Ordering Hilarity

Companies sometimes make it so hard on themselves. For example, today I want to buy an Apple Mighty Mouse from apple.co.nz

I go to check out and see this:


"WAIT A MINUTE...$15 SHIPPING FOR A MOUSE?" I said to myself..." PLUS GST?"

But...but...don't I get free shipping for orders over $99? Well yes you do, but only if the ex-GST values is greater than $99. Odd for a retail shop, but those are the rules.

So here goes another attempt:


I was lucky enough to find quite a cheap item that rounds me out to just over the $99 threshold, saving me ~$13. Yay. Even better, they don't even physically ship the enabler, it is a download only product. And I'm not going to use it...

These things make me want to run screaming from the room sometimes.

If anyone needs a legit 802.11n enabling license for their just-off-the-bleeding edge Mac, let me know. Preferably someone in NZ. I'm sure I'd read somewhere that Apple was giving these away for free now anyway.