Well, after going back and forth between various cloud services, we finally decided to use Microsoft Azure for some of our cloud needs. And I must say, the initial experience hasn't been too encouraging. However I decided to seek advice before jumping ships :)
So I created an Organizational Account first and used my organizational email id. So far so good, then it again asks for my personal details, then credit card. I enter and MS successfully charges 1 dollar from my card. So the final step for singing up for Windows Azure is this screen:
However, after multiple attempts to complete the purchase spread over 10 hours and multiple browsers, all I get is this cryptic error:
I tried both the Free Plan and Pay as you Go Plan. Any help would be appreciated.