Vocenoctum
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Re: Wal-Mart Rulz! Amazon Droolz!
I'm paying 40% off cover from Amazon. Is Walmart also free shipping?
Iron_Chef said:
I'm paying 40% off cover from Amazon. Is Walmart also free shipping?
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Iron_Chef
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Re: Re: Wal-Mart Rulz! Amazon Droolz!
Amazon's site says the 3.5 books are only 30% off cover price so I don't know where you pulled that 40% off figure from. They include free "super saver" shipping, so you are correct in that regard. Wal-mart does not give free shipping; standard Wal-Mart shipping for the 3.5 books was $4.04, IIRC. Still a savings over Amazon, even with free shipping.
Vocenoctum said:
Amazon's site says the 3.5 books are only 30% off cover price so I don't know where you pulled that 40% off figure from. They include free "super saver" shipping, so you are correct in that regard. Wal-mart does not give free shipping; standard Wal-Mart shipping for the 3.5 books was $4.04, IIRC. Still a savings over Amazon, even with free shipping.
Vocenoctum
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When you check out, you can send a deal to others through email. They get another 10% off. Someone posted here a while back that when he ordered he'd put in other people's emails. So I sent him my email addy. So I get 40% off total.
Iron_Chef said:
When you check out, you can send a deal to others through email. They get another 10% off. Someone posted here a while back that when he ordered he'd put in other people's emails. So I sent him my email addy. So I get 40% off total.
Heretic Apostate
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Vocenoctum said:
Nope. Mine's still a little over $50. (I got in on the "Share the Love" thing, giving me an additional 10% off.)
Heretic Apostate
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Only unadvertised if you've never bought anything from Amazon.
Of course, most people consider it annoying, me included.
Except this once, of course.
Iron_Chef said:
Only unadvertised if you've never bought anything from Amazon.
Of course, most people consider it annoying, me included.
Except this once, of course.Vocenoctum
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Never claimed otherwise
I mentioned what I paid, you said "I don't know where you got that price from" so I explained.
Life goes on.
Iron_Chef said:
Never claimed otherwise
I mentioned what I paid, you said "I don't know where you got that price from" so I explained.
Life goes on.
Ankh-Morpork Guard
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LIES!! It doesn't!! We're all going to die!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
Vocenoctum said:
LIES!! It doesn't!! We're all going to die!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
haiiro
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sircaren said:Mine has an arrival date of april 2004.
A friend and I preordered from Amazon on July 9th, and received this same arrival date. Now their site lists the books as available within 2-3 days. At one point in the order process, the page quoted July 19-21 as the arrival date; at other points, it showed the April 2004 date. Very odd.
This was too dodgy for us, so we cancelled our orders and switched to Walmart. I should know tomorrow if the order is en route, but thus far it looks a lot more likely than Amazon. That's a bit disappointing, since I've always had good experiences ordering from Amazon. Ah well.
Whenever it gets here, that will be a very exciting package.
Fedifensor
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Ordered the PH along with the latest Harry Potter book on June 16th. Got the Harry Potter book on the day it was released (June 21st, I believe). Amazon still hasn't sent the PH, and the delivery estimate is still Jul 8, 2003 - Jul 9, 2003.
I placed a second order for the DMG and MM on July 1st, and they haven't shipped either. The delivery estimate is still Jul 9, 2003 - Jul 10, 2003.
If they don't ship tomorrow, I'm considering cancelling my orders. I know that my FLGS will have it on the 18th...
I placed a second order for the DMG and MM on July 1st, and they haven't shipped either. The delivery estimate is still Jul 9, 2003 - Jul 10, 2003.
If they don't ship tomorrow, I'm considering cancelling my orders. I know that my FLGS will have it on the 18th...
Dark Jezter
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My PHB and DMG have shipped from amazon.com.
The MM still hasn't, though.
Still, I'm excited because even though the free shipping says it takes 5-7 buisiness days, I usually recieve my orders in 2-3 buisiness days.
The MM still hasn't, though.
Still, I'm excited because even though the free shipping says it takes 5-7 buisiness days, I usually recieve my orders in 2-3 buisiness days.
The Souljourner
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I cancelled my order from Amazon today and put one in at walmart. I have had it with the crap that has been going on with Amazon. I saved $13 over what I was paying on amazon (books were all individually cheaper, and so was overnight shipping), and I'm a heck of a lot more certain I'll get all my books at the time they tell me I will. It's possible I could have gotten the books tomorrow through Amazon, if they shipped them today, but I wasn't sure that was going to happen, and from the sounds of it, maybe the Monster Manual isn't ready. Either way, I'll take the extra day of wait to insure that I actually get what I ordered.
I'm really disappointed with Amazon, and sent them an email telling them exactly why I cancelled my order and the fact that I was ordering from Walmart instead. Maybe next time they'll be a little more careful.
-The Souljourner
I'm really disappointed with Amazon, and sent them an email telling them exactly why I cancelled my order and the fact that I was ordering from Walmart instead. Maybe next time they'll be a little more careful.
-The Souljourner
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Zaruthustran
The tingling means it’s working!
7/16 release date
I think a lot of the confusion is that the books have a release date of July 16. Some of the stock that the publisher sent is being received even today, in preperation for that 7/16 release date. If you've got an order in, I'd wait and see what happens on 7/16--and if you've got questions, email "orders@amazon.com".
-z
I think a lot of the confusion is that the books have a release date of July 16. Some of the stock that the publisher sent is being received even today, in preperation for that 7/16 release date. If you've got an order in, I'd wait and see what happens on 7/16--and if you've got questions, email "orders@amazon.com".
-z
War Golem
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Just thought I'd chime in to say that at 1 PM local time, Amazon notified me by email that my order of 7 PHB, 3 DMG and 3 MM had shipped.
I always opt for super-saver shipping, which they claim will take 5-9 business days to deliver, but I think everything has always arrived within 2-3.
Cheers,
I always opt for super-saver shipping, which they claim will take 5-9 business days to deliver, but I think everything has always arrived within 2-3.
Cheers,
Coik
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TalonComics said:
Well, that depends on who owns the media company in question. If the parent company has Wal-Mart stock, they'd probably praise it as one of the most masterful marketing moves in economics.
I honestly don't know why WotC bothers with street dates. It's pretty much confirmed that no one (except the distrubutors they can withhold product from) honors them, and one would think that it would be to their advantage to get the books out there as soon as they're ready. After all, the sooner they sell, the sooner they sell out, meaning the reorders happen sooner, which in turns means WotC gets to make a second bank deposit a lot sooner. (It also means that the inital rush will be over sooner, but the business mind is unable to comprehend the amount of time invovled for that to happen...profits now, everything else can wait)
My low-grade mocking of Adam Smith and his invisible hand aside, didja have any luck, Derek?
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