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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shining Dragon" data-source="post: 4279577" data-attributes="member: 14189">I was told by someone, so believe it or not, that Amazon does not send in their orders until time of shipping/release (or at least after printing has been done).In the case of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, such a practice works - the publisher would have printed millions of copies, more than enough to fill any late orders from Amazon. But with roleplaying games, WotC doesn't want millions of copies languishing in a warehouse so they print enough to fill the initial orders (especially when you are talking about a limited product such as the gift set) and thats it.Like any company, they would have produced an amount based on the orders the received (plus some). If Amazon don't send in their orders before printing then WotC can only guess. I would blame Amazon for this stuff up - only Amazon knows how many they require. Like any company if they need to estimate then they need to estimate themselves, its not WotC's responsibility to do Amazon's sales estimates for them.</blockquote>