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Message: <blockquote data-quote="garyh" data-source="post: 4287219" data-attributes="member: 6078">I also got the dreaded delay e-mail today.  I went to their help section and submitted this:***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***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.</blockquote>

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