How is Amazon with shipping preorders?

Deftones · 11-14-08, 06:02 PM

Have 2 copies of Left 4 Dead on preorder with them. Game is released on 11/18. They tell me not to expect delivery until the 20th, even with Prime 2nd Day shipping. That can't be right. That means they aren't shipping the game until release date. This is the first preorder game I've had with Amazon so I'd like more info. I know things change quickly with them, but this seems ridiculous. If it remains the same, I'm canceling and going to buy local.

toogood · 11-14-08, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Deftones

Have 2 copies of Left 4 Dead on preorder with them. Game is released on 11/18. They tell me not to expect delivery until the 20th, even with Prime 2nd Day shipping. That can't be right. That means they aren't shipping the game until release date. This is the first preorder game I've had with Amazon so I'd like more info. I know things change quickly with them, but this seems ridiculous. If it remains the same, I'm canceling and going to buy local.

Unless the item has "release date delivery", most items will ship on release date.

SunMonkey · 11-14-08, 06:45 PM

My pre-order of the WoW expansion shipped after the release day. I thought I saw they were now pushing some "delivered on release day" shipping option for an extra fee.

Deftones · 11-14-08, 06:58 PM

Well, that's pretty much bullshit. I know they get the games early, as do most retailers. Why they sit on it for a few days before when it could be delivered on the release date is ridiculous.

fumanstan · 11-14-08, 07:17 PM

I wonder if it's just too much of a organizational jam to figure out release date delivery with all the different games and shipping methods out there and them wanting to avoid breaking street dates.

It's easy for a few big games, but I just assume they don't want to deal with the hassle of doing it for everything.

Mok · 11-14-08, 07:31 PM

I use to get my games on release day or before. When they started that on release day crap, my games always showed up late.

RocShemp · 11-14-08, 08:09 PM

I think they could easily ship it five days early for those that order a game with regular shipping and the day before for those who order a game with next day shipping. I think that'd be simple enough.

fumanstan · 11-14-08, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RocShemp

I think they could easily ship it five days early for those that order a game with regular shipping and the day before for those who order a game with next day shipping. I think that'd be simple enough.

Yeah, but then in some cases people would get games early, and then there's stuff like Amazon Prime with free 2 day so they would have to look at each person's shipping choice and adjust accordingly to do release day arrivals for each person.

It wouldn't surprise me if they got in trouble for early releases, since game publishers have been trying to be more stingy about that lately (even though we always see release dates broken)

Kicker_of_Elves · 11-14-08, 09:37 PM

Heres my recent experience with pre-ordering GOW2 from Amazon.com:

Shipped 11/5, Gave me a Delivery Estimate of 11/12, Game arrived 11/8. I didn't have Prime 2nd Day, so i used the Free Shipping option.

I hope that helps.

TheBigDave · 11-14-08, 09:55 PM

I have Amazon Prime. Got GOW2 on release date and COD5 the day after release.

kms_md · 11-14-08, 09:59 PM

i usually use free shipping - the games (or DVDs for that matter) usually ship the day prior to release and i receive them within 2 days of release.

Nth Power · 11-14-08, 10:37 PM

I have Prime and I ended up cancelling my last 2 pre-orders with Amazon (Fallout 3 and WoW: WotLK). Unless they would have shipped them with 1-day shipping, I would not have received them by release day. I ended up going to Best Buy instead.

Raul3 · 11-15-08, 07:07 PM

I preordered the Amazon exclusive Survival Edition of Fallout 3 since June or something like that. I received the game 2 days after release date.

They are better with movies, I preordered both Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E, and received Kung Fu Panda on Monday, was released on Sunday, and I'm going to receive Wall-E this Monday and its release date is Tuesday.

kms_md · 11-16-08, 02:13 PM

fyi, my copy of left 4 dead shipped yesterday, and should be here by tuesday or wednesday.

Mok · 11-16-08, 05:22 PM

Well my copy of left 4 dead is still stuck in shipping soon. That usually last for 2 days, so I should have it by thursday.

ChrisHicks · 11-16-08, 05:34 PM

my copy of Left 4 Dead is "shipping soon" as well with a delivery estimate of Nov. 20.

forsho01 · 11-17-08, 04:42 PM

ever since i've used prime, i've received all big game releases (halo, cod, gears) on the day it releases. with other games i usually receive them the day after release.

nickdawgy · 11-17-08, 06:37 PM

I received both Fable II and Fallout 3 on release day from Amazon.

