Anticipation!!!

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 it delivered to an address in the US belonging to a friend of an american coworker
– having said american coworker pick it up when he's in the US on vacation next month.

All because I can't order the damn thing myself.

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”.

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.

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)

I'm sure everything will work itself out, but it's driving me nuts in the meantime :)

I can't wait, ohboy ohboy ohboy!

Update: The status is now “Order received by OMS”, whatever the hell that means :) At least it doesn't sound negative :D