What's the point of an Amazon pre-order... ...if you don't get the product the day it comes out (or 2 days later with Amazon prime shipping)?I preordered Elmo on Aug. 11th and received a notice yesterday (Oct. 16th) that Amazon has moved my shipping date up! YAY! Oh, hold on, they moved my shipping up to Nov. 16th???! I just went to Target, picked up two Elmos (for only $59.99 plus 6% tax), and cancelled my Elmo Live preorder.Amazon burns me on at least one hot item preorder a year- why can't I just learn my lesson?! =) What's the point of an Amazon pre-order... ...if you don't get the product the day it comes out (or 2 days later with Amazon prime shipping)?I preordered Elmo on Aug. 11th and... » Read More What's the point of an Amazon pre-order... ...if you don't get the product the day it comes out (or 2 days later with Amazon prime shipping)?I preordered Elmo on Aug. 11th and received a notice yesterday (Oct. 16th) that Amazon has moved my shipping date up! YAY! Oh, hold on, they moved my shipping up to Nov. 16th???! I just went to Target, picked up two Elmos (for only $59.99 plus 6% tax), and cancelled my Elmo Live preorder.Amazon burns me on at least one hot item preorder a year- why can't I just learn my lesson?! =) « Show Less
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amazon makes more money from the seller fees for overpriced elmos, then they would selling the item themselves.so it is smart for them to wait and build up there inventory while everyone else depletes theirs.I also canceled my preorder, and got one from target. my 13 month old kid broke it in under 2 minutes. gladly target let me exchange it for the last one at the store.
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I agree. I too pre-ordered in early Aug and I also received the moved up email only to find out it was later than stated. As long as I get mine in time for Christmas I don't care, but at this point I am a little worried that I'll even get it by then. I hope that Amazon takes the lessons learned from this and other hot pre-orders like the Wii Fit to heart and improve on their service level standards.**Update**I was checking my account for another reason and I see now where I should be getting mine by the 24th of this month. Odd. But good news for me, I hope it actually ships then. I agree. I too pre-ordered in early Aug and I also received the moved up email only to find out it was later than stated. As long as I get mine in time for Christmas I don't care, but at this point I am a little worried that I'll even get it by then. I hope that Amazon takes the lessons learned from this and other hot pre-orders like the Wii Fit to heart and improve on their service level standards.**Update**I was checking my account for another reason and I see now where I should be getting mine by the 24th of this month. Odd. But good news for me, I hope it actually... » Read More I agree. I too pre-ordered in early Aug and I also received the moved up email only to find out it was later than stated. As long as I get mine in time for Christmas I don't care, but at this point I am a little worried that I'll even get it by then. I hope that Amazon takes the lessons learned from this and other hot pre-orders like the Wii Fit to heart and improve on their service level standards.**Update**I was checking my account for another reason and I see now where I should be getting mine by the 24th of this month. Odd. But good news for me, I hope it actually ships then. « Show Less
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I think it's strange that they are selling them for another company Quote! for $149.00 with thier Prime free shipping. But they can't send ours that we we pre-ordered months back for $65.95????
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WOW i just noticed that, its the only reason I didn't go ahead and place my order, can anyone confirm this? i get free shipping here and no tax, but apple wants to charge me tax, so i came to amazon, but i don't want to wait a month.
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Well just found out my estimated delivery date would be June 6th. They tried to tell me "when something is shown as temporarily out of stock"... um yeah, IT NEVER ONCE SHOWED THAT! This has truly been a pathetic experience with amazon. I am incredibly disappointed.
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Yeah I know, it's terrible how long it's taking honestly. It's now the 18th, and it still says not yet shipped, since tomorrow is Friday, and they don't do weekend shipping, it'll be 22nd on Monday and it STILL won't be in I'm pretty sure, unless they ship it later tonight and it comes in tomorrow...With the RAM difference and with how long I've been waiting already I'm gonna have to stick with Amazon myself.
