Yay, it says I paid, The staff of CaliFur searched by hand that I did pay, apparently PayPal failed horribly :/ I am real grateful to them. But as to why I kept getting those emails requesting payment is a mystery as far as technical difficulties go.

Anyways, thanks Glen Wooten :)

Also, here is his reply to the whole matter...


I'm sorry that you didn't get your confirmation when you originally paid (it would have gone through as soon as it was entered into the reg system by an authorized person), but I've told the system to resend a confirmation to you. Why you might have gotten multiple notices I can't say - I didn't do it, and the reg system isn't supposed to send out e-mails unless it's told to. You only got a notice in the first place because it looks like you registered JUST before I sent out notices to those who showed a balance due, but before yours was confirmed.

Let me also say that the reason a notice went out to anyone in the first place is that CaliFur is one of the only (if not the only convention) that lets you sign up without paying ON THE SPOT. In addition to accepting PayPal, we also let a member sign up, and then send in a cheque or money order - unfortunately, an awful lot of these people then do not send in payment in a timely manner, and some just say "Oh, I'll pay if I show up at the con" - which somewhat abuses the system.

The whole point (for ANY convention) of discounted pre-registrations is that it does cost the convention money to get things arranged before the con - and it uses pre-registration funds to do that. If people sign up but do not pay (the discounted rate), not only does it make things difficult for the convention, they don't get the discounted rate. There was an e-mail sent out some time ago just before the last discount break telling people that if they didn't pay before the deadline, the amount they owed would go up (since they hadn't paid already). The notice I sent (only to those who still showed a balance due) was to remind people that online reg was soon coming to an end, and that it would be helpful if they made the payments they said they'd make before - NOT "Pay up or else".

In trying to coordinate all these registrations, glitches will occur (we've determined yours appears to be a PayPal communications problem), and if we're contacted directly, we'll work hard to get things set right - sorry about that.

Glen Wooten


I have been officially informed :B