That's strange...

My old DS lite broke sometime last year under mysterious circumstances. I really don't know why, one day it just stopped working.

At any rate, it cost about as much to get a replacement as it did to get Nintendo to fix it, so after hunting deals elsewhere for a while, I eventually just gave in and got the replacement.

But I still have my old one, and I've been really wanting to take it apart. I don't really know why, I'm not a very mechanical person... but I've got this broken piece of machinery here, and so... what's there to lose? Maybe some beetle just crawled in and if I open up the DS and take it out, it'll work again, and then I'll have two!

Problem is, apparently Nintendo uses very special screws for their stuff. They have three little slots rather than the four you see on a Phillips Head or the two for a Flathead. I've messed around with my little clarinet screwdriver (flathead) for a while, and I got two screws out, but there are still two very stubborn ones.

I figured a little screwdriver couldn't cost all that much though, so then I decided to go around to all the local hardware stores and find myself a tri-tip screwdriver. Turns out... none of them have one. I only even met one employee guy who had any idea what I was talking about.

So... then I left it for a while. But today I felt like wandering Ebay a bit, and while I was thinking about what to look for, the thought suddenly came to me! A tri-tip screwdriver for an NDSL!

Lo and behold, there are loads of them on there, and most are quite cheap. I hunted around, and quickly found one that not only had free shipping, but only cost $1.39. Even better, it had a Buy It Now option, so I didn't have to worry about waiting for the auction to end and being outbid! So, upon seeing nothing cheaper, I promptly bought it.

This is where the weird stuff starts happening. I've bought stuff from Ebay before (got my Little Mermaid soundtrack from there from some Japanese guy for a buck even ;D), and it's always gone very nicely. But this time, first I get an email in my spam with a title in some Asian language. I open it and it has something about making a Help request thing to Ebay and that I need to contact them there to make it.

Well, I get on my account and make sure I haven't done anything weird, and I haven't. So... whatever. I'll just ignore it.

Then I get another email. It tells me "Good news, you've won the [screwdriver]." (It has a really long title... whatever). This I was expecting, I'm all happy inside, scroll down... and what? There's a message attached (presumably from the seller) saying that she decided not to ship it to Brazil because that would take 3 months and would I please send her a shipping address?

o.O

I double check my shipping address, and it definitely says United States.

Okay...

Then I get another email saying thanks for the payment and my item will be shipped shortly, etc. So I think I'll just wait and see if I get it... haven't gotten any further emails.

But weird.

I mean, seriously... Brazil?