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Interestingly, earlier today the Amazon page said "You may pre-order it now and we will deliver it to you when it arrives." This was after is was available for a day or two. Now they have added "This item has not yet been released" to the pre-order message. It sounds like Amazon broke a release date.
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He's right. Some shops are shipping today in fact. Hopefully Amazon is getting some stock soon. I must have one of the earliest pre-orders in.
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I placed my order as soon as Amazon had it available as 'Pre-Order'. When the order was placed, my order status was "Not Yet Shipped". As of Thursday, the status has changed to "Shipping Soon" Don't know if that helps, just FYI :) Edit: my order just changed to "shipped" and will arrive Monday!
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I've noticed lately that Amazon has been giving very conservative estimates on its shipment/arrival dates. My items have always arrived well before Amazon's "estimated" arrival dates. I think this is a game they play with us so that we're happy when our packages arrive "early." The real question is whether or not Amazon actually has these in stock. Is Apple holding them back from everybody until Wednesday? Or are they just asking their sellers to not put them in customers' hands until Wednesday?
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No, Bal, for a brief moment Amazon themselves had it for preorder, and thats waht we are commenting on. It was literally only available for like a few hours. We are both waiting for a shipment update from amazon.
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I ordered a 32gb on the 16th also. The listing said they were arriving on the 17th. Since I'm a prime customer I expected it by the end of the week. I received an email on the 20th telling me that there was a delay and I had until 10/20/08 to cancel because the estimated ship date was NOV. 8. Funny, the listing still says 'ships in 8 to 9 days'. I went with Amazon for the no tax, free two day shipping. Now, I'll just go to Apple and pay the tax. I've been an Amazon customer since they were shipping out of a garage. This is the first time this has happened.
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Know one knows. Least of all Amazon.com. I placed my "Pre-Order" on 9/5/12. at the time, a release date of 12/5/12 was given. Prior to that date, I get an email stating it may not ship by 12/24. ??? Next I look at other sellers online and see a release date of 1/16/13. Amazon.com confirms this only to say later, they don't know when and can't contact the manufaturer. Don't hold your breath and believe no one.
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I dont't understand the logic here. This product is being advertised all over the web that it would be released on the 22nd. I sent my order through Amazon today but I wonder now if I should have waited more or go somewhere else.
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I ran into the same problem myself. I had it in my cart yesterday and was waiting to hear back from my brother for his input before buying this for my niece. I assumed I had plenty of timer with the Prime and even pay $3.99 for Next Day but it automatically filled in the Amazon Prime standard 2 day shipping. HOLD ON!! I just tried adding it to my cart again just now and the problem's fixed!!! You can even get it by tomorrow, Saturday for $4.99. Unfortunately I couldn't wait any longer and already bought a different gift for her. Hopefully there's still time for you. I should just refuse delivery on the other gifts I bought instead and order this one now.
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I am very upset. Because I preordered this on 7/1 and was expecting to recieve it this week. Every online store has these and shipped them out to people. What the heck is going on amazon? Why have something for advance purchase and not have the item ready when it
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My delivery date is OVER a month away and there is no pre-warning of this on the Amazon page. In fact, it says you can get one-day delivery on it. I buy a lot of stuff via Amazon Prime. This one, I'm not paying for. They can have it back when it gets here if they provide return shipping. Reporting this seller. They should not be associated with Amazon Prime.
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Ordered on the 10th. Expected to deliver on the 13th. Watching amazon for a status update. Would not be suprised if it got switched to backordered.Update: Amazon has updated the delivery date to the 16th today (This is on one-day shiping). Let the customer know the day it's expected to be delivered that it'll be delayed is quite dumb. Stay classy Amazon
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September 18th was the date I got when I was attempting to pre-ordered it. OF COURSE I CANCELLED! This is already in retail stores, albeit for $10 more, but COME ON! 2 months wait to save 10 bucks?!?!