It's a write-off

[prog]

Last night I signed, scanned and emailed a sweet work contract with a new client. This is the... fifth? client I have had in my on-and-off writing-and-programming freelance career but oddly enough it is first time I thought of them as a client. I am multiclassed, and I just leveled up in something.

Just now I ordered a refurbished MacBook, going ahead and spending the price of a new lowest-end to get a refurb middle model. And then dropping another $30 for next-day shipping.

Coz, y'know: write-off.

(OK, I'll only claim it at 50% business-use, but still.)

Edit Oh, bullshit: overnight shipping means that it'll ship overnight once they get it out the door. Which will take a week. Rrr, I wouldn't have spent the money had I known that. Maybe I can call on Monday and get em to switch me to standard ground.

Edit Whoah, I just got an email saying that it was shipped, several days in advance of the time window from the first email. I'll take it.

Comments

[keimel.livejournal.com]

$30 shipping - well worth it.

gggrrrrrr

[kahuna-burger.livejournal.com]

I hate places that tell you how long it takes to ship and not how long it takes to get out the door. losers.

Ditto what K said.

[poetgeek.livejournal.com]

Apple seems to intentionally project the absolute worse case "If everyone is sick and we have an earthquake and traffic on 101 is extra bad and the fedex truck falls into the bay" shipping date. Only thing worse than not paying $30 is saving $30 and waiting. As everything else (did you get the All But Free printer? Not too late to call and add it to the order tomorrow most likely..) mysteriously arrives. Sans laptop.