Soylent Greed?

In the third week of March 2008, I had placed an order for Richard Fleisher's Soylent Green (starring Charlton Heston)...it's hardly a surprise that NOW, 4 months later and 3 months after Charton Heston died, the internet-store I purchased it from emailed me a note saying: "We're sorry this title is no longer available."

Obviously I had ordered the movie ONE MONTH BEFORE Heston's unfortunate death...yet only yesterday (June 9, 2008) did I recieve this email apology for the title being out-of-stock.

I don't like to think that some funny-business happed to back-date the sudden disappearance of my order (which would now be a collector's item had it shipped), but my familiarity with human nature informs me that something fishy DID happen.

The point being that the apology now appears as a cover-up, rather than a legitimate apology.

I know SOMEONE got that movie, but I can't know for sure what the genuine motivation here was for suddenly erasing ALL record of my order...but I will always suspect foul-play in one of the companies' far-flung departments...that is the bane of having years of real-life experience...I can't help but feel that the critical timing my apt foresight has been totally ignored in favor of lining somebody's pockets.

But it's "only" suspicion.

--mattergy