argh!

[erastes]

Does anyone remember the friends episode when Phoebe tries to tell her bank she's got a wrong amount in there and they keep giving her more money?  (stupid question, of course you do, it's repeated every five fucking minutes)

Well I'm having a book related problem like this.

Last year, the lovely Kate Rothwell sent me two books: The Dictionary of Slang by Farmer and Henley. Book 1 and 2. Sadly only book one arrived and I've been after book 2 for a while. Finally—after I received a gift card for the Amazon Associates programme—I found a set of both books for only $0.17 !  The postage was $20 but it was worth it as far as I was concerned so I sent for it. I planned to pass on the superfluous book one in a promo contest or something.

Book one arrived.

I waited a while then contacted the seller and was told today "sorry, it was a listings error, we only had book one"!!!!!  So they've kindly refunded the whole amount.

BUT NOW I HAVE TWO BOOKS ONE AND NO BOOK TWO!!! Hulk Smash.

ETA: Hurrah!  Oxfam at amazon had book two! Sorted!

Comments

[oceankitty1.livejournal.com]

At least you had your head screwed on right. I ordered C.J. Cherryh's latest book on Amazon and then (after it was to late to cancel) remembered that I had pre-ordered it through my bookstore. So now I have two...
Talk about short time memory. I'm a goldfish.

[angrboda]

Well, we'll see if it actually is sorted when it shows up and you can see whether or not it actually is book two and not another copy of book one. :p

[erastes.livejournal.com]

LOL - that would be just typical.