Amazon Orphans unite!

[Teflon Billy]

3) They are not perfect. There may be complications and things won't go the way they planned. If you wish for perfection then start you own company and do better. Good luck.

I think there is a bit of difference between expecting "perfection" and expecting that your order will ship somewhat closer than 2 friggin' months from the time you were told (sorry the time that was "estimated") when you placed the order.

 

[Remathilis]

That's what I did.

Suddenly, for an added cost of about 20 bucks, my "shipping date went from "Mid-July" to "Today"

FLGS wins this round.

As it was for me.

I'll miss the slipcase, but I have the books at least...

 

[KB9JMQ]

After looking again today I still had July 21st as my ship date for the individual books. Then wham I get an email that states they shipped today. Weird but yay!

 

[Mercurius]

After looking again today I still had July 21st as my ship date for the individual books. Then wham I get an email that states they shipped today. Weird but yay!

Weird. I just checked My Account and while it still says "Shipping Estimate: June 23rd", it also says "Shipping Soon" and that they are preparing it to be shipped so I can't change anything.

I am led to believe that perhaps Amazon got a new batch of gift sets?

 

[ReillyMcShane]

I ordered the gift box about a week ago. Selected free shipping. Checked Amazon today, and it said it was shipped and in transit.

I guess I was lucky.

I did order about $50 extra in books and so forth, and my wife and I order pretty regularly, so perhaps that counted for something.

Says it will get to me by the 14th.

My sympathies to everyone getting jobbed on this one.

 

[The_Fan]

I'm in South Korea, so I have no choice but to order online. No FLGS to support. The "best" part is that even after it ships, I still have a week or two before it shows up.

 

[fuindordm]

Mine shipped today, apparently.

Good luck, all.

 

[pukunui]

I cancelled KotS from my combined order with the gift set and then reordered it with a lone PHB, which amazon apparently still has in stock. So hopefully I'll get a hard copy of the PHB in about a week or so and then I'll pass that on to one of my players or keep it as the group's copy once the gift set decides to show up ...

 

[Cirex]

So yes, in short, if you paid for the cheap shipping system, you get to wait even more.
Nice justice.

And their e-mail system doesn't seem to work. Again, I don't mind the delay, it's something bound to happen, but I didn't get an e-mail or anything.

EDIT : Oww...I just went to change my shipping thingy, to pay more, and I noticed I already got "Expedited International Shipping", so I am already paying more...

Ah well. I guess it's totally dependant on the distribution place.

 

[Steely Dan]

At the London Dungeon last Friday, Rob Heinsoo and a UK WotC representative told everyone there when they made their speech and toast that, yes, the books will be scarce for at least a few weeks.

Rob's a really nice fella, though I didn't get to talk (grill his ass) to him as much as David Noonan (another really nice dude) at last years open game day at The London Dungeon.