I've been running into a lot of minor problems lately, things that just annoy the heck out of me.
1) My hair straightening iron arrived in the mail. Usually I have a practical sense, but this time it shorted out on me. So when I opened the damn thing I noticed the british wall socket. Oh joy. "Ok, guess I'll track down an UK/European adapter online". But ofcourse, this socket says 250V, and I shouldn't use more then 240V in Norway. Oh great. Now I need a converter too. But did I find one? No. Ofcourse not. That would've been remotely simple. So what to do? Search more and spend ridiculous amounts of money. Or take the risk, buy a cheap "adapter only"-thingie that doesn't convert the voltage and hope I don't kill the wiring in my house? Or the precious straightening iron for that matter.
2) Speaking of the the iron; I ordered that together with the Tigi-stuff from lookfantastic.com. And my reason for buying the stuff online was to save some money. But those who shipped it divided it into two shipments due to weight, and of course I had to pay taxes and toll on both of them. Double toll, that is. 27£ worth of toll. 320 Kr. I ended up saving just about nada. PLUS I have to get that damn adapter.
3) My boyfriend is expecting a little brother sometime in august. And my sister has passed on some of her gadget geekyness to me, and she applied all of her gadget researching abilities when she was expecting her daughter. So I've picked up a few smart gadgets I loved and that seemed sort of practical when you have a newborn. Things like bath support seats so you won't have to hold up your baby, back seat mirrors so you can see the baby while driving, allergy and asthma safe teddies and comforters. And of course you can get all of that stuff on Amazon.co.uk. But can they ship these particular things to Norway? Noooo. Ofcourse not.
You see? Everything should be made universal and international! No tolls, no taxes, no funky electric sockets, no dvd regions and no shipping restrictions!
