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Skriven 2007-07-31 01:10:16 av Amy Guskin (2729.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Reports from Comic-Con
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>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:02:42 -0400, Chris Adams wrote
(in article <13asv123kkoon7a@corp.supernews.com>):

> Once upon a time, Amy Guskin  <aisling@fjordstone.com> said:
>> I have to say that as someone who pre-ordered it from Amazon.com _months_ 
>> in 
>> advance, where the continued high sales ranking caused by other folks who, 
>> like me, pre-ordered, I assume made _some_ kind of an impression on Warner 
>> Bros. Home Video, I'm a bit peeved that people who _walk in_ to Best Buy to 
>> buy it off the shelf on a whim, people who in no way contributed to WB's 
>> ability to note all of those advance sales and factor it into their various 
>> budgets, are getting the premium.
> 
> Wow!  Channeling Faulkner? :-)  <<

;-)

>> Anyway, a few things:
> 
> - Do companies pay attention to pre-orders that much?  The budgets were
>   all done long before this was available for ordering.  <<

Not the budget for TLT.  Just money in WBHV's coffers for whatever it is 
they're up to.  I'm sure they had to take notice of advance sales of that 
magnitude, because it probably isn't all that common for home video product.

>>  - Uh, you ordered a DVD from Amazon, and you are going to get everything
>   you ordered (well, shipper willing).  It was worth the asking price to
>   you when you ordered it; if it isn't now, you could always buy a copy
>   at Best Buy and return the Amazon copy. <<

That's seems really underhanded, IMHO.  I'd never do that.  The reason I gave 
Amazon.com the sale is that they promised to get it to me on street date, and 
honestly, I wasn't entirely sure that any brick-and-mortar in the area would 
have it in stock.  Amazon was able to make me that promise.  Since I'm 
moderating, I couldn't take the chance that I wasn't going to get it on time 
(I don't plan on moderating on street date until I've seen the disc myself, 
because I don't want to be spoiled, so I _had_ to have it on street date -- 
now I'm agonizing about what time the UPS truck will get here!).

>> I think it is a good thing that Warner and/or Best Buy think enough of
> B5 to do this. <<

Maybe I should buy it from Best Buy, and return it unopened, and keep the 
comic (which I'm assuming isn't attached in any permanent way to the disc).  
That seems about as honest as cancelling my Amazon.com sale!

Amy
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