We are having the same issue here. My room mate's acct got renewed with a time card. We tried all the things suggested and just got told to wait... We can't even select different data centers however. It gives us the error no matter what DC we pick. Hoping the maintenance fixes it for us but not getting my hopes up. Really makes me upset they won't reimburse the time or anything. SE has never been this bad and it makes me sad to see. I will cross my fingers for my room mate and you guys as well! Hope they all work right after the downtime!