eiffel_71 | (no subject)

Tonight I've been listening to Radio 5 Live while catching up on my e-mail. A programme came on asking people who'll be cheering Trinidad & Tobago against England tomorrow to phone in and explain why. Towards the end they played a song by the 'Trinidad & Tobago Tartan Army'; I absolutely loved it, and when the presenter said it had been released as a single and was #30 on the UK chart I simply had to have a copy.

First stop HMV's website. They had it in their catalogue, but where the pink button to click to buy it should have been there was a grey bar saying 'Unavailable'. AARRGGH! I tried Amazon and Virgin Megastore but neither even had it listed. I did a Google search and found the TTTA's official web site. They had a page devoted to the single, plus information on how to buy it. Your options were iTunes (not much cop if you don't have an iPod), various record shops in Scotland and London, or mail order from Apollo Music in Paisley. I wrote down Apollo's phone number to ring in the morning, then remembered eBay.

There were several copies going, including three that were closing within 24 hours. So I put in a bid of £5 on one of those, becoming the high bidder at £2.40.

Another look at the full list showed that half a dozen copies closing a day later are still awaiting their first bid at a minimum price of 97p. Dohhhh. Still, the guy I outbid can buy one of those - I've saved him £1.23.

And now bed calls.