I'm >< this close to getting my grubby mits on an ebook reader!<\/p>\n
Sony, evil bastards that they are, are only marketing the PRS-500 in the US. This means that, to be able to get a reader, I had to:<\/p>\n
– ask an american visitor to purchase it on his american credit card
\n– have it delivered to an address in the US belonging to a friend of an american coworker
\n– having said american coworker pick it up when he's in the US on vacation next month.<\/p>\n
All because I can't order the damn thing myself.<\/p>\n
The order has been made on the SonyStyle website and the guy has been send an email confirmation, but the funds have yet to be cleared by the credit card. I keep refreshing the order status page on the Sony website and it still says “Pending remote fulfillment”.<\/p>\n
This is where I realize that England (and Europe in general) has a brilliant system for mail order and internet shopping. I've never had this much trouble ordering stuff online and have it automagically appear on my doorstep the following day.<\/p>\n
I hope there's no delay or bureaucratic red-tapish crap. The american visitor is leaving tomorrow morning (and, since I wasn't expecting any problems, I've already transferred the money to his paypal account)<\/p>\n
I'm sure everything will work itself out, but it's driving me nuts in the meantime :)<\/p>\n
I can't wait, ohboy ohboy ohboy!<\/p>\n
Update: The status is now “Order received by OMS”, whatever the hell that means :) At least it doesn't sound negative :D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I'm >< this close to getting my grubby mits on an ebook reader! Sony, evil bastards that they are, are only marketing the PRS-500 in the US. This means that, to be able to get a reader, I had to: – ask an american visitor to purchase it on his american credit card – have…<\/p>\n