guess who's coming to our house?

thanks to the loan of my US-based sister's amex card [you need a card with a US address to buy the thing] and the impending postal enabling services of my friend J, Tivo is coming home to mama!

thanks also to Stacey for making the call last night for me. you were right!

for any other canucks similarly tempted, the key points are:
- order from the Tivo site and you can get the $150 rebate deducted from your purchase price, so the box plus one year's service is $225us. nice.
- you have to have a credit card or Amex with a US billing address to pay
- ground shipping is free
- you have to have a friend in the US to mail the box to
- the friend then has to forward the baby on to you

this isn't circumventing the rules. this is how Tivo has set it up. hey, at least we've legitimately got the service up here, so once the box comes and hub installs it [he's designated installer, since he actually will READ the instructions], i'll let you know how it turns out.

so
freaking
excited!