merrily: Mac (west-wing)
merrily ([personal profile] merrily) wrote2007-08-18 04:02 pm
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The package was post-marked China, which made me suspicious, and the contents label said "book," which made me confused, and then I opened it and found a bootleg copy of The West Wing: The Complete Series, crappily transferred and packaged.

I'm so mad I could spit. Or kick something. I paid $170 for it (eBay), in a moment of "la la, I can spend my vacation money foolishly if I want to." Apart from my bicycle, it's the most money I've ever spent on anything, and the ghost of my mother inside my head is nodding sagely and saying things like "see? you know you should've saved that cash."

And yes, I'm mostly mad that it's a _crappy_ bootleg, not that it's a bootleg.

Josh! I want to spend time with you NOW. Will we ever be together?

[identity profile] oddsbobs.livejournal.com 2007-08-18 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there some way to return it? I've never really been into eBay, so I don't know if there is a policy about this stuff or not.

It sucks that you have to wait even longer now, though :(

[identity profile] oddsbobs.livejournal.com 2007-08-19 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
err.. for some reason your reply isn't showing...

but YAY chocolate! and Oooo Ratatouille!

Good luck with it all!

[identity profile] deelaa.livejournal.com 2007-08-19 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
AAAAH... that sucks. I would be mad too. That is a lot of money for something crappy. How much does the real whole set cost?

I was just going to email you about buying Season 3, but maybe you want to wait? let me know if you still want me to buy it. I don't have paypal but am going to look into setting up an account now. Probably would be good to have in general.

[identity profile] merrilily.livejournal.com 2007-08-19 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm absolutely still happy for you to buy it. Since you don't have PayPal, I've lowered the price on amazon.ca (listing here (http://s1.amazon.ca/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y01Y3920634Y1744080/702-6405746-8389607)), and you can buy it from me that way. Okay?

And yes, OMG, having a bootleg edition of the whole series sucks SO HARD. The real thing, new, is about $374.95 Canadian, although there's a second-hand set on Amazon selling for $180ish.

[identity profile] merrilily.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey,

Unless your name is Rick, someone else just bought S3. Sorry!