October 22, 2010

At 3 AM Time Life doesn’t want my money...




It is 3 AM, I am wide awake in a hotel room on the first night of a business trip --- time zone change, stress, way too much diet coke, new hotel room. Wide awake.

Channel surfing, what do I find? Shopping network jewellery and infomercials: Cindy Crawford skincare line, Marie Osmond for Nutrisystem, Murad skincare, PX90 workout program, “Your Baby Can Read” card system (think deal a meal for literacy), and a program on “how to make a fortune from today’s down real estate market” from some dude I have never heard of.

Then the jewel of the crowd...

Time Life Music Ultimate Rock Ballads. Total awesomeness. 8 cd's of 80s rock. 5 payments of 29.95, order now and skip one payment. Order right now, and get plus bonus 70s cd!

Woo hoo!

Reo Speedwagon, Bonnie Tyler, Pat Benatar, Survivor, Starship, John Waite, The Cars, Night Ranger, Phil Collins, Styx, Journey, Heart, Toto, Quarterflash, Pretenders, Cheap Trick, Cher, and so much more! I luuuuv this stuff.

You sucked me in, you Time Life bastards!

So I go to the website right away, try to order, and... not to Canada? WTF! The damn website wouldn’t allow it, so I called their 1-800 number.

After sitting on hold and being told their call is very important t o me, I reach a real live friendly operator, ask her her about shipping to Canada, she says let's try, so we go through all my info, I turn down the expanded double price 16 set, I turn down the expansion 12 cd set, not a problem, I am all for the upsell people, then after double checking all my info she comes back with the price.

WTF?

Uh, can you repeat that, is that is 27% more than advertised, because coming to Canada? This does not include shipping or customs, you are just jacking the price up? Do you know the dollar is basically at par?

No I don't want to talk to customer service, this is not the advertised price, so I am not going to buy it. It is 3 AM, the diet Coke fueled sleep deprived high has passed, I am now watching the Cindy Crawford infomercial, thank you very much. She looks awesome!

Don't try to screw me, Mr Time Life.

Is the universe is telling me NO DO NOT BUY MORE 80s STUFF?

Nope. I probably have all this stuff on Ultimate 80s, Like O My God Totally 80s, and the Rock Of Ages soundtrack and more... 80s music rocks!

14 comments:

Writer said...

Weird. I've had CDs shipped from Canada and they've been more expensive but I assumed that was just some fuckupedness about money exchange.

You should totally just find the CD track listing: like you said, you probably have all the songs anyway.

Though honestly REO Speedwagon makes my ears bleed. :)

Gigi said...

I've never understood how come things seem to cost more if bought in Canada. I know that when I buy books here they have a US price and a Canadian price on them - the Canadian price is always much higher.

Ray's Cowboy said...

I am sorry that it is not working out for you. Damn Time Life.

Ray

Miss Nikki said...

I think Time Life hates Canada. So I hate Time Life. There.

injaynesworld said...

Well doesn't that just suck scissors. You clearly need a buddy to meet you at the border.

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

"Suck scissors" --- Jayne, I love that expression!

I am gonna look up the track listing and see how much of this music I have, my guess is the vast majority already in my collection. Don't know if I am proud of that or ashamed of that. A little of both I think...

Candice said...

Every rose has its thorn, buddy.

Sorry.

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

Candice - great musical reference. Love it. Love that 80s music!

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

Oops. My husband discovered typo in this post. The annoying Time Life voicemail was saying how important my call is to them blah blah blah; not the other way around. Maybe I actually shouldn't write posts when all hopped up on caffeine and aspartame in the middle of the night?

TICKLEBEAR said...

maybe LIFE is telling you to move on...
but it sure sounded good back then, didn't it. such a rich cultural moment. i'm glad it is MY youth's era. yes, MINE!!
:)~
HUGZ

Rick said...

Love that 80s stuff too!

Wicked Shawn said...

Time Life does NOT own the music of the 80's!! Let me know which songs you are missing. I aasure you I can complete your collection. The Drama Queen knows the songs to every damn Journey song ever made. She also has a wicked addiction to Cheap Trick! She was the only kid at the school dance who knew more than the chorus of I Want You To Want Me. Where are the parents of the world?????!!!!!

Miguel Angelo said...

That is pretty expensive. Music now are all downloadable. btjunkie has all the music from 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's. And, the best part is, I dont have to pay anything for it. =)

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Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

I think I have most of this stuff... and Shawn yep LOVE Cheap Trick, their Live at Budoukan album was a total fave. I heard "I Want You to Want Me" on the radio the other day and what a blast that was! And I own every single Journey album already!

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