Grrrr.

Here's an irony for you: Last night I got home and discovered my replacement book for the incorrect shipment had arrived. I opened it with eager anticipation. Yes, that's right. They'd sent me the same wrong book AGAIN. So I complained to the auto-customer service and this morning I had a note from them saying, "As it seems that the problem with this item is more widespread than we originally thought, we are not able to send another replacement. We will investigate and remedy the situation with the item; however, I cannot guarantee when the error may be fixed."

Yep, so widespread it's happened thrice. I guess the concept of different books in a series is beyond their shipping department, and obviously they've got a glut of this one book in the series and are trying to get rid of it any way they can. :-/ (Yes, yes, I know. It's an extremely busy time of the year for them. I DON'T CARE.)

What's really frustrating is that over the years I've collected each volume in the series as I've gotten spare cash or gift certificates and the one I've been trying to get is the last in the series, the only one I don't have. Perhaps I'll see if Barnes and Noble can do any better. Or perhaps the Universe is trying to tell me something.