The Road to Laptop

Finally I got it! The laptop!! Well, it didn’t come without its (what I think in a way is somewhat fair) share of hassle. I ordered one using the SBI Vishwajatra card online. I got a confirmation email and everything looked fine. But after 2 days I got another email stating there was a verification problem with the credit card company and my order had been cancelled. Well, I already knew there could be some problem regarding the billing address, so gave it another shot, this time using the debit card of a senior guy. Then I waited and waited for 5 days before checking the status. To my utter annoyance, the order had been cancelled again. The guy whose card I had used got a call for a confirmation of the shipping address. He didn’t know the address and gave my number for confirmation. This somehow convinced the company agent that it was a fraud order. I have had enough of ordering online and finally went to the store to pick up a machine on my own. So in Diwali of 2006, I got my first laptop. It’s a HP Pavilion 15.4” Widescreen Notebook PC (DV6119US).