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[flemmings]

Those who have dealt with amazon.wherever in its many avatars, what does it mean when their wp says a book has not yet been released that two people you know have already read?

1) amazon doesn't update its wps enough. If you preorder they will have the thing in stock already and send it along.

2) amazon doesn't know its virtual fundament from a virtual hole in the ground. Do not deal with them unless you must.

The various wank communities make for dispiriting reading lately, hence my icon. From the behaviour on both sides I can't help feeling that HP fans deserve their fandom and may it choke them; from reading HP (nice but no big deal) I conclude that my feelings are right. 'But for Wales, Richard?'

Comments

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

EEk! An A/C over the internet... seriously? Ooh electronic dictionaries... I was salivating over my language teacher's Jap-Chinese-English (and vice versa) one at class some weeks ago...I can SO understand the desire to *buy now* that's why the credit card and the pc are...very far away from each other! Hee! ^_~.

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

What brand and model Jap-Chinese-English electronic dictionary did your teacher have? I've been shopping for them but can not find any independent reviews/recommendations to base a buying decision on.

Amazon '.us', by the way, has known issues with some manga distributors/publishers and can have books listed as "not yet released" for months after the official release.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Do you know I neglected to look and see what brand it was. I will take a look and report back later if you wish. She hasn't been for a while so I'm not sure if she was just a stop gap. Happens a lot with the part time language courses here. (Hence the "some weeks ago"!)

Yeah the 'lil red dot' can also be called the land of a/c's and I think we'd never run out. The reason winter wear is so popular here (w/c quite a few folk get over th internet) is because their offices are so cold! ^_~

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Ok, the one I was drooling over was new and expensive , she did not say if she bought it locally(S'pore) or elsewhere. It is the Canon Wordtank (she did not give me a model no). The other teacher has a Casio Ex Word, the Casio is only Jap-English (She said it was durable, it has lasted her four years so far!), but they look like PDA's cos' you use a stylus thingamy and I think these dictionaries are all the same colour. Matt Silver.

I don't think its for beginners like me though. ^_^ ! I think maybe partly due to the expense, you would have to think if you are really serious about the language and will need it for more than just a whim. But I suppose she is a teacher and she does use it extensively.

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

Interesting. The Canons I've seen are all Japanese centric, which makes sense. The Bestas and Ectacos which seem to be all over the place are http://www.ectaco.com/ if you want to look at some.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

An a/c over the internet seriously. I don't drive and they deliver. Was the theory. In fact they use the Post Office's parcel delivery service and the guy bitched about having to get the thing up five steps onto my porch. No way in hell w \as he taking it up thirteen steps to the second floor. Which learned me good, yes.

...it's still a good a/c and I'm glad I bought it. TO is not Little Red Dot and stores do run out of a/cs long before the Little Red Dot-like summer is over.