I actually thought I was too late and it was a very frustrating ordeal but after 42 minutes I finally achieved order success.

I started at 1500C.E.T. sharp…had my customer details already and went to the store after logging in. I kept getting address denials from the site and host. I went outside and tried mobile (no luck), then kept at it. I finally got in, got the item in my cart but went to check-out and experienced a nagging issue (bug?) with the check-out page showing my cart as empty - “no contents”. I could look on the cart icon and see the item in my cart but a bug occurred. I pulled out my hair on this for nearly 20 minutes until I tried a workaround tricking the cart by adding another AR then deleting the older one after advancing to the next page. It worked.

Whew…frustrating.

Now, I have to take myself off the Sweetwater and WestEndProduction list (ex-Pat living in the UK)…then again, it might be best to decline when asked because we might actually piss off the resellers. Yeah, I’ll do that instead so that someone else can be bumped up.

Best excuse: “Sorry, I can’t afford it right now”
Bad excuse: “No thanks, got it!”


BTW, I have to point out that the UK exchange rate and VAT is depressing.

The UK price of £1,249GBP is actually $2,101USD. The price is lower in the states because they can sell more than there without taxes which are not included but the US price is actually $1,549USD and that saves $552USD or roughly £328GBPs. I know it’s not Elektron’s fault, but the amount of VAT in UK has to deter sales accross the UK market.