It’s a tragedy! A tragedy, I tell you!

I went with Richard to the mall today. Yes, my one day off and I still went to a mall. I know I am insane. But there I was. I had tagged along for one reason. I wanted to pop into Sephora for a new bottle of cologne. So while Richard was lingering at Nordstrom I went off on my errand. Only to find out they didn’t have any. So I went over to Nordstrom. They had none as well, but suggested Saks. So I explained my plight to Richard and proceeded to every high-end department store in the mall. The young man at Bloomingdale’s was the one that finally told me that it had been discontinued. Thierry Mugler B-Men was gone?? *sniff* He suggested e-bay. He also almost sold me Tom Ford’s new fragrance. But I can’t help thinking as I wore it around the mall that I smelled like the imagery in the ads. I felt like I had spritzed myself with vagina juice. Even though it does smell nice, that product is not for me…

So we finished up at the mall and headed home. It took forever, due to all the joyous shoppers out and about. Damn traffic. But I made it safe, and proceeded to my Mac to do some searching. Thankfully Amazon came to my rescue. They had a full catalog of B-Men products! Which is good, as I was not too excited about e-bay cologne. Or the vagina juice. Although I have to admit that one is growing on me… Weird.

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daniel · early evening · say it · ping it

The inability of purchasing international gift certificates on iTunes sucks dirty ass. Just FYI.

Seriously. You cannot do it. You get this warning about how certificates can only be used in the store they are bought in if the recipient’ s email is say, for instance, Canadian and registered in the Canadian store. I think I knew I was buying a gift for, as an example, a Canadian person. I am using Canada as an example here. I don’t care about the logistics. Just make it work! But no. Even if I logged into the Canadian iTunes store I was flagged as American and sent back to my own store! Bastards! So now what? I have an international gift I need to buy within the next few days!! Where do I turn if, for example, I need to buy a gift for a Canadian?

As I was getting desperate I got creative. I Googled Canadian (for example) Gift Certificates. The resulting websites offered email certificates for Canadian (as an example) stores, but ew. Really. How do I know if my supposedly Canadian friend shops at those places? I mean, I wouldn’t from the looks of things online. So I went over to the Amazon. Now that is a global market! Right? Erm. No. Well actually, yes and no. An Amazon.com certificate is not valid at Amazon.ca (for example). However, I was able to go to Amazon.ca (for example) and buy in the proper monetary exchange without being flagged as American and sent away. I found this to be a hypothetical shopping experience plus.

I will let you know if this hypothetical international purchasing scenario resulted in a happy gift recipient, hypothetically speaking, of course.

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daniel · the wee hours · 3 comments · ping it

SO after a long and exhausting day of slinging sweaters at work I was excited to check the mail. One of my few joys this time of year is, as you might have guessed, holiday cards. However as I dug through the mailbox, there weren’t any today. *Gasp* I was a bit bummed, but what can you do? I got back into the car and drove the rest of the way to my house. As I turned into the garage my headlights lit up the front porch. There was a box there! A big box!! From Amazon! This was way better than a card! My mind raced.. What ever could it be? Did I order anything? No.. Did Richard? Not sure.. Could it be a wish list item from one of my internet pals?!?

Anyway, I finally stopped speculating and got out of the car. All that thinking made me park really slowly. Anyway, I got to the box and read the label. Odd, I didn’t recognize the name. Must be looking at the wrong part of the label, but I didn’t recognize that name either. In fact the address was wrong too. It was delivered to the wrong address. I was not surprised, but immediately deflated. I think after my 6 - days a week and only 4 hours of sleep last night made me feel sensitive. I mean. What the hell, post office worker? Getting my hopes all up like that only to have them dashed away! To top it off, now I have the added burden to get this Amazon box delivered to the right place in time for the holidays. Does the post office pick up? I mean I cannot just set it out at the mail boxes, can I? I mean someone could take it. But I am not home enough for them to stop by.

I should just keep it. LOL! I kid. Interfering with mail is like illegal and junk! Besides the last time I did that it was just a bible inside. You see what happens? Bad juju interfering with mail. Except that was like UPS, but still.

But still. I am all teased and tortured now. Ugh.

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daniel · early evening · 4 comments · ping it