Okay, so here's the deal. I love puzzles and I find it extremely calming to put them together. Some time during the spring I came across with the world's currently biggest jigsaw puzzle on sale:
http://www.worldslargestpuzzle.com/
(I suggest you check out the 'Puzzle Close-Up' section; both the lost city and the space sections are absolutely beautiful)
Twenty-four thousand pieces... I was also able to track down a place where this puzzle was sold; 162,80 euros, free shipping. I know that by the time I was even near of completing this puzzle (Annick Oriol, from Belgium, completed it in 28 days...).
But. What kind of experiences do you people have of buying something from a different country than Finland via Internet? How trustworthy these PayPals and credit card numbers exactly are? I really would like to get this puzzle because I haven't yet checked if it can be found from here (I seriously doubt that).
3 kommenttia
audinkopoika
22.9.2007 14:48
Ompa kiva kuva "tulevaisuuden" satumaasta :)
Splenetic
22.9.2007 18:05
Itse asiassa tuo on vain neljännes koko palapelistä. Mutta myönnetään; "Elämäksi" nimetyksi taideteokseksi se on kyllä hyvin optimistinen näkökulma tähän maailmaan. Uutiset antaisivat elämästä aivan toisen kuvan, mutta kuka haluaisi koota 24 000 palan palapeliä pommien irti repimistä raajoista, vanhempiensa pahoinpitelemistä kuolleista lapsista, raiskatuista naisista ja tytöistä, ja ahneista valtionpäämiehistä tekopyhä ilme naamallaan?
Rain
23.9.2007 16:02
I tend to restrict my ordering online to Amazon, and REI and a few places like that. I do not tend to order from small companies, or individuals. Partially because I have friends in the USA who can find whatever it is, if I am not in a hurry, but also because I prefer that my information, credit card and so on, is not too widely spread out across the net. Never mind the whole accountability thing. A corperation can ussualy be held accountable, an invididual is much harder to hold accountable, when it comes to international commerce.
When it comes to places, ussualy you can ask google about the reputation of the store, and search online for information, accounts and so on. You just have to know how to phrase yourself correctly, search engines are stupid, after all. So your puzzle place is probably something you can research, if you want to...