Amazon Orphans unite!

[Mercurius]

Last night I emailed trying to figure out why my order has said "Shipping Soon" for a couple days, yet still has an estimated shipping date of June 16th. I received an email reply this morning in which the rep said that they can verify that my books are, indeed, being prepared for shipment and should be sent by June 13th. Now the annoying thing is that if they are sent June 13th, that would be 6-7 days that they were "Shipping Soon". But I've found that Amazon tends to beat their estimates by a good deal...one can hope, at least (especially considering I am moving out of state on the 20th!). So I'm thinking/hoping there is a good chance that they ship before June 13th (I'm interpreting "by" June 13th as meaning "at the latest").

Of course I probably shouldn't have cancelled my original pre-order then re-ordered on the 7th...that might have put me back a few days. But I needed to re-order to apply the $5 promotional gift they gave me for complaining . And, as we've learned, Amazon seems to choose who to ship to pretty randomly, or probably goes by what fulfillment center has stock, no matter what shipping method you choose.

As some have said, I guess we get what we pay for, and I'm paying $52.72 for three $35 books, so what do I expect?

 

[catsclaw227]

We live in the real world... and in the real world I have expenses such as mortgage payments, childcare, increasing fuel costs for my daily commute, food expenses, etc. If I can save $35+ by purchasing my books through Amazon then guess what, I'll do it even if it means I'll have to wait a bit longer to receive the books.

As some have said, I guess we get what we pay for, and I'm paying $52.72 for three $35 books, so what do I expect?

No doubt.... The money I saved by going Amazon gets put into the diaper budget. If you have had kids before, you know what I mean. Getting an extra $50 worth of diapers is a big deal. Especially when you have a poopie machine like my lovely little Sophie.

 

[Amphimir Míriel]

Whoohoo! My books finally shipped too!

Although, I'm pissed that they changed the pricing. I had pre-ordered and had a 5% pre-order discount. Then Amazon sent me an email saying that they couldn't fulfill the order until a later date. Then I get another email a few days later saying they've got the stock and are shipping it, but they took off the pre-order discount!

Htf is it MY fault that they didn't fulfill my pre-order?

I just got the confirmation that my order has shipped, but they also removed the 5% preorder discount

 

[Mercurius]

No doubt.... The money I saved by going Amazon gets put into the diaper budget. If you have had kids before, you know what I mean. Getting an extra $50 worth of diapers is a big deal. Especially when you have a poopie machine like my lovely little Sophie.

They're all little poopie machines, at least for awhile--until they eat more--and adjust to--solid food, really. But yeah, I have a three-year old (who is, thankfully, potty-trained) and another on the way. We did cloth diapers for the first year or so, which was good in that there were no, or little, diapers to throw into the trash, and thus cheaper and more environmentally friendly--but kind of gross, too. But I think we're going to use them again with the next one--at least until the "pooping machinery" settles down in output.

(Probably not a pleasant thread-jack for some )

 

[Amphimir Míriel]

Snarky response: Wow. It's almost as if you lose something important when you order for the cheapest possible vendor rather than your local gaming store.

Serious response: Please learn from this experience and buy from your local gaming store, rather than from big box retailers. You get what you pay for.

Some of us don't have a local gaming store.

For example, the only place where I can get roleplaying materials here is a comic book store where they have one shelf for games... At this point everything in that shelf is old 3.0 and 3.5 out of print D20 books from different publishers.

And, to add insult to injury, they charge full list price, plus 10% markup, plus currency conversion (at the worst exchange rate possible)

 

[dinsdale]

I also received a message this morning that my set of books (with super saver shipping) were shipped. Even better, the tracking information lists my local UPS depot, so it may even arrive today.

Amazon also shipped the rest of my order last month, so I received some other books I was waiting on weeks early.

Although I have felt a little like an addict missing his fix the last few days, I can't complain.

 

[jinnetics]

I have a gift set and PHB, on pre-order since March, and today is my estimated shipping date. What happened today is: the PHB has shifted to "shipping soon" and the gift set is still "not yet shipped." And my pre-order discount is gone.... I promptly e-mailed them to complain about that. I am happy to wait as long as I am treated right.

 

[Timeboxer]

My books from Amazon just arrived, with two-day shipping. Ordered in early May.

By contrast, my friend who ordered my books for me and ordered his separately in early March on the same account has his back-ordered.

 

[Cirex]

I got an extensive e-mail, with many apologies and so on.

In short, this guy (or girl, it's a very weird name) told me to e-mail them back if 18th June, my shipping estimate, I haven't received the shipping e-mail.


I also received an e-mail by buy.com saying that they got books back on stock. Problem is, I got money withheld by amazon so I can't pay the buy.com ones.

I will just be patient with amazon.

 

[jinnetics]

I would never give the local gaming store a dime of my money. Any time I've ever walked in there, it's like walking into a bar and the jukebox shuts off and everyone stops what they're doing and stares at you. It's a very uncomfortable feeling...

Amen, brother! And god forbid you actually ASK them to take time out of their personal conversations to ring up your purchase.