Skype refuses to allow me to sign up...?

I have now spent three days trying to sign up for skype. I go on the web page, I fill in the informations field, pick a user name that checks out, my password is approved for use, I type the random words at the bottom and the page reloads telling me I need to pick a country and a language, I pick USA and English, try again, and it again says I need to pick a country and a language... I've been doing this for three days, in order to contact customer support I need to sign on... are these guys retarded?