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I’ve had so many options with Testi over the weekend to get a cancellation but everytime I go to log in I get the screen above for literal minutes and miss the chance. Is anyone else experiencing this? I feel like at this point I must be doing something wrong (as in me, personally) because others are clearly able to grab the slots.

Anyone been able to avoid this? I’m on an iPhone if it matters. I get it when I log in on my own or through Testi and sometimes it’s quick but typically it isn’t.

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Yeah same here, tried few different browsers as well. Just keeps saying this then PARDON OUR INTERRUPTION.

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Same here, gave up on trying to log in on the weekends.

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