I also got the dreaded delay e-mail today. I went to their help section and submitted this:
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I am very, very upset that the item I preordered three months before release date is not available and will not be shipped to me until a month after the release date. This is simply inexcusable. What is the point of taking my preorder three months in advance if you don't have a copy for me on release day?
To add insult to injury, you have also now revoked my 5% pre-order discount. This is completely unfair. I *DID* pre-order. Three months early! The fact that you screwed up and did not have stock on hand to ship me on release day is more that enough punishment. Why am *I* now paying more because *you* have poor inventory management and can't ship my pre-order until a month after release?
Further, the item in question was the #5 seller in books at release. There was NO reason for you not to be aware of demand and to not have stock on hand for the demand.
I want my item in the mail now, and I want to pay the price I was advertised. If this does not happen, I will strongly reconsider any future purchases I am considering making on Amazon.
Sincerely,
Gary Hoggatt
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We'll see what sort of response I get. And yes, I know I'm waiting on a slipcase, but at this point, canceling this order and buying them individually would (assuming I do get the pre-order discount back) cost $13 more due to the lower discounts on the individual books, plus I'd be out the slipcase.
I'm mad. And no, I've never had problems with Amazon before, so I didn't expect any this time.