I'm trying to submit a paper to the EFA, and OUP's site SUCKS! It keeps timing out without allowing me to submit my payment. Is anyone else having the same problem?
EFA submissions
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Had the same problem, OUP's site is horrible. It can take up to 36 hours before your account can be activated. Once that has happened, you purchase the EFA membership and it can take another 24 hours before they add the subscription to your account so you can submit the paper! I contacted them via the contact form on the website and did not receive an email that they had received my question, nor have they answered it.
If you're in Europe, try calling them and see if their customer service is any better than the website. Otherwise, maybe contact EFA directly and see what they can tell you. They should extend the deadline because of the problems with OUP.
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OP here. I called OUP. They said to try and do it by subscribing to the Review of Finance. I tried that, but again, when I try to pay for my subscription and EFA membership, the bloody site times out.
I wrote to the organizers asking for suggestions (email address is under contact at the conference website). Maybe you could write to them too, so they know that it isn't just one person having the problem?
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OP here from a different computer: The EFA have changed the submission page to read:
Note: In case you experience problems with requiring EFA 2012 membership at OUP as part of the submission process, you can as a last option choose to submit your anonymous paper as if you were a PhD student. Please then use the link below (without uploading a CV and advisor letter). This ensures that your paper is registered before the deadline, and we will try to resolve your membership situation before papers are sent out to reviewers.
From http://www.efa2012.org/?page_id=9
I'm very glad of it. Will keep trying on OUP, maybe it'll work before the deadline.
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Here is my experience, after entering credit card information ... frustrating (
"EFA TEXT HERE: You are unable to continue to register for the 2012 EFA confernce without membership of the EFA. Please purchase EFA membership from Oxford University Press................. If you are a already a memeber but are unable to contine please contact the Oxford University Press Customer Services department at the following email address............"