amd555

I just wanted to point this out. Although amazon has been doing price adjustments almost always when requested, but not have a policy in place for this.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/promotions/...085524-9319611

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CmC918

I thought they had this for a while now. Still it is pretty nice.

Groucho

It's nice, but Amazon is horrible about pre-orders. They never ship on time.

seltzer77

I never have a problem. As a prime member, I would say 99% of the time I receive new releases on the day they are released (Tuesdays).

animatedude

they've been doing this for months..

amd555

but it was never a written or official policy 'till now.

jdpatri

I rarely have a pre-order from Amazon that doesn't ship on the release date... maybe it seems like they're always late because they won't send before release like most places?

domino harvey

since I plunked down for Prime (totally worth it btw), all my pre-orders have shipped to arrive on the release date

excom101

As has been said, Amazon has been doing this for a while. AND it has been an official, written policy on the "Pricing" page since at least last January. (see slate.com article here... third paragraph.)

As far as I know, the 30 day guarantee still isn't in writing. There may be changes to this policy since last January (like the notice on your check out page), but this isn't new.

Groucho

I'm talking a week (or more) after the item is released. I am (rather was) a prime member as well.

This has been a problem more with video games than DVDs, I should note.

jmj713

I don't use Prime, heck I use the Free Shipping, and I still get most of my preorders only a day or two after release (Wed/Thu). Sometimes even Tues.

JamesDFarrow

This was mentioned when I pre-ordered the Harryhausen box set (the one with the Ymir figurine). But since then the release has been cancelled, or delayed indefinately, or whatever.

James

Arthur Dent

The free shipping works very well for me. Once the item ships, I usually get it within 2-3 days. Can't ask for much more for free!

Jah-Wren Ryel

After some people reported that Amazon held their prime account hostage over last year's "We fucked up, but we will charge your card a 2nd time anyway" fiasco I swore off ever paying for something like prime at amazon or any other merchants.

Kevin M. Dean

No, the 30 day post guarantee has been in writing for while too on the same page

Pricing page

critterdvd

Ditto

Lecithin

I was wondering what this new "Books Pre Order" amount taken off my order was. It seems like in the past, when I would preorder a DVD or book and the price went down before it came out, they would just change the price to the lower one, not subtract the difference separately. I guess this way you can see how much you save better.

excom101

Well, there you have it. It pays to read. They both have been there since May at the latest.

Page archive from May 29, 2007.

TheMovieman

Me too. Last one I did with them (I think it was Robocop/Serenity), I got the Thursday after release day.