okay, RAGE

this dvd store has verified by visa--which means you can order with an electron card,  but only if you can turn that on in your card, which i can't.  (i suspect this is because the bank doesn't have my finnish personal number.)  but no problem!  i have my visa check card, just as good as a credit card.  i keep an american bank account just so i'll be able to order stuff on teh internets.  great, right? 

wrong! a billing address in the US and a shipping address in finland aren't compatible due to a "vat error", which i presume means the program designer has been dangled upside down with his head in a vat of poisonous chemicals and as a consequence is experiencing brain damage. 

and to think i went to order dvds to calm down.  even though i actually did order due south, the failure of the sga-ordering has distressed me so much as to completely negate the effect.