Tuesday, March 07, 2006

See what I mean?

Once again, I've struck out. I'm never to find this book! SEVENTH email purchase -- SEVENTH strike out.
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:06:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Powells.com"   
To: msbissette@yahoo.com
Subject: Powells.com items unavailable


Hello,

Unfortunately, the items listed below were not available at this time.

Though our online database is updated hourly to match actual in-store
quantities, all of our books are sold on a first-come, first-served
basis. Powell's stores are browsed by thousands of walk-in customers every
day, and in all likelihood the items below were purchased or
mis-shelved by another customer.


Your account has -not- been billed for these items.

Unavailable titles are -not- placed on backorder. Your order is now
closed.

Please note, however, that we may have alternate editions (at different
price points) available, and we do add thousands of titles to our
shelves every day.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

Order number: 4695339

The following items are not currently available and are NOT on
backorder*:

1 @ 25.50 Cahiers Du Cinema; The 1960s: New Wave, New
Cinema, Reevaluating Holly
Hillier, Jim (NEW,
trade paper)



Sincerely,
The folks at Powells.com
Town Meeting Day in Vermont!

So off I go, to Town Meeting -- a grand VT democratic tradition.

So, no post until later in the day or evening, or even tomorrow. All depends how long it takes to wrestle through the annual issues of property taxes, school budgets, roads, policing, and all such as that...

If you're living in VT -- VOTE! No excuses!

Later, all.