The MacBook Caper

This, folks, is why the eBay business I work for simply will not ship outside North America. I realize that it's not necessarily a problem with overseas shipping itself, but the fact remains that any package that leaves these borders is as good as lost, even if the package successfully arrives. PayPal offers no Seller Protection on items shipped outside the United States.

This means that even if the package arrives safely and on schedule, the buyer, if he feels particularly criminal that day, can decide to tell PayPal that the package did NOT arrive, and to return his money. PayPal can't/won't verify the package was successfully shipped, and will comply with the buyer's wishes and there's not a single thing the seller can do.

In short, you must assume that the packages you shipped overseas will always be unrecoverable and you will never get your money back if it turns up missing, whether it really has or not. The risk is far too great to take that chance.

Sooo!

You think you know Nintendo Wii's system specifications, do ya?

You think you know Nintendo Wii's operating system, do ya?

Well, guess what? You don't know! Seriously, folks, if there's one thing you've learned about Nintendo all these years, it's the fact that they love hiding features from you until the last possible moment. In my opinion, that's an amazing marketing strategy. People are kept in a constant state of anticipation, waiting for the next official news bit about your console, and you announce the features you're only absolutely sure you're able to put on the console!

People who try to get the jump and release statistics about Nintendo consoles? Innaccurate and ultimately useless. Never, ever believe a feature about a Nintendo console until it comes straight from Nintendo. Rumors like these are potentially damaging, creating needless hype and/or bad feelings toward Nintendo when they haven't even confirmed the features.

Anyway, point being: Never trust articles about Nintendo features unless it's from Nintendo!