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Ninja Gaijin Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:15pm
'It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again.'
WTH??
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eram Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:18pm 
Have you been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours?
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Ninja Gaijin Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:18pm 
Originally posted by enog:
Have you been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours?
No! I push back and forward sometimes on the store screens, but that's it .. only bringing up the error with steam wallet, if I switch to paypal or other option it disappears.... last purchase was a day or two ago, otherwise I've been listing some cards on the market. That's all..
Last edited by Ninja Gaijin; Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:19pm
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eram Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:19pm 
Go here and have a look at your transaction history. Anything odd showing today?
https://store.steampowered.com/account/history/
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Ninja Gaijin Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:20pm 
Originally posted by enog:
Go here and have a look at your transaction history. Anything odd showing today?
https://store.steampowered.com/account/history/
Nothing odd, checked there first before posting - purchase from yesterday, card sales x2 last three entries
Last edited by Ninja Gaijin; Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:21pm
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The doctor is in Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:27pm 
ive noticed some strange stuff going on with pages not displaying and gettnig strange errors or links being bad

perhaps they still having some issues (perhaps caching servers are not fully straightened out)

try logging out and logging back in

also make sure steam guard is enabled and that you have strong password

i think its christmas sale servrs getting hammered by shoppers, things work themself out

also yesterday people could not buy for little while so some peopel may have stayed away and now they heard its ok and are back and stressing the system
Last edited by The doctor is in; Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:28pm
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eram Dec 26, 2015 @ 12:27pm 
You would have to assume then it's a odd error that should fix itself in a little while. If it was a mass issue we would see dozens of new threads saying the exact same thing. Maybe consider logging out and back in again. Use the log out button and restart Steam.
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Harald Töpfer Dec 27, 2015 @ 11:46am 
Tried to buy papers, please

Choosing paypal, waiting... waiting...

"It seems like your transaction couldnt be completed, please try again in a minute"

Waiting one minute, trying again. waiting... waiting...
"It seems like your transaction couldnt be completed, please try again in a minute"

Waiting one minute, trying again. waiting... waiting...
"It seems like your transaction couldnt be completed, please try again in a minute"

Exiting steam, restarting, trying again. waiting... waiting...

'It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again.'

Couldnt buy the game, dont know how long a while is.

11/10 would try to buy again
Last edited by Harald Töpfer; Dec 27, 2015 @ 11:47am
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Ninja Gaijin Dec 27, 2015 @ 6:05pm 
Took about a couple of hours but eventually worked for me, had tired logging in and out/restarting before that but did nothing to help
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Sunroses Dec 30, 2015 @ 4:49pm 
Apparently it counts going onto the payment screen AT ALL as attempting a purchase. Would have been nice to know this earlier, when I was carefully checking sales tax to see if I had enough for something.
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Cloudy Aug 13, 2016 @ 6:18am 
well i restarted my router and that was all i had to do
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