Deftones · 11-17-08, 07:19 PM

must be nice. still being "estimated" as being delivered on the 20th. 2 days after the game is released. ridiculous.

redcat · 11-17-08, 08:17 PM

I've ordered a lot of video games from them, and for some weird reason, they often don't even show games in stock until a couple of days after release. With the truly huge titles they do a better job (both Resistance 2 and GOW 2 showed up on release day for me), but anything else is hit and miss.

SuckaMC · 11-18-08, 03:39 PM

I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I got my copy of L4D yesterday. I was surprised to see that it shipped last friday. I guess I was lucky.

Mok · 11-18-08, 04:10 PM

Well my copy shipped yesterday and according to tracking it's been stuck in Maryland and hasn't moved. Ugh.

superfro · 11-18-08, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Deftones

must be nice. still being "estimated" as being delivered on the 20th. 2 days after the game is released. ridiculous.

They're telling me I'm getting mine on the 22nd. WTF?

Guess I'll be buying it today and returning the one I get in the mail this weekend.

ChrisHicks · 11-18-08, 07:26 PM

I should add that I never get any game on release day via Amazon. I have had orders that will start the shipping process the Friday before release but they will never ship until Mon.

fujishig · 11-18-08, 07:43 PM

Well, as far as Left 4 Dead, they set my initial expectations so low (originally said shipping the 24th) that I was overjoyed when I got a "shipped out" notice today.

11-14-08, 06:02 PM	#1
Deftones DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 44,827	How is Amazon with shipping preorders? Have 2 copies of Left 4 Dead on preorder with them. Game is released on 11/18. They tell me not to expect delivery until the 20th, even with Prime 2nd Day shipping. That can't be right. That means they aren't shipping the game until release date. This is the first preorder game I've had with Amazon so I'd like more info. I know things change quickly with them, but this seems ridiculous. If it remains the same, I'm canceling and going to buy local. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW Last edited by Deftones; 11-14-08 at 06:05 PM.

11-14-08, 06:58 PM	#4
Deftones DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 44,827	Well, that's pretty much bullshit. I know they get the games early, as do most retailers. Why they sit on it for a few days before when it could be delivered on the release date is ridiculous. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW

11-14-08, 07:17 PM	#5
fumanstan DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 22,211	I wonder if it's just too much of a organizational jam to figure out release date delivery with all the different games and shipping methods out there and them wanting to avoid breaking street dates. It's easy for a few big games, but I just assume they don't want to deal with the hassle of doing it for everything. __________________ XBox Live: Fu Man Stan "I've never derived "joy" from either comicbooks or torture porn, so you can imagine how I feel about the mainstream marriage of the two in The Dark Knight" - baracine

11-14-08, 07:31 PM	#6
Mok DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 2,458	I use to get my games on release day or before. When they started that on release day crap, my games always showed up late. __________________ Mr. Big: Names is for tombstones, baby.(Live and let die)

11-14-08, 08:09 PM	#7
RocShemp DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 7,816	I think they could easily ship it five days early for those that order a game with regular shipping and the day before for those who order a game with next day shipping. I think that'd be simple enough. __________________ So there's simultaneously a super secret team of giant robots and a super secret team of technologically enhanced super soldiers, and neither team knows about the other? The governments in these movies must be far more effective than our actual government. Well, damn it, I want some realism and mature adult themes in my giant robot and super soldier movies! - Suprmallet

11-14-08, 06:45 PM	#3
SunMonkey DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Lake Ridge, VA Posts: 5,233	My pre-order of the WoW expansion shipped after the release day. I thought I saw they were now pushing some "delivered on release day" shipping option for an extra fee.

11-14-08, 09:37 PM	#9
Kicker_of_Elves DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: High above the Mucky Muck Posts: 4,341	Heres my recent experience with pre-ordering GOW2 from Amazon.com: Shipped 11/5, Gave me a Delivery Estimate of 11/12, Game arrived 11/8. I didn't have Prime 2nd Day, so i used the Free Shipping option. I hope that helps. __________________ Xbox Live: Terroriza "Say, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?" - Brodie Bruce My Countdown Counting down to: When abrg923 ruins another April Fools Day 129 days 12 hours 7 minutes

