Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
11-17-09, 12:54 AM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
i guess the Best Buy's around here never opened up as i ran into a bunch of people walking into WM as i was walking out
$19.96 for the bluray isn't a bad deal in my book
$19.96 for the bluray isn't a bad deal in my book
11-17-09, 02:20 AM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
I emailed about the price drops on both Fight Club and Star Trek, got them both quickly. In fact, got a response to my Star Trek query about 5 minutes after I sent it.
11-17-09, 09:01 AM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
For those interested in the Target 3-Disc Exclusive Enterprise Case version, mine rang up at $24.99! Not bad for the 3-Disc Blu-Ray and an awesome case!
11-17-09, 10:06 AM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
So I sent Amazon an e-mail about refunding me $1 on Trek since it shipped yesterday and the price was lowered yesterday. They responded:
And this is their price guarantee policy:
A one time exception? 
Won't be pre-ordering from them again.
Hello from Amazon.com.
>
> Thanks for contacting us about the recent price change on "Star Trek". I
> recognize you have a choice of retailers and appreciate that you prefer to
> order from us. Unfortunately, we do not have a post-order price guarantee.
>
> I've reviewed your order and see that the price change is significant from
> the time the item shipped.
>
> Under the circumstances, I'll make a one-time exception for you and issue a
> refund for the price difference in the amount of $1.00. You should see the
> refund in the next 2-3 business days.
>
> Please understand that I'm issuing this refund because of the exceptional
> circumstances, and I'm doing this for you against our standard policy.
>
> Thanks for shopping at Amazon.com. We look forward to your next visit.
>
> Thanks for contacting us about the recent price change on "Star Trek". I
> recognize you have a choice of retailers and appreciate that you prefer to
> order from us. Unfortunately, we do not have a post-order price guarantee.
>
> I've reviewed your order and see that the price change is significant from
> the time the item shipped.
>
> Under the circumstances, I'll make a one-time exception for you and issue a
> refund for the price difference in the amount of $1.00. You should see the
> refund in the next 2-3 business days.
>
> Please understand that I'm issuing this refund because of the exceptional
> circumstances, and I'm doing this for you against our standard policy.
>
> Thanks for shopping at Amazon.com. We look forward to your next visit.
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Won't be pre-ordering from them again.
11-17-09, 01:18 PM
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11-17-09, 01:47 PM
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11-17-09, 02:04 PM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
The Target here had a "lower than advertised price" on both the BR and the BR exclusive. Funny that both of the BR's are cheaper than the DVD's @ Target 
They had a TON of the exclusive set...I passed though as it didn't have a regular case included as well. I picked up the Best Buy exclusive with the Starfleet badges instead.
They had a TON of the exclusive set...I passed though as it didn't have a regular case included as well. I picked up the Best Buy exclusive with the Starfleet badges instead.
11-17-09, 05:18 PM
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I passed on the Target exclusive because of the 29.99 price tag, but now I'll go after work to see if it rings up 24.99 here as well. If so, I'll get it. I'm OK with $5 more for the cool case...
11-17-09, 06:37 PM
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They'll auto refund the $1. You'll probably get a double refund on this one. I've done it before thinking I had to e-mail them. Their "one-time" refund is separate from the pre-order refund. A nice bonus when the difference is higher, like $5 with Transformers. You get double what you should.
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11-18-09, 12:22 AM
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The Target here had a "lower than advertised price" on both the BR and the BR exclusive. Funny that both of the BR's are cheaper than the DVD's @ Target
They had a TON of the exclusive set...I passed though as it didn't have a regular case included as well. I picked up the Best Buy exclusive with the Starfleet badges instead.
They had a TON of the exclusive set...I passed though as it didn't have a regular case included as well. I picked up the Best Buy exclusive with the Starfleet badges instead.
11-18-09, 12:47 AM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
They'll auto refund the $1. You'll probably get a double refund on this one. I've done it before thinking I had to e-mail them. Their "one-time" refund is separate from the pre-order refund. A nice bonus when the difference is higher, like $5 with Transformers. You get double what you should.
From a lot of personal experience, they miss the refund A LOT, especially when the price lowers on or just before the release day.
I always call and even then I always have to explain to them their own guarantee, which really isn't very complicated to begin with.
Also, I've never gotten them to give me a refund I was due and then gotten a second one.
The problem with not pre-ordering as a general rule is that it seems Amazon is the best place for the lowest prices most of the time. And if you order something, say, 2 months out from the release date, it often will go down, somtimes for no reason that I can figure out (nothing to do with Best Buy or Walmart for example) and you get that price locked in even if they go back to the higher prices.
I am totally getting sick of Amazon lowering the price on either the release date, the day after, or even in that first week, but if you look at all that I gained by pre-ordering, it's not worth it to me to stop because I might lose a dollar.
