We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot spring blows
Early this morning, after being awake for thirty-two hours, I finally got tired enough to pass out. Then, three hours later, I was awake again. I turned on the computer, like I always do when I'm bored, and decided to give some feedback on ebay.
I'm a fan of Ferry Corsten's music, as are many who listen to Trance music. Due to the relatively large fan base Mr. Corsten commands, he apparently thinks he's "all that" and can charge whatever he wants for his music. And I guess he can, since it is his music, but when you charge $30 for your latest album you're sticking it to your fans. It's a move I would expect more from the likes of Metallica. And for $30 you'd think the CD would be extra special, but no, this disc doesn't even come in a jewel case, just a cardboard envelope like a free copy of AOL.
Two and a half weeks ago I bid on Corsten's latest album, Right of Way, on ebay and ended up winning it for $9.50, a much more reasonable price. The seller responded on Monday, July 19th, and I expected the CD to arrive in a few days. However, at the end of the month I was still waiting. Monday I was going to send an e-mail asking where the CD was when, to my happiness, it finally arrived.
So, this morning I was going to leave some mixed feedback. The CD arrived in the condition I expected, but certainly not when. Before I left my feedback I was looking at the postmark on the envelope. Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Where in the world is Nunavut? (Aside from obviously somewhere in North America.) Come to find out, Nunavut is a new territory sectioned off from the North-West Territory in Canada. That would be akin to the U.S. Government splitting Alaska into two states. So Nunavut is its own territory with its own government and all. Most of the people there are Inuit, many of which speak Inuktitut as their native language. Interesting... I should probably pay more attention to our neighboring countries.
If you're the least bit interested, you can learn more about a portion of the world you live in here http://www.nunavut.com/nunavut99/english/index.html
The point of all of this being that once I learned where Iqaliut is on this globe and I saw this picture I decided that two weeks for an envelope to arrive was probably reasonable.
I'm a fan of Ferry Corsten's music, as are many who listen to Trance music. Due to the relatively large fan base Mr. Corsten commands, he apparently thinks he's "all that" and can charge whatever he wants for his music. And I guess he can, since it is his music, but when you charge $30 for your latest album you're sticking it to your fans. It's a move I would expect more from the likes of Metallica. And for $30 you'd think the CD would be extra special, but no, this disc doesn't even come in a jewel case, just a cardboard envelope like a free copy of AOL.
Two and a half weeks ago I bid on Corsten's latest album, Right of Way, on ebay and ended up winning it for $9.50, a much more reasonable price. The seller responded on Monday, July 19th, and I expected the CD to arrive in a few days. However, at the end of the month I was still waiting. Monday I was going to send an e-mail asking where the CD was when, to my happiness, it finally arrived.
So, this morning I was going to leave some mixed feedback. The CD arrived in the condition I expected, but certainly not when. Before I left my feedback I was looking at the postmark on the envelope. Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Where in the world is Nunavut? (Aside from obviously somewhere in North America.) Come to find out, Nunavut is a new territory sectioned off from the North-West Territory in Canada. That would be akin to the U.S. Government splitting Alaska into two states. So Nunavut is its own territory with its own government and all. Most of the people there are Inuit, many of which speak Inuktitut as their native language. Interesting... I should probably pay more attention to our neighboring countries.
If you're the least bit interested, you can learn more about a portion of the world you live in here http://www.nunavut.com/nunavut99/english/index.html
The point of all of this being that once I learned where Iqaliut is on this globe and I saw this picture I decided that two weeks for an envelope to arrive was probably reasonable.