'Firefly: The Official Companion Vol. One' availability update.
Titan Books have dropped another line to say that "Amazon.com now has the Firefly Companion, and is shipping it within 24 hours" and good news for UK fans as "the copies have arrived, and will start shipping from our UK distributor to bookshops (and Amazon.co.uk) next week".
So good news for those who don't live anywhere near a comic book shop.
August 22 2006
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becsthebeast | August 22, 10:53 CET
(And I second Becs' "Hurrah").
Hilary | August 22, 11:09 CET
GVH | August 22, 11:40 CET
Yippe. That's a great birthday present.
Numfar PTB | August 22, 11:42 CET
I also note that the US Amazon price has risen $0.60 since I pre-ordered.
fanbuoyant | August 22, 12:06 CET
For comparison, I also ordered Veronica Mars Season 2 on DVD. It has an estimated ship date of 27 August, delivery 30 August - 1 September. Usually, when I order from Amazon, my DVDs and books come from different distribution warehouses, so the split order doesn't surprise me.
I figure I'll have both of them in hand before Labor Day weekend.
gt0163c | August 22, 12:11 CET
(Although it does say "in stock")
Hopefully this will change soon. I notice too that the price went up .60.
[ edited by AnotherFireflyfan on 2006-08-22 19:28 ]
AnotherFireflyfan | August 22, 12:24 CET
pat32082 | August 22, 13:43 CET
UnpluggedCrazy | August 22, 14:30 CET
haven | August 22, 19:24 CET
What is the point to preordering it if they don't ship as soon as it is available? Would I get it sooner if I cancelled my order and ordered it again?
AnotherFireflyfan | August 23, 06:17 CET
I know it wasn't a huge difference but the cheaper new price would have made the total of my order a more round sum, so I cancelled the book, then re-ordered it separately at £9.41, then combined the new order with the old one. However the price suddenly changed back to £11.21. Any ideas how to get it to be £9.41 as part of my total order? As I said it's not a huge deal but it seems strange that you get it cheaper by not pre-ordering it.
There is a site I use to buy videogames, and if you pre-order one, and the price goes up from the original price you paid, then you don't pay anything extra, just the original price. However if the price falls then they automatically charge you the lower price even if you ordered it when the price was higher. It would be smart for Amazon to do the same to encourage ore-orders.
Razor | August 23, 09:39 CET
AnotherFireflyfan | August 23, 09:51 CET
Also, my mega order has several CDs which may take between 5 and 6 weeks for them to dispatch, so if I were to cancel the whole order and re-order everything again, then it would be back to waiting another 6 weeks for those CDs to be dispatched, whereas at this point I have already been waiting at least two weeks. It's not worth it just to save a couple of quid.
However I can't fault Amazon, because I do think they generally do a good job. Even if I select Super Saver Delivery, which is free, the packages always seem to arrive very quickly, and sometimes if you order lots of stuff then they actually dispatch some of the items separately so you don't have to wait on everything, which is nice. It also has a better selection than many online stores. I like Play.com too, but for CDs, DVDs and books for example it doesn't have the same range.
Razor | August 24, 09:26 CET
With Amazon you have to creatively structure your orders. As soon as you get enough in an order for super saver shipping, anything else should be a separate order. Also, never put more than one pre-order item in an order, so you'll get the order as soon as that item is available. LOL - it's an artform.
You know, their super saver was a brilliant idea - I am always buying more things I may not have gotten just to raise the amount enough to get free shipping :-X
AnotherFireflyfan | August 25, 05:54 CET
Really, I don't know what the point in the other delivery options are. I can understand if you only wanted one specific item, or if you need something right away and need it guaranteed, but otherwise, anyone buying DVDs, books or CDs with any regularity and who doesn't mind waiting a couple of days, SSD is ideal.
Here's hoping the Firefly books will all start dispatching soon.
Razor | August 25, 16:24 CET