Pre-Ordering From Amazon

Mon Jan 20 23:32:00 UTC 2003

Hmmm...*checks own order on Amazon.com*

Well, I placed my order late Friday night/early Saturday morning, and 
my order summary says the shipping estimate is June 28 and the 
delevery estimate (to NW Missouri) is July 3-9.  I thought June 28 
was a little late, considering they'll probably have their first 
stock in hand before or on the release date, but I figured it mught 
just be because I'm cheap and went for the "Free Super Saver 
Shipping," which takes longer.  But maybe the later you place your 
order, the longer you have to wait for them to ensure they have 
enough stock on hand to fill it.  How depressing--I hope I'm wrong 
and that's not what happened to you!  Good luck with other websites--
or maybe you should start sharpening your elbows to fight the crowds 
on June 21 :o)

Tess
*keeping fingers crossed that infiniT is the victim of an Amazon 
computer glitch*

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "infiniT <corsa808 at y...>" 
<corsa808 at y...> wrote:
> **huge gasp**
> 
> This is horrible!!!!
> 
> This is the response I get from Amazon (US), having pre-ordered 
> yesterday! 
> 
> "Shipping estimate: September 22, 2003 - January 20, 2004 
> Delivery estimate: September 25, 2003 - January 26, 2004 "
> 
> What?!?!?! 
> 
> For those of you who have bookstore/pre-ordering/Amazon/etc. 
> experience, can anyone tell me why I might get this kind of date? I 
> know I got a bit behind in my emails, but to have to wait *that* 
long 
> for the book, should that be right? Is it a first-come-first-served 
> kind of thing, and so many people got in before me so that's why 
I'm 
> getting this kind of date? 
> I'm checking with Borders and B/N tomorrow to see if I can get a 
> better answer. I guess I'll wait in line!
> 
> t