Amazon Orders
Zaruthustran
The tingling means it’s working!
Just to be clear:
A "street date" is the earliest date that you're allowed to get the books in the hands of your customers.
It is not the earliest date you can start shipping orders. As long as those orders don't arrive before the street date, everything is cool.
For example: The PHB has a street date of 7/16. If Amazon ships you your book on 7/10 (knowing that it won't arrive until 7/16 then it has not broken street date.
The distributor probably wouldn't ship to Talon because Talon is both a physical store and a web store. If Talon got books before the street date, then he could sell to his physical customers before the street date. Not that he would (Derek is a good guy), but the distributor has no control over that.
The .coms routinely get music, videos, games, and books before the street date because shipping times ensure that customers won't get product before the street date--even if the .coms ship "early"*.
Just wanted to clear that up.
-z
*Of course, accidents happen and sometimes a customer will get something a little early, or a little late. That's the uncertain nature of shipping physical goods across the country/world.
PS: "release date" and "street date" are two seperate terms, with different meanings.
A "street date" is the earliest date that you're allowed to get the books in the hands of your customers.
It is not the earliest date you can start shipping orders. As long as those orders don't arrive before the street date, everything is cool.
For example: The PHB has a street date of 7/16. If Amazon ships you your book on 7/10 (knowing that it won't arrive until 7/16 then it has not broken street date.
The distributor probably wouldn't ship to Talon because Talon is both a physical store and a web store. If Talon got books before the street date, then he could sell to his physical customers before the street date. Not that he would (Derek is a good guy), but the distributor has no control over that.
The .coms routinely get music, videos, games, and books before the street date because shipping times ensure that customers won't get product before the street date--even if the .coms ship "early"*.
Just wanted to clear that up.
-z
*Of course, accidents happen and sometimes a customer will get something a little early, or a little late. That's the uncertain nature of shipping physical goods across the country/world.
PS: "release date" and "street date" are two seperate terms, with different meanings.
Kastil
Explorer
So I waited with baited breath for that "Items Shipped" to come and when it did, I was like a kid waiting to hear the ice cream truck coming down the street.
Look! Look! They're at a post office only two hours away! They'll be here tomorrow! This was me on Tuesday.
Wednesday I get home and my husband said he couldn't remember my Amazon password to check at the status of the order lunch time. No problem, I'll check now. What's that, dearest husband? I don't need to?
Sweet tap dancing Tymora! You opened my mail, you bastard! Give us the precious!!!
::sniffs loudly:: Ah...the smell of freshly inked papers......
Seriously, will I use the new books? At this point, I'd say no but like my morning coffee, I had to have them and when they get a decent character generator for this lazy soul, I'll give it a whack. Go Code Monkey Pub.!
Look! Look! They're at a post office only two hours away! They'll be here tomorrow! This was me on Tuesday.
Wednesday I get home and my husband said he couldn't remember my Amazon password to check at the status of the order lunch time. No problem, I'll check now. What's that, dearest husband? I don't need to?
Sweet tap dancing Tymora! You opened my mail, you bastard! Give us the precious!!!
::sniffs loudly:: Ah...the smell of freshly inked papers......
Seriously, will I use the new books? At this point, I'd say no but like my morning coffee, I had to have them and when they get a decent character generator for this lazy soul, I'll give it a whack. Go Code Monkey Pub.!
Bubbalicious
First Post
Received my PHB today from Amazon. Didn't order the MM or DMG.
physics_ninja
First Post
I've been following the tracking on mine, all three books (shipped together according to Amazon), the results so far .....
1. Scanned in at someplace, Kentucky on July 12.
2. Received billing information at "US" on July 14.
3. Amazon tells me that they have shipped early in the morning on July 15.
4. Today, July 16, they are in Vernon, CA.
5. I'm in Tucson, AZ, so there is a good chance they flew over my head sometime during the week as they went from Kentucky to California.
6. I'm really hoping that Ground UPS will get them to me by Friday morning. Actually, I'm hoping for tomorrow, but that is a lot of ground to cover in 24 hours.
BTW, does anybody know what is meant by "US"?
1. Scanned in at someplace, Kentucky on July 12.
2. Received billing information at "US" on July 14.
3. Amazon tells me that they have shipped early in the morning on July 15.
4. Today, July 16, they are in Vernon, CA.
5. I'm in Tucson, AZ, so there is a good chance they flew over my head sometime during the week as they went from Kentucky to California.
6. I'm really hoping that Ground UPS will get them to me by Friday morning. Actually, I'm hoping for tomorrow, but that is a lot of ground to cover in 24 hours.
BTW, does anybody know what is meant by "US"?
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
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