11-14-08, 09:55 PM	#10
TheBigDave DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Posts: 1,805	I have Amazon Prime. Got GOW2 on release date and COD5 the day after release. __________________ Speedy thing goes in. Speedy thing comes out. Xbox Live: TBDave / PSN: TBDave

11-14-08, 09:59 PM	#11
kms_md DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: waiting for forum.dvdtalk.com ... Posts: 2,472	i usually use free shipping - the games (or DVDs for that matter) usually ship the day prior to release and i receive them within 2 days of release. __________________ Required collection link recursive - adj. see recursive

11-14-08, 10:37 PM	#12
Nth Power Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 950	I have Prime and I ended up cancelling my last 2 pre-orders with Amazon (Fallout 3 and WoW: WotLK). Unless they would have shipped them with 1-day shipping, I would not have received them by release day. I ended up going to Best Buy instead. __________________ My DVDSpot DVDProfiler

11-15-08, 07:07 PM	#13
Raul3 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Picture a cup in the middle of the sea Posts: 2,887	I preordered the Amazon exclusive Survival Edition of Fallout 3 since June or something like that. I received the game 2 days after release date. They are better with movies, I preordered both Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E, and received Kung Fu Panda on Monday, was released on Sunday, and I'm going to receive Wall-E this Monday and its release date is Tuesday.

11-16-08, 02:13 PM	#14
kms_md DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: waiting for forum.dvdtalk.com ... Posts: 2,472	fyi, my copy of left 4 dead shipped yesterday, and should be here by tuesday or wednesday. __________________ Required collection link recursive - adj. see recursive

11-16-08, 05:22 PM	#15
Mok DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 2,458	Well my copy of left 4 dead is still stuck in shipping soon. That usually last for 2 days, so I should have it by thursday. __________________ Mr. Big: Names is for tombstones, baby.(Live and let die)

11-16-08, 05:34 PM	#16
ChrisHicks DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,347	my copy of Left 4 Dead is "shipping soon" as well with a delivery estimate of Nov. 20. __________________ DVD List(outdated) / My Small LD List / Rejects Rest Stop Blu-Ray: PS3(2) HD-DVD: Toshiba HD-XA1(3), HD-XA2(2), HD-A30, HD-A35, Onkyo DV-HD805(2) Wii Friend Code: 1249 6431 9623 9624 / XBL Gamertag: chrishicks / PS3 Gamertag: chrishicks

11-17-08, 04:42 PM	#17
forsho01 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 261	ever since i've used prime, i've received all big game releases (halo, cod, gears) on the day it releases. with other games i usually receive them the day after release.

11-17-08, 06:37 PM	#18
nickdawgy DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Southern Cal-ee-for-nee Posts: 14,561	I received both Fable II and Fallout 3 on release day from Amazon.

11-17-08, 07:19 PM	#19
Deftones DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 44,827	must be nice. still being "estimated" as being delivered on the 20th. 2 days after the game is released. ridiculous. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW

11-17-08, 08:17 PM	#20
redcat Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 612	I've ordered a lot of video games from them, and for some weird reason, they often don't even show games in stock until a couple of days after release. With the truly huge titles they do a better job (both Resistance 2 and GOW 2 showed up on release day for me), but anything else is hit and miss.

11-18-08, 03:39 PM	#21
SuckaMC Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 476	I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I got my copy of L4D yesterday. I was surprised to see that it shipped last friday. I guess I was lucky.

11-18-08, 04:10 PM	#22
Mok DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 2,458	Well my copy shipped yesterday and according to tracking it's been stuck in Maryland and hasn't moved. Ugh. __________________ Mr. Big: Names is for tombstones, baby.(Live and let die)

11-18-08, 07:26 PM	#24
ChrisHicks DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,347	I should add that I never get any game on release day via Amazon. I have had orders that will start the shipping process the Friday before release but they will never ship until Mon. __________________ DVD List(outdated) / My Small LD List / Rejects Rest Stop Blu-Ray: PS3(2) HD-DVD: Toshiba HD-XA1(3), HD-XA2(2), HD-A30, HD-A35, Onkyo DV-HD805(2) Wii Friend Code: 1249 6431 9623 9624 / XBL Gamertag: chrishicks / PS3 Gamertag: chrishicks

11-18-08, 07:43 PM	#25
fujishig DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 8,887	Well, as far as Left 4 Dead, they set my initial expectations so low (originally said shipping the 24th) that I was overjoyed when I got a "shipped out" notice today.