle.net and click on the my account button, and I get a message that the website is under maintenance and that it will be fixed soon. So, I try a couple hours later. Same thing. So, I try to call them, and I get this recording that the queue is full and to call back later. Apparently, I wasn't the only one having problems. So, I decide to wait until I get home. I go online again...same thing. So, now I'm wondering what they're considering as "shortly." 6 hours? heh.

So, I think, "well maybe I'll play a little Conan." Bring the game up. Oh crap. It's got a bunch of updates. Gah! So, I have my husband call the Spanish help line for WoW, since all the English speaking people are hogging up the queue. He gets a representative and turns out that she can't do anything since the servers are down on their end, as well. And to try maybe in an hour....and Conan's now got a 50 minute wait. So, I crack out Lego Harry Potter and decide to take care of things later.

...Later, I try again on the website, and I'm able to get to the part where you choose what kind of payment method you're gonna use to pay the bill, but when I click on the continue button it puts me back at the same page. So, I have my husband call again. This time, he tells me that they're saying that the servers probably won't be up until tomorrow. ...Well, actually first he said two weeks. Then he said just kidding. Anyway, that's what Lego Harry Potter is for. And my husband got to play Conan. So, everyone was happy! And maybe I'll be able to get my raid in tonight, since I was able to update my credit card information this morning. :)