So are people still getting the "you've been doing something you shouldn't be doing" emails?

True. DVDPlanet is probably glad to help me buy cheap dvds!

It just shows up in DVDplanets system as 2 orders going to the same address and same name, same credit card, so why wouldn't they ship it in the same box?

Different email address, but everything else is the same, all the stuff that matters.

Since we are not privvy to the details of the agreement between the retailers and google, it maybe possible that the retailers are sharing in the cost of these promotions as if they were offering their own coupon. Such as on the 10 off 30 deal buy.com may have offered to split the cost of this promotion. All the retailers may be offering the split the cost of this current promotion. As you know one cannot use a dvdplanet coupon with google and this may possibly be why.

Some of your questions regarding GCO were answered in a New York Times article last month:

"SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 — Steven Grossberg, who sells video games online from his home in Wellington, Fla., recently sent an enticing offer to 20,000 customers: $10 off any purchase over $30 using a new payment service, Google Checkout.
Traffic on his site more than tripled, and best of all, he said, Google picked up the tab for the promotion.
“I think it’s fantastic,” he said. “I’m selling the product. Google is getting tons of customers to sign up for Checkout. Customers are happy because they are getting a monster deal.”
And Google is not charging merchants any processing fees through the end of 2007.
As a result, getting customers to use Checkout will increase profits, Mr. Grossberg said.
So starting next year, he plans to take some of the money he spends to list items on eBay and try a new marketing strategy: placing ads alongside Google’s search results.
That is exactly what Google wants to hear.
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But Google’s plan for Checkout has always been about more than online payments. The service is a calculated effort to expand Google’s base of advertisers, which provide the bulk of the company’s revenues.
And Google has made a substantial financial commitment to the service’s success. Goldman Sachs estimates that Checkout promotions will cost Google about $20 million in the current quarter.
The campaign to promote Checkout also says something else about Google: As rivals Yahoo and Microsoft are working on getting the basics right in their search and advertising systems, Google is racing ahead to consolidate its lead.
“I believe that Google’s advantage is widening with time and this is one example,” said Scott Devitt, an analyst with Stifel Nicolaus & Company. “Checkout could be a game changer, and the competitors are doing nothing of the sort.”
Google has not released figures on the number of Checkout users. Still, there are signs that with the heavy promotions, the service is making significant inroads.
GSI Commerce, a company that runs about 60 online stores, including toysrus.com, levis.com and timberland.com, said that one in five holiday sales at its partners’ stores through the end of November were completed with payment systems other than credit cards, which include PayPal, a service called BillMeLater and Checkout. Of the three, “Google is the biggest by far,” said Michael Rubin, chief executive of GSI Commerce.
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But Google recently got more aggressive. On Nov. 8, it waived transaction fees for all merchants, regardless of whether or not they were Google advertisers, through the end of the year. Then, on Nov. 27, it began offering Checkout users $10 off $30 purchases at many e-commerce sites and, in some cases, $20 off $50 orders. And on Dec. 5, it announced that transaction processing would remain free to merchants through the end of 2007.
In other words, Google plans to lose money on every Checkout transaction for more than a year. Yet the company believes it will be worth it.""

Thanks for the article. Well, now that we've confirmed Google is paying, why do retailers disable google checkout on backorders and pre-orders and adult titles? I don't see why they should care, if it isn't their money...

I think because Google requires them to do so. I think it was mentioned in the DVDPlanet thread, that ordering preorders would void the agreement between Google and the retailer.

I had a pre-order for a cd go thru at CD Universe.

bestprices lets you pre-order.

Same with my pre-order from CD Universe. A temp charge in the right amount plus $1 showed up and fell off in a few days. It was with the coupon in Dec. I'll be happy if my one lil' order isn't trashed in shipping. ^^

For the life of me, I can't get And Now The Screaming Starts, Demons Triple Feature or Zombie Soldiers Two Fer to go through at Dvd Planet. Everytime I try to do them I get the Oops Error Message. And yes, they're all in stock.

That means they have noticed that you're re-using the same credit card number again and again. It's googles doing, not DVDplanets.

No, I'm not using the same card. I can still make orders, just not with those specific titles. Someone do me a favor and put one of those in their cart and see if it will go through.

Did paypal respond to you about the virtual credit card? I actually have the link, where it's supposed to be, in the profile section of my account, but whenever I click on it, the page reloads, instead of taking me to a download the card. I wrote them both through the e-mail associated with my account, as well of their paypal card query links (couldn't find one specifically asks about for the virtual card). Doubt I could top your record even I had an extra month to shop around. lol

That simply means that the new PayPal VC isn't available for you on your PayPal account yet. That's what it did for me when the first $10 off $10 Google deal was going.

It isn't something that everyone with PayPal has yet, but they add new people to the program quite frequently I believe.

I got standard email about limited number of users got the beta rollout and to look for it in the future.

I ended up pre-ordering Private School for Girls from Bestprices.com for $3.89 shipped! Can't beat that!

I just tried to sign up for another GCO account to order something, and I got the message : "Sorry, Google Checkout is not accepting new accounts at this time. Please try again later."

Anyone else getting this? Do you think they're catching on to the people who have multiple accounts?

I just signed up about 10 minutes ago, didnt that message

I just finished signing up for a new account, no problems.

They may be experiencing some difficulties. I just tried to open an account with an e-mail I've been holding for this and I get a "Zip Code does not match State" error. Needless to say that error is an error. I'll try again tomorrow with a different card.

Hmm... I just tried back after about an hour and it worked fine. Must have been a short-lived glitch.

Don't scare us like that.

When I just tried using the same credit card as the one from this past afternoon, I got the same Zip Code error message. Switching to a different card the registration bonus went through.

Has anyone gotten Kingdom of Heaven Blu-ray from buy.com yet? I ordered it 12/26 and it still hasnt shipped.