Hi CB
Not having much luck are you.
Looks like you will just have to be patient for a while longer although i can see why you are annoyed when they tell you one thing but mean something else.
I would use the opportunity to plan where you are going to go and what you are going to take photos of when your camera comes back then wow us all when you put them up in the gallery.
I don't suppose i have cheered you up at all but at least i have tried.
Mark x