About a month ago I installed the MyPublisher plug-in for iPhoto, and being one of the first 5000 people to do so I recieved a coupon code for a free photo book (shipping not included).

So today I went though and placed an order, using my coupon code.  Everything seemed to go though well, I got slighly over the 20 pages included in the value so I ended up paying just under $10 for everything...

Ironically enough, a short time later I recieved an email incidating the order had been canceld due to "Technical Difficulties"!!!  So I think "fine, I'll just re-order".  One small problem however:  MY COUPON CODE IS NO LONGER VALID!!!  So in other words, it appears MyPublisher never had any intention of honering the coupon, as they found a sure-fire way to make sure they wouldn't have to...


Oh, and for the record, I had a friend that had their own coupon code, and she indicated to me (ironically enough) the EXACT SAME THING happened to her order!!!  So this was NOT an isolated incident...

I sent them an email asking if I'm now basically screwed due to a mysterious  problem on their end.  I will update here once I get a reply.  I may just end up with a new entry to the Numskull award...

[UPDATE]

Well, perhaps they didn't fully wheesle out of it, I got a reply stating they would give me a credit to place another order. I need to respond to them to give them more info, so I'll see what happens... I still think the problem itself was a little odd...