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How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 9-Jul-2018 16:48:36
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Sure my subject is a bit sarcastic. But honestly, the last two hours I've been trying to buy items off AmiStore and it just isn't working. I'm frustrated here. I don't know why a dedicated application was written when it finishes off in a web browser anyway, or so I read, but I don't even get that far. This is kind of the reverse of needing a PC to do stuff. However now AmiStore is the AmigaOS4 killer app because it is killing any way of purchasing software!
So last night I register for an AmiStore account. I get an email. I also installed it fresh on this Workbench I am using. Which for reference is FE with Update 1 from my X1000. All looked succesful.
I load up AmiStore with the hope of buying digital software. It goes through the motions and downloads a heap of stuff. I go for a browse. I also find gadgets start to malfunction. Like pressing on "Features" which wasn't a good sign. But a sign of things to come. I found I had to quit it and reopen as it kept doing this and once it started the rest of the gadgets stopped working as well.
I think anyone who has shopped with AmiStore, or rather not shopped with AmiStore like my case here, will know the problems but I will list them here so they can be dealt with.
I have to admit the sign up was slightly confusing. I signed up for AmiStore and got an email about AmiSphere. Hang on, did I miss the memo? The AmiName has changed! The email is confusng as it looks like it wants you to set a password from the context. I thought I had. It assigns you an account name so I wondered if that need a password as I expected to use the user name I told it. But it doesn't work that way. The login is the assigned user ID and your password.
Login: Annoyingly the login window is non-system compliant and can't be pasted into. Which I wanted to do to make sure my ID was correct. You can select to save login but all it does is give you a warning about saving a login that isn't even saved.
I found that I could set off an action where it wanted to login again. This happened a lot. I don't know why one log in wasn't good enough. It was quite annoying and illogical behavour that it kept re-logging in. Why wasn't once enough when the program opened.
However it does save the login during the session until you quit it
But, I once accidently entered the wrong ID, and it didn't give a login error.
Browsing: As mentioned earlier gadgets start to malfunction. Such as the "Feature" button. And then after the item images stop responding. Soon nothing on the right hand side works and I thought my self lucky the close gadget still worked.
Shopping Bag: I don't know what this looks like as it doesn't work here. All it does is display ads. Where's my cart?
Buying Button: Or so I thought. On the bottom left. But here it's as good as the Shopping button. Oh yes I forgot, it keeps logging in. And then just displays another ad.
I'm sorry to say but I'm not very impressed with it. And I really don't like admitting that. Wasn't it announced four years ago almost? What is less impressive is that all the contact links on the A-EON site do not work and just reload the main page. That isn't very good support!
I only come here because I don't know where else to get help with the problems it has. There isn't much talk about these problems either. I read to delete the ENV vars but it didn't help me. The only thing I did get working was being able to login to the A-EON site with my AmiSphere login, if that is what it is. I could edit my account and noticed my country was unset. So I set my country and saved it. But then I went back and found my country was still unset. So the website doesn't save setting either, so why am I not surprised?
Well I hope these issues can be addressed. Both for my sanity and the sake of others. I'm stuck here setting up my FE Workbench and am stuck at 1024x768. I'm about to go back to Update 6 where everything works in high resolution. Or at least it did on my XE. Last edited by Hypex on 10-Jul-2018 at 05:07 PM. Last edited by Hypex on 09-Jul-2018 at 04:55 PM.
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 9-Jul-2018 16:57:41
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 9-Jul-2018 17:11:19
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Just downloaded the Free SDK browser with the AmiStore app as a test with no problem.
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 9-Jul-2018 17:56:44
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What's a PMail? I've heard of a PM. As in Personal Message, but not PMail, as in Personal Mail, I guess. |
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 9-Jul-2018 17:58:56
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I just tried. It wanted me to "login" to download "free" software. So I did. It didn't work. It just thought for a while and then displayed more ads! Last edited by Hypex on 09-Jul-2018 at 05:59 PM.
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 9-Jul-2018 18:37:46
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I also had to sign in to download it . But it downloaded .
So something is totally messed up for you.
