The saga of the sand table

We decided that Samantha needs a sandtable for her birthday so she will stop digging in the dirt (more like mud) in our yard. Sean went to the PX and they had one left. He didn't buy it because it wasn't the one we had decided on. He want back first thing the next morning and guess what? The stupid thing was gone. Before we decided to get her one, the PX had several to chose from. We broke PX rule #1. If they have it and you want it, buy it. It won't be there tomorrow. He asked if they would get more in and of course they had no idea.

I found the sandtable online at aafes (the PX website) and Walmart. I finally went to order it from Walmart and they won't ship it here. I went to the aafes website to order it and they had pulled it from the catalog. Aafes could special order it for me but it would take 4-5 months to get here. Apparently they were going to put in on a row boat and row it across the ocean. Anyway, I finally found someplace online with free shipping. I could get them to ship it to my apobox account and then apobox would charge me $30 to ship it over here. When I go to order the sandtable, I can't use my credit card because the drop down menu for state didn't have AP in it. I tried to use California but then they said my address wasn't correct. Well no sh*t! I had to use my Mom's credit card to order it.

It doesn't end there. I just got an email from apobox that my package was there and ready to send out but when they tried to charge my credit card for the $30 shipping, it was declined. I called Visa and there had been a security hold put on my card because a $375 charge had been made in Italy! I would love to be in Italy but unfortunately I am not. They closed my account and issued me a new card. Luckily I don't have to pay for that charge!

I went back to my apobox account and gave them a new credit card number. Now hopefully they will ship the @#$% sandtable! I think if I go to the PX and they have sandtables in stock, I will scream.

Thanks for listening,
Aimee