If you're a Famicom gamer or collector anywhere in the world who regularly buys imported video games and gear, then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

For months I scavenged my country's eBay for that one hard-to-find Famicom title I really, really wanted -- with no luck.

But then some luck! I got clever and checked foreign eBay sites. And for some reason that hard-to-find Japanese game could only be found in the hands of a seller in France, who was asking a pretty penny...but at least I'd finally found it. I made the purchase.

And, of course, anticipation builds.

I paid over a week ago, and I know that the Frenchman stuck the cheapest shipping on the envelope and let it roll, then float, and roll some more.

Two weeks...and nothing. Every single day I wait; I watch as the postman pulls up, stocks my box, then leaves.

And then it happens...

Yes! A foreign package! But what could be inside!? Is it that hard to find Japanese game I've been waiting for over two weeks to get...

...Damn! Just NES manuals. The stalking continues...