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I just tried. It wanted me to "login" to download "free" software. So I did. It didn't work. It just thought for a while and then displayed more ads! |
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 3:29:28
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I still can't buy or download anything from Amistore either. I had some of the same issues. AmigaKit was able to resolve the issue with the country not saving, so I can log into my profile on the Aeon site, and it is complete. But I can't do anything there, because as Hypex found the links are broken. I can run Amistore, but as soon as I try to buy or download anything, it asks for a login, then flashes a note "Checking account balance", then nothing. It's supposed to open Odyssey to a page letting you use Paypal or something to add money to your account, but mine never does that. There's a procedure you are supposed to follow to make sure https: will open in Odyssey, which I've done, to no avail. So I gave up. Maybe there's an issue with recent accounts, or perhaps the newest version of Amistore is broken, I dunno... Is there a way to revert to a previous version? |
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 8:20:00
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I have the same issue as hypex and severs.
I decided to dust off my Pegasos 2 and install the enhancer software pack, I have never found it so hard to part with my hard earned money, I jumped through all the hoops to no success, so I packed up the Pegasos 2 into storage once again to collect more dust.
I suspect it has to do with the crap state of web browsing on AmigaOS 4.x just a guess. That said AmiStore is a convoluted mess.
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 8:58:47
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| Installed the AmsStore version from A-Eon website on a clean OS Install USB and did the SDKBrowser download again. This time on a Sam460ex . Download worked but unpacking failed due to a missing sobj .
Your problem may be related to Router/network configuration or your ISP .
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 10:55:09
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| I have the same sort of problems.
I did lose many of my userids and passwords a while ago but have got most of them up and running again. I did get my Amisphere details and set up a new password which works (eventually) for Updater and the AmiSphere server. Though it is supposedly the same as the login uid and password, it does not work with Amistore.
It used to always give me an error 13 Host environment not found error. That has changed, nothing to do with me BTW, so that it now goes through the motions of logging in. It checks my balance which is correctly 0, as I would normally pay when I purchase the software so why it does this I am not sure. Surley it would only need to check a balnce if you actually buy something ?
I am not able to buy anything or access the list of things I have bought, I am just asked to login again, and it goes through the same motions again - assuming I can be bothered to try to login again. Not much point as it doesn't work !
Like Hypex, I can only get the UID and password to remain saved during a session. It loses it once the programme is shut down. The user ID is not exactly memorable so I need to keep looking it up. It is stored in envarc:amisphere/username along with an encrypted password but AmiStore does not seem to be able to pick these up.
I have tried reinstalling Amistore several times but always get the same problems. A version check suggests I do have the latest version.
"severs" suggested it maybe a "country" problem but I am in the UK, he is in Oklahoma USA and Hypex in Australia. None are exactly local to each other !
I agree with Hypex that the non-standard GUI that you cannot paste to is a pain, I see that the initial problem with the slider arrows has now been fixed. Is it because the thing was written in Hollywood that it causes so many problems ? Surely something from AEON should be coded in C and use a standard Reaction GUI (even though I personally prefer MUI). |
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 11:05:19
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For reference are all 3 of you with the problem using X1000's ?
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 11:25:25
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Please can you both try logging into AmiStore again and PM me with the results.
@BillE
I have checked your account and last successful login to AmiStore was about six weeks ago. Last edited by amigakit on 10-Jul-2018 at 11:26 AM. Last edited by amigakit on 10-Jul-2018 at 11:26 AM.
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 11:36:03
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For reference are all 3 of you with the problem using X1000's ? |
I certainly am, and I think Hypex is too. Maybe that is the problem ?
The X1000 used to work with AmiStore though.Last edited by BillE on 10-Jul-2018 at 11:36 AM.
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 13:06:28
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I have the same problem and I am using a Pegasos 2 with AmigaOS 4.1 FE _________________ Amiga A1200T - TF1260 - R9200 - Indivision AGA MK3 Amiga A500 - PiStorm EMU68 Pegasos 2 G4 - AmigaOS 4.1 FE / MorphOS 3.16 |
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 14:29:59
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| Here's my https: URL prefs. Is this correct?
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 15:36:12
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 15:51:26
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| Is there anything on AmiStore that isn't available on the website?
That being said, is AmiStore meant to be a holdover until a web application is available? Though I'm not clear on how that would be different than just using the website. I'm just not understanding why this is a locally installed application, although in the mobile app world there are similar things, basically front-ends to a website. |
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 16:52:03
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 10-Jul-2018 16:52:58
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OK, it seems like Hypex problem is solved now and he can log in and purchase fine. I am not sure why it suddenly worked but he is happy.
@severs
I have sent you PM reply- hope to get you up and running too.
@Fairdinkem
Send me a PM with full description step by step on what is happening so i can help you too.
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Re: How do you buy from AmiStore when it doesn't work? Posted on 11-Jul-2018 5:52:33
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I have put my computer into storage due to moving house, when I unpack it I will contact you for support.
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