A bit of progress moving out. Dealing with tech, ebay.

Since last post I managed to get some of the bamboo taken down in the back and to get other things tossed out, straigtened up, or trimmed. I have all the stuff to sew, but may be carrying it all into the forest to sew by hand. . . we'll see.

Yesterday afternoon the used Nokia E62 showed up--so I've been checking that out since then. It turns out that it may be a less than perfect ebay experience, but, either way, it does more than what my old device did. Here's the email I just carefully composed:

I appreciate the fast shipping. I have found two problems with the device however. The main problem: a tiny piece of the rear cover (on the right side) that helps it stay tightly closed has broken off. This means the cover is slightly loose, creaky, and makes it more difficult and unpleasant to use the keypad. Another issue: the memory card showed up as corrupted. I was given the option to format it, and it formatted to a size of 483mb, not 1G. It later corrupted again. Only the loose back cover truly hinders my use of the device, but given that I was not expecting either issue, I imagine you would find it reasonable to let me return the device for a full refund, or to refund to me $50 of what I paid for the device. I understand how you might have gotten used to or have forgotten about these issues. What do you think is the best way to address my concerns? I appreciate your help--peace, Colin

All this is just to document where some of my attention is going while I'm not yet in the forest.