Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales UP for Pre-Order

[KoshN]

B5-TLT is up at Amazon.com for Pre-Order and

HERE'S THE LINK THAT SUPPORTS THE TVSHOWS ON DVD SITE.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...vshowsondvdcom


>Mac Breck has sent the following email:
>Gord,
>
>Got a link for pre-ordering at Amazon through .tvshowsondvd.com ?
>
>I wanted to place my order, but wanted to make sure I supported
>tvshowsondvd.com doing it.
>
>Here's the link Amazon sent me:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00..._email_title_1

Wow, I didn't realize it was already up there.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...vshowsondvdcom

That should do it - thanks!

Gord
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Just want to make sure the site that got us the news, benefitted. I just ordered four, one for me and three as gifts.

[Ranger1]

Already pre-ordered it from the b5 script email notice

sweeeeeeet

[DeMonk]

Great, even for Region 2. What a wonderful surprise!

[Babylon5fan07]

Now this pretty much seals the deal on how popular B5 really is still. I pre-ordered the dvd and chose to just do standard shipping instead of doing the 2 or 1 day shipping because I didn't want to pay extra..well I just received an email saying there is a delay on my shipment..so I revised my pay plan to 2 days. If I get another delay I'm moving to 1 day even if that means paying extra..but it shows and confirms that the new B5 movie really is #6. How's that for irony.

Alex

[Shabaz]

I'm curious, what did the delay e-mail exactly say? If they're actually already at a point that would get them in trouble fulfilling pre-orders, that's pretty amazing.

[Babylon5fan07]

I'm curious, what did the delay e-mail exactly say? If they're actually already at a point that would get them in trouble fulfilling pre-orders, that's pretty amazing.

I pre-ordered the movie around midnight just 4 hours ago. So I went out to dinner with my wife after I got home from work and when I got back home from dinner I got an email saying that we need your approval by April 25th to confirm that there is a delay with your order. I can't remember what amazon said but pretty much told me that even though the movie is released on July 31st it won't be shipped until August 4th or 5th which means that I probably wouldn't have gotten it until August 10th or something. But now that I changed it to the 2 day shipping I should be able to get it by August 2nd. They must be getting so many pre-orders that they can't keep up with what they can send out on the same day.

Alex

[Lope de Aguirre]

Just preoredered 2 copies.

[wwwmwww]

I'm curious, what did the delay e-mail exactly say? If they're actually already at a point that would get them in trouble fulfilling pre-orders, that's pretty amazing.

I think I got a similiar email. Here is mine...

From: [email protected] [mailto[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:06 AM
To: Carl SNIP
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Your Amazon.com order (#SNIP): your approval required

Hello from Amazon.com.

We wanted to let you know that there is a delay with some items
in the order you placed on April 24 2007 11:37 PDT (Order# SNIP).

Please visit the Order Update page in Your Account at the address below to
approve the delay for the unavailable items:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/css/order/e...prove&orderID=SNIP

By approving the delay, you are letting us know that you still want
us to ship the unavailable items to you as soon as possible, though
they may arrive later than expected. If we have not received your
approval by May 25 2007 and the items are still not available,
we will cancel them from your order.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this delay.

*****
WHAT IF I WANT TO CHANGE OR CANCEL MY ORDER?
You can always check on your order by clicking on Your Account at the top
of any Amazon.com page. Once there, choose "Open and Recently Shipped Orders."

*****
WHAT IF AN ITEM HAS SHIPPED AND I NO LONGER WANT IT?
If your shipment arrives too late, you may either refuse delivery or return
it to us for a refund. For returns instructions, please visit our Returns
Center at www.amazon.com/returns.

*****
HOW DO I CONTACT YOU ABOUT MY ORDER?
If you have more questions about this order, you can always contact Customer
Service by visiting www.amazon.com/contact-us.

Sincerely,

Customer Service Department

http://www.amazon.com

==============================
Check your order and more: http://www.amazon.com/your-account

Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address
that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message.

I'm not sure what that means... it almost sounds to me like they need my approvial because the item won't be abailable by May 25. That's to be expected as it won't be released until July 31.

Hmmm... my order confirmation email stated:

Shipping estimate for these items: July 31, 2007
Delivery estimate: August 3, 2007 - August 7, 2007

After I approved the delay in my order, it is now:

Shipping estimate: August 1, 2007
Delivery estimate: August 3, 2007 - August 6, 2007

So it looks like the ship date has been in fact pushed back a day but the delivery window has been pushed up if anything. How is that?

Interesting...

I also see we are still at #6. Anyone know how Amazon calculates this rank? Is it based on sales for the week? For the day or hour? Some sort of weighted time average? I'm quite curious.

Carl

[Shabaz]

It's updated per hour, and I'm guessing it is using some average over a longer time period. And reading that e-mail, it seems they indeed aren't able to ship enough on the 31st any more, which is pretty amazing.

And they need your approval because when you put your pre-order down, you're specifically agreeing to pay money to get a product shipped to you on a certain date. If they move that date they need to make sure if you're ok with that or cancel the pre-order, if they want to play fair with their pre-ordering costumers. I have a feeling that when you approved the delay, you're now set to ship "as soon as available", rather than having an order locked at a specific date. Which means that the date new copies are available is when it will be shipped to you, 1st of august being their current best estimate, but you're not not in their system as having an order for a specific date anymore, if that 1st of august date should slip.

[SmileOfTheShadow]

That's so awesome! I hope we'll get a new one twice a year at least!

[wwwmwww]

We are now up to #5.

I wonder what the record is at Amazon.com for a DVD that is still using the "No image available" picture. I'd be willing to bet this is it.



Carl

[Milkman]

I pre-ordered 4 just now.

[KoshN]

We are now up to #5.

I wonder what the record is at Amazon.com for a DVD that is still using the "No image available" picture. I'd be willing to bet this is it.

I notified Amazon about the image in the Warner Brothers Press Release, gave them the URL to the release and the photo, but they appear to be in a coma, because they still haven't put an image up there.

[Shabaz]

I notified Amazon about the image in the Warner Brothers Press Release, gave them the URL to the release and the photo, but they appear to be in a coma, because they still haven't put an image up there.

I think they're probably waiting for a clean version from WB, since the press release's picture is both angled and has a SRP on it, and I guess Amazon doesn't feel like 'shopping it up to fit with their standard picture format themselves.

[Harrdy]

I haven't bought mine at amazon, because if I can I take Region 2... so I'd guess there might be 1/4 additional sales over the Region 2 site going on.

Maybe - just maybe, a man can dream - studios will now see the power of direct2DVD. Maybe - again - they will understand that the customer knows what he want's to see, and that isn't the same again and again ad infinity repeated. Maybe there will be a little revolution coming down, giving the customer the influence he has, because he buys. Wishful thinking?

Least JMS gets what he earned, makes me believe in the illusion of a "fair world" a little bit more 9-)

PeAcE