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While walking the floor with Nora at the 2012 Comic-Con, I had to pause when I got to the Mattel booth. I then had to throw money at them. Lots of money. Scooby Doo toys, K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, Ghostbusters stuff...heaven. But, on display (and not for sale)...HOVER BOARD! After wiping the drool from my chin, and asking when it would be available, I was told it would be available before Christmas from Matty Collector dot com.
Cue the anticipation music...
The day the web site link went live, I threw my $130 (plus shipping) at them. Now...a thing to know about me. I hate getting things through the mail. The USPS has proved itself again and again to be horrible at getting me any of my mail without inflicting some sort of damage to said item. Hell, a lot of my mail never even gets to me. So, with that in mind, I was not happy that I could not just walk into a store and get the hover board. With a bit of fear, I entered my payment info into the web site, and waited...
With NO fanfare, a shockingly (or not so shockingly, if you know the quality of the USPS) inaccurate tracking website (Ontario California to NEVADA to Burbank California!?!?!?), an incorrect arrival date, and with not even so much as a knock from the mailman ("Knock knock. Hi. I'm leaving this expensive item at your doorstep. Hope your neighbors don't have sticky fingers. Byeeee."), my hover board landed "near" my porch. As you will see from the pictures, I do mean "landed".
A larger-than-humanly-possible FUCK YOU to everyone involved with packing and delivering this board. No padding, no love, and damage. Thanks for ruining my Christmas. :P
