Shopping pisses me off yet again - augh. :(

[derien]

Okay, I guess I got myself into this mess. I offered that book up for grabs and got three people responding, interested. I tried to get a second copy and found one on half.com for like $5 - much more than I had thought it would be, but oddly on Amazon/Abe Books the lowest price was $12, I think! For a book that was offered as a loss-leader, at one time. Okay, but I thought, that's okay, because $5 is really not so much and I had a couple other books I wanted to get as gifts for my brother, so I went through finding the copies I wanted, and then went to check out and had to create an account.

"You already have an account under that email." Okay, great. Eventually I figured out how to get it to send me the userID for that email address.

"You need to answer 2 of these 3 questions correctly before we'll send you your password. Your zip code, your phone number and your favorite cartoon character."

Okay. grrr... I could possibly have moved 5 times since I created this account and I have NO idea what 'favorite cartoon character' I could have been thinking of! Bugs Bunny was my first guess, but it gives me no indication which of the three questions I answered wrongly (maybe all of them every time), and if I spelled it wrong (my most common misspell is "Buggs Bunny"). And then again I guess I could have put Pepe LePew or Betty Boop. And is it case sensitive? Whyyyyyy did I never used to keep a list of passwords??

And it won't even let me contact the helpdesk directly UNTIL I LOG IN. Fucking idiots.



Meanwhile, I've wasted like an hour and a half on this project, I'm now starving and pissed off and want to cry because I'm so goddamned unproductive and it's almost time to go to work.

:(

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry. I would never want you to stress like this over a book; or anything else for that matter.
Millions of books in the world ....you just made this one sound fun:)
relax, eat some nice, go for a walk
LTA

[derien.livejournal.com]

You're so sweet.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Yes, what she/he said. I've got millions of books lined up to read (remember my cheesey sci-fi shopping splurge?)

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I was only mildly interested in it. Give to someone else! :)

[derien.livejournal.com]

And thing is, Looks To Alaska says she intends to visit me, soon, in hopes of moving back to Our Fair City, so she can read my copy.

[derien.livejournal.com]

You guys are both so very sweet! Damn it, I really did hope that you would be interested because I wanted to give you something in return for The Gun Seller which you would like.

[peak-in-darien.livejournal.com]

Argh, internet passwords are so tricky. *hugs*

[derien.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *hugs back* I almost feel like more of an idiot for posting that - I just should not have worked on that for so long and got so frustrated, really. After I got to work I realized what I should do - use my other damned email and make a new account!

[ladyfalcon.livejournal.com]

I just bought £40 worth of books at Waterstone's, because my brain has no natural defenses against lovely British bookstores, the way it's built up for the American versions. By all means don't stress out over this - there will be other books, and other times.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you. /me is an idiot.

(I have British bookstore envy!)