Re: YIKES... My cups....

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> > Well Lars, you can still chuckle up your sleeve because, the
> > conversion still ends up almost double what I thought I was paying.
> 
> ?  The order form should have said exactly what you were paying.  Was
> it wrong?

Probably dopeyness on my part... And understand, this was in no way a
complaint.  It was supposed to be funny.  I didn't keep the order form
or at least can't find anything now that looks like an order form for
those cups.

It may have been tasteless to bring this up here... I thought it was
kind of funny, and that you would appreciate the humor in it.

As I recall the cups were priced at $10 each, which would be $40 in US
dollars.  Forgetting any taxes and shipping for the moment.

The bill on the cups (I just got today) Showed 640.00.  Which at first
I took to be US dollars! .....That was the joke.

Finally I noticed it was kroner. Then I recalled that when ordering I
had read something to the effect that all transactions would be
converted to kroner. So being somewhat interested by then, I looked up
a web source to make the conversion:

http://www.xe.net/ucc/convert.cgi

Shows:
                 Universal Currency Converter[tm] Results by Xenon Labs 

                    Rates as of 2000.12.29 17:40:19 EST. 
                640.00 NOK       =      72.6637 USD
                Norway Kroner           United States Dollars        

Nearly double   4x10

Understand now that I have not seen my actual visa statement, nor am I
particularly concerned.  Price was not much of a factor in my
purchasing the cups so may not have been real attentive to that part.

How might I recognize any receipt I may have had?  Is there a keyword
likely to be on it that would allow me to grep it out easily?

They are very nice cups.... I've done something to support Gnus
development... So ..... I am a happy camper.