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

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

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

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> :-)
> 
> > Nearly double   4x10
> 
> Shipping 2x 1kg via Air Mail is NOK 240, aka. USD 27, so there's
> something odd going on here.  Hmmm...  My records show your billing as
> NOK 604, which is USD 67, which adds up.  Did I really bill you NOK
> 640? 
> 
> (Only that I really charged you NOK 40 too much, since it was 2kg, not
> 2x 1kg, which my order form postage calculation thingie messed up, I
> see.  (Counting the 2x silver and 2x red separately.)  I need to find
> out how to work the "refund" thing on my Visa thing...)

NO.. NO.. NO.. NO..

Yikes again... I hate it when I make a fool of myself in public. 
Indeed it is 604.00..

All this just goes to show that a dumb country boy should never kibbitz
with a sharp money changer.  Especially if it involves international currency.

Sorry for the fuss.  Well, sorry for the fuss that wasn't really a fuss.