I just read this entire thread and was lmao as Ultimate Dj's worries and road blocks began to mount. (I'm not being mean, I promise--I am just very easily humored.) It was like reading a super short but intense thriller. First, the story line from Ultimate Dj kicks off the thread...then an acusing finger straight from Korg. (Something like, "Oh really, you REALLY talked to someone at Korg? Are you sure, mate? Cuz I work at Korg. And....uh....well, I know everyone here. And NO one knows YOU. Maybe you DREAMED you called Korg." hehehe) Not a direct quote, but close enough.
Then, everyone starts chirping in to help. I loved Jerry's encouragement, "You're going about this all wrong. Now I see what's happening....and the next time I see you you're getting the stupid smacked out of you! Now do it right this time!!" Ashbo continues the saga, "Here! Get it from Korg UK." There were others piping in..."Korg in Japan will be glad to make you an offer you can't refuse. Just send them your left thumb, right index finger, your right testicle, and THREE TIMES MORE MONEY than you'd pay to Korg USA if they weren't counting all the crap in their warehouse." And yet others come to the rescue, "Have you checked with Korg Pakistan? I don't think they've been attacked yet."
In Ultimate Dj's escalating anxiety he desperatly asks Jerry, "So I should call the Owner/CEO of Korg right?" Jerry speaks comfortingly to Ultimate. All the while other little attention adoring ankle biters are trying to bark their way in, "Order it from the other side of the planet. It will get to you faster."
Ultimate's self fulfilling prophecy begins its insideous sabatage, "but for real, I should just be patient and they'll be up soon? ....I suck at being patient! I feel so cursed right now!'
Martin tries to help and Ultimate goes along for the short ride, "Okie dokie, I will check daily. No, not just daily! I will be checking quite often and then I
shall (italics mine) find out as soon as it is posted."
We all find ourselves frantically checking this thread with more and more frequency as this nail biting, toe curling drama unfolds. Some of us are glued to our monitors... unable to tear away from the intense curiousity gripping us. Will Ultimate Dj order his EXBM256 from Korg USA in time for his departure to South America? Will he just order the one from Ebay and then scratch his mad place because he got "ripped off" by some over-zelous, greed-ridden online auctioneer? Does he risk ordering from Korg UK? If he orders from Korg Pakistan and they are attacked after payment is made but before item is shipped....THEN what? Is there really a Korg in Pakistan? If there is is it really at risk of attack? And by whom, Roland.... of Pakistan?) (LMAO) It's all so risky. Why in the hell did Korg have to make this dayamn EXB thingy anyway? Now we all MUST have one!!! Most importantly, when is Djs plane boarding?
With our hearts already pounding and our toenails breaking off in our socks we get the first of the worst news directly from Ultimate Dj, "Day 2:
Still no sign of the Expansion. Will keep looking."
How many of us were nearly throwing up at reading these sobbing texts? But more gut wrenching news was to come.
An inconsolable Ultimate mourns, "Day 3: Still nothing. The search continues."
I can only speak for myself...by now my fingernails are gone and I have what appears to be a sudden and accute case of violent, self inflicted male pattern baldness...and two fistfuls of hair.
Suddenly, and with no warning, Mikeyd blindsides the needy Dj and wants to see him spend two hundred and forty four of his hard earned (wait a sec- is dee jay'ing hard?) dollars on a Smart Import EXBM256! The disconsolate Dj declines, noting that there are more economical solutions to his problem.
All of our emotions are tanked at Ultimate's next carefully chosen online uttering, "End of Day Four: Still haven't heard or seen anything. Starting to get worried. Hope its staying safe." In Ashboes frustrated hope to comfort, he counters, "Why not just order it from Korg.uk"? For the love of Korg, the man is right. What is wrong with you, Ultimate Dj? (I'm beginning to believe that Ultimate Dj is the chinese translation for, "dohhh"!)
Hey daveocean, thanks for this, "Because Korg USA charge $99, that's around £67 which is less than half of the best price I've seen in the UK, and I hate getting ripped off! If Korg UK sell at that figure, then I'll be straight on the phone to them tomorrow". That really helps! NOT!! Dj is running out of time and we are STILL sending him to the other side of the globe. Come on people!! I find myself cruely battered inside by the emotional ping pong effect of BHNBT syndrome. ("Buy here. No! Buy there". It's real and it afflicts many of the remorseful buyer types. Ya need it but ya don't wanna get ripped off gettin it. Ya want it but no one nearby has got it. You'll do anything to get it...except "that".)
Every one of us, perched at the edge of our seats, knowing the doom and gloom staring the Ultimate Dj in the face. Bloody knuckles and fingertips pushing through the bottom edges of our chairs as we sit here waiting for the next tragic moment in this developing theatrical. Ultimate Dj is leaving soon. His order for the coveted EXBM256 has not even been placed! By the dismal appearance of it all the closest one at hand may be in Japan...or if you fly the other way...---Pakistan. And that's if there really is a Korg Pakistan. Korg guards this secret like it does the upcomming Oasys releases.
All at once, as if the thrill ride were stopped in the middle and we were all asked to get off, Jerry vomits out this heart-stopping thriller killer, " Back in stock - I'm so sorry for the delay. Order away!
Regards,
Jerry"
That was a heck of a chronicle but what a fart for an ending. I was hoping for something climactic. Thanks a lot Jerry!
Hehehe,
David
sorry, i just couldn't resist