Galaxy Quest, Leon-The Professional, and many other titles I've ordered went down a lot during their pre-order days and ended up higher on release day, so if you wait you're probably going to lose more than you gain in most cases.
I know that my orders are almost always going to go into the shipping soon status on the Sunday or Monday before the release date, so if I do feel like I'm getting hosed and the order could be cheaper somewhere else, I just cancel. And now I just make sure to look at my orders on the day of release to see if it's gone down again because it's almost always in the shipping soon status by release day.
The ones that do automatically adjust (maybe 50-50) if you order a lot, then I always get an e-mail letting me knowing what my saving where from what the price was when I order to the price it was when they actually charged me.
Unless you had credit or gift cards or anthing like that, I just know for a fact that you would have spent more money this November by preordering at Amazon and making sure they adjusted the price if it went down. And November was, for me, was so far the month where I ordered more new release BDs than any other. The little bit of annoyance was very worth it for me.
11-18-09, 04:01 PM
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11-18-09, 07:18 PM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
Can't say I've ever had Amazon not issue a refund. I pre-order a lot from them, and I don't watch everything like a hawk, but it seems everything works fine. Can't really complain too much.
11-18-09, 08:08 PM
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Well from personal experience, I've gotten the double refund a few times. Most recently with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as I stated. A lot of it is timing, however. Request the refund right before the auto-refund is issued.
Can't say I've ever had Amazon not issue a refund. I pre-order a lot from them, and I don't watch everything like a hawk, but it seems everything works fine. Can't really complain too much.
Can't say I've ever had Amazon not issue a refund. I pre-order a lot from them, and I don't watch everything like a hawk, but it seems everything works fine. Can't really complain too much.
But I gotta say, I'd be ticked if they keep this trend up. Chasing Amy went down to $23.99 from $25.99. Galaxy Quest dropped from the release day price (although it was even lower if you had pre-ordered it before going up again to $19.99).
It's like that from almost every title. I still did well, but if you pre-ordered some of these titles just before release day in the last month or two and didn't catch a lot of them at or near earlier lower prices, you probably have noticed that a lot of titles went down in price just a day after the release date.
And as far as notices go, it might just come down to luck. I mean, they usually send me an e-mail of ANYTHING that I preordered to let me know how much I saved with their price guarantee. I had 7 blus that I pre-ordered with them and ALL of them were shipped to me at lower prices than I originally ordered them at, but I only got one e-mail for Star Trek.
They should really go back and, at least, give you a 1 week window. It just doesn't seem fair to the regular shopper to buy Chasing Amy on release day for $25.99 and then see it for $23.99 one day later or buy Forrest Gump on release date for $22.99 and then see it for $19.99 a day later.
11-19-09, 07:44 PM
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Man, I've been having all sorts of problems with Amazon lately. First my Clone Wars goes from California to Massachusetts, stops off in New Jersey, before going back to the west coast where I live(Oregon).
This order is stuck somewhere between Amazon shipping it and the post office getting it. USPS shows no record of it and Amazon's tracking shows:
Date Time Location Event Details
November 17, 2009 05:57:00 PM --- Arrival Scan
November 16, 2009 10:48:13 PM Fernley NV US Shipment has left seller facility and is in transit
It apparently left Amazon and was went to the Nothing.
I know I didn't stop believing in it, so I don't know why it went there so fast.
This order is stuck somewhere between Amazon shipping it and the post office getting it. USPS shows no record of it and Amazon's tracking shows:
Date Time Location Event Details
November 17, 2009 05:57:00 PM --- Arrival Scan
November 16, 2009 10:48:13 PM Fernley NV US Shipment has left seller facility and is in transit
It apparently left Amazon and was went to the Nothing.
I know I didn't stop believing in it, so I don't know why it went there so fast.
11-19-09, 08:02 PM
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That allways happens to me for some reason. (USPS tracking showing nothing while Amazon does)
Give it time it will show up.
Give it time it will show up.
11-19-09, 09:26 PM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
I ordered my copy of Star Trek from Amazon a month before the release date and they still haven't shipped out my copy yet. I'm pretty disappointed, if I had ordered it a couple of days ago I could understand the delay but it shouldn't happen when I order a month in advance.
11-20-09, 01:14 AM
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Re: Star Trek (2009) now $19.99 at Amazon
I ordered my copy of Star Trek from Amazon a month before the release date and they still haven't shipped out my copy yet. I'm pretty disappointed, if I had ordered it a couple of days ago I could understand the delay but it shouldn't happen when I order a month in advance.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/conta...node_id=468520
or call'em
11-20-09, 10:04 AM
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USPS shows "There is no record of this item."
I'm thinking it died as the post office at least says it's been picked up and then doesn't say anything else until after I get it.
After a few emails, I did manage to get Amazon to actually look at the tracking info instead of resending me the tracking number. Then they realized something might not be right.