So here are some thoughts that really have nothing special to do with my stay in Romania. It is just something that just happened and I find a little annoying, though, I suppose, some may find it comforting, so I will share.
Two years ago for Christmas my wonderful, wonderful mother got me this really sweet Cafe Latte machine that was perfect for my dorm room and worked like a dream. Or, at least it did until something broke withing 2 weeks. This left me devastated but, my mother told me that we would return it and get a new one. When we went to do this, they were gone, and have been gone for 2 years. I am not kidding, I look everywhere - especially during the Christmas season. They disappeared. Last night, I tracked one down. I hunted and hunted - it actually did not take me very long - found it and then searched for it on ebay where I found a new one for an even better price. Go Me!!!! So, I ordered it off ebay and was so excited that it would be waiting for me when I got home that I told everyone here and wrote my mom quite the lengthy e-mail about it.
Tonight, I checked my e-mail and had three rather surprising e-mails from e-bay. Basically, in a nut shell, they cancelled my order and locked down my account because they thought there might be some "suspicious activity". In all honesty, I think it is quite kind of e-bay to be watching my account so closely, really, way to go for them. However, the "suspicious activity" they were watching was the fact that I ordered something from a Romanian network. Yup, I ordered something and I was out of the country and they cancelled my order and I may not get it right away when I get back. I feel like complaining--- now , I think, "have I not learned anything this semester"
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Let's focus on the positive that a mega-corp (e-bay) had security measures in place that actually worked. I mean, come on...wouldn't you be a little suspicious of an account registered under a nice college-aged girl from the midwest suddenly showed someone purchasing coffee makers from Romania!! I say you owe e-bay a nice "thanks for gettin' my back n' stuff". Also, they usually straighten these things out fairly quickly, so you could still have it waiting for you when you get home.
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