Two beer at the Bethlehem Inn
July 18, 2007My Nokia 8800 just died. Well, its internal speaker just died, meaning I am forced to use the speakerphone function to talk to people. And trust me, that really defeats the purpose of a mobile phone. And it looks completely ridiculous.
Anyway, no problem, I thought. The Nokia 8800 is a premium phone (as in, a shiny exterior and crap interior), so I have very decent Nokia warranty; 24 months, no questions asked.
That is, if you have the receipt. And despite the fact that my obsessive-compulsive mind forces me into keeping every goddamn receipt - I have receipts pre-dating the first coming of Christ for god’s sake (two beer at the Bethlehem Inn) - but no, the receipt for one of the most expensive items in my household… No receipt. I have the Fed Ex shipping notes, the invoice documents from Dutch Customs (it’s from the US), but no Nokia 8800 receipt. Sometimes I wonder, is all this obsessive categorising and cleaning actually worth it?
And then I look at my kitchen cabinets and feel all proud.
Maybe you would want to use the mono-headset that the phone came with for the time being. It’s good that it’s a mono headset, so you don’t have to wear it on both ears at all times.
Comment by Eugenia — July 19, 2007 @ 12:04 am
BTW, I can’t remember: was the package sent directly from the shop or OSNews re-shipped it to you? If it was the second one, maybe when OSNews re-shipped it, they removed the external UPS paper (that shop usually sends UPS, not fedex), so the receipt was in there and lost forever.
Comment by Eugenia — July 19, 2007 @ 12:06 am
Murphy’s Laws - you’ll find everything else, except the most important thing you’re looking for…
Don’t worry, you’re gonna find the receipt one day, looking for missing sock or something ;)
At least that’s what happens to me
o_O
Comment by Eire — July 19, 2007 @ 1:07 pm