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So I downloaded all IAMX albums, I listened to the music and fell in love with it; it brought me comfort and immense joy and fueled my dreams. The next step was to return the favor the only way possible-paying for it, which is, needless to say, vital for an independent band. Hmm, it didn’t run as smooth as I expected. I was half way through registering when I came to the field “country”-a drop-down menu from which I was supposed to pick Bulgaria. Guess what! Bulgaria was not on the list! Scheiße! I was 1/3 confused and 2/3 embarrassed-there was probably a good reason my country was off that list. Such as not enough legal album purchases for example. Duh! But I wasn’t going to give up so I pushed my brain and came up with a short (“keep it short, keep it simple”) but emotional letter to the girl in charge for the IAMX online shop. I didn’t hesitate to include lines such as “How am I supposed to even hope to see IAMX in my country when it’s not even on their map” and “Sure, Bulgaria still has quite a number of issues to tackle but it is nonetheless a part of this world and your site does state “We ship worldwide”. It is only in such moments that I wish I was born in another, more settled country. Anyway, in a few hours I received a very kind reply reassuring me that although Bulgaria was not one of the official options I could still place an order-I simply had to pick from the list the country nearest to mine. There were some more troubles concerning payment but finally the money transfer was confirmed and my order dispatched. Now, I do realize some people would see no point what so ever in what I am to say next but: if the merchandise indeed reaches me I’ll be very happy but I’ll consider that a bonus, an unexpected Christmas present-because I already got what I wanted which was to pay. Now my conscience is clear and I can keep on listening to my mp3 files without feeling guilty I’ve stolen them. It took the exchange of 7 emails in total (and some money...of course) but the trouble was well worth it not only for the aforementioned but also for the line Céline bothered to include in her first reply to me “Please be sure that IAMX does not forget their Bulgarian fans”.

Ah, I do hope it is so!

OK, I wrote that over the weekend and today, ah, today my order arrived! Oh, happy day :)) Thank you, Céline!