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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 5867369" data-attributes="member: 14197">I am seriously not trying to be disingenuous.  You must've started replying before I added my smiley to show that it wasn't meant to be rude.I guess I have preordered enough stuff in my time that ended up delayed, I simply don't preorder for gifts.  I only gift items that are available, or in the case of something like this, it would have been an amazon gift card with the caveat that it's for a specific gift item that isn't released yet and if it's delayed they can use it for something else.  My friends understand well enough that it isn't impersonal.Didn't mean to ruffle your feathers, just sayin' that when you preorder a book or game, you can't count on the release date.Also curious, though, to my previous question back to you.  Would you have preferred gifting a poorly bound product or poorly edited product rather than a delayed one?I'm guessing they were your friends, so I can't imagine that they would be upset if you give them a nice card and the amazon receipt or whatever showing that you meant to get it to them on time but, it got delayed.  Heck, it might add to the excitement of a nice gift coming in a few months!</blockquote>