Ack - Used the wrong name to sign up!
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Rosewood Moxie
Registered User
Join date: 17 Dec 2005
Posts: 2
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12-17-2005 16:30
I was having problems with the sign up form, it was saying that I couldn't create an additional account even though it was my first... To make matters worse, every time I tried to restart the sign up process, it said that the name I had used was unavailable. I eventually managed to get it to work, but it was using the wrong name, just one that I was using randomly to try to get it working! Is there any way to change my first name, or am I stuck with it? I tried searching the forums but apparently both 'first' and 'name' are too short to be searched...
I feel like such an idiot... Thanks for any help you can give!
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 20,263
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12-17-2005 20:09
I think you'll have to buy a second account.
Use the first as a bank.
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Allen Harrington
Registered User
Join date: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 60
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12-19-2005 11:00
Contact support. But yes, I think you are stuck with it. I would contact support to see if you can close the account and start a new one.
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nimrod Yaffle
Cavemen are people too...
Join date: 15 Nov 2004
Posts: 3,146
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12-19-2005 11:02
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Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 3,751
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12-19-2005 11:04
Definitely contact support. We had that happen, they deleted the mistake account for us and refunded the extra $10
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Aaron Levy
Medicated Lately?
Join date: 3 Jun 2004
Posts: 2,147
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12-19-2005 11:13
From: Joy Honey Definitely contact support. We had that happen, they deleted the mistake account for us and refunded the extra $10 Well that's nice to know. They did no such thing for my wife when she signed up with the wrong name. |
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Rosewood Moxie
Registered User
Join date: 17 Dec 2005
Posts: 2
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12-21-2005 05:35
Thank you for all your replies! It seems that they won't change my account or refund the extra $10 unfortunately... Just out of curiosity, if I do buy a second account (I'm planning to but the name I used got stuck as 'reserved', even though I was the one who reserved it. It seems if you stop the sign up halfway it doesn't free up the name again, so I'm waiting on a registration reminder). Wow, long brackets... Um, if I do get a second account, what will I be able to use the first one for? Several people have said that an alt is handy, but I haven't seen why yet in the short time I've been exploring ^_^
By the way, Joy, did you have to do anything special to get a refund? I asked if it would be possible to delete the first account and sign up for a new one but they said I wouldn't be eligible for a free account even if they deleted my first one.
Thank you all for your help anyway! ^_^
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Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 3,751
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12-21-2005 06:13
From: Aaron Levy Well that's nice to know. They did no such thing for my wife when she signed up with the wrong name. Weird, there may have been something else that happened to cause this - it did happen a while ago and my memory is a bit fuzzy... 
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AJ DaSilva
woz ere
Join date: 15 Jun 2005
Posts: 1,993
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12-21-2005 07:19
Alts are really useful when building or scripting, used either as a secondary view or for testing things that require permissions or multiple users.
Of course you can wander around without anyone knowing who you are too.
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 20,263
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12-21-2005 11:47
From: Rosewood Moxie I'm planning to but the name I used got stuck as 'reserved', even though I was the one who reserved it. It seems if you stop the sign up halfway it doesn't free up the name again, so I'm waiting on a registration reminder. Oh yes, that's #245 on my list of "stupid things that tick me off". |
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Nepenthes Ixchel
Broadly Offended.
Join date: 6 Dec 2005
Posts: 696
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12-25-2005 08:09
I signed up for a free account, found that the login name was also your character name, and wanted to change it. Luckily I have multiple credit cards so I just opened a second trial, than changed back to using primary credit card.
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Flavian Molinari
Broadly Offensive Content
Join date: 1 Aug 2004
Posts: 662
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12-25-2005 08:40
If it was my card and the lindens wouldn't fix it. I would contact the CC company and get my $10 back. It's not like you're trying to change the name after a month and It's not like the lindens are out anything other than the 5 minutes it would take to fix it
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Moxie Grumby
the errant Miss Cupcake
Join date: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 48
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12-25-2005 15:44
but the name that you ended up with is such a lovely one!
*raises eyebrow and dares you to disagree*
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