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Bug 238481

Summary:	Friends of Eclipse needs to inform users of possible delays.
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Jim Parziale <nuncio.bitis>
Component:	Website	Assignee:	phoenix.ui <phoenix.ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	nathan
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Jim Parziale

2008-06-25 16:32:24 EDT

I submitted a $35 donation to Eclipse via the "Friends of Eclipse" on the main site.  I'm getting an odd message when I try to log in as a Friend of Eclipse:

You have successfully logged in.
Although you're logged in, you're not eligible for the Friend of Eclipse Benefits. Consider becoming a Friend of Eclipse today!

What does this mean?  The site specifically said if one donates at least $35, one is entitled to be a Friend of Eclipse.  Not that it means much to me (I've already downloaded Ganymede <g>), but I would think that if something is promised, then the promise should be fulfilled.  No?

Jim

Comment 1 Nathan Gervais

2008-06-26 12:26:27 EDT

There are some instances during the Paypal transaction that the payment doesn't clear right away.  This can sometimes cause a 2-5 day delay in being added to the database to receive benefits.

I'll be adding some more text to the login page to explain that there may be some delays in adding your benefits to your bugzilla ID.  I'm also looking into the processing side of things to send an email to new registrations to include the same warning text. I'm going to hijack your bug here to track my progress on this issue.

Comment 2 Denis Roy

2008-10-14 16:47:55 EDT

The text seems to have been added.  Closing.