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A damn shame if Amazon has turned crap. The Prime membership has meant access to a reasonably good streaming service, but also that I can have smaller purchases coming sporadically. Ordering one deluxe at a time from other retailers would smash your postage costs but with the free postage through Prime, it means I can have a constant trickle of smaller deliveries coming through. And that means I end up appreciating the individual figures a lot more than if they arrive in a big box all at once.
Aside from the audio-visual content that Prime membership gains (I haven't even looked into it, so don't know what you get), I still find the purchasing benefits worth it for me. After all, their prices take into account the cost of shipping, so why not get as much as possible as "free shipping" so that I'm not paying extra shipping.... and if something is released in America earlier than here and Amazon Australia gives us access to it, it will also give free shipping if Amazon is the seller.
The delays are still very annoying, and I hate having to see others with new toys a month or two before me, but I just can't afford to buy from the first-release sources if the cheaper option ends up being Amazon. (a bit like BigW, who usually gets their stock last because they often negotiate a cheaper price from their suppliers and have to wait longer for it)
I'm beginning to wonder if I'll get my Wave 3 Legacy orders before Xmas. I'm getting very, very annoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I'm thinking about certain exclusives that Amazon summarily cancelled orders for in the past few years and beginning to wonder if wave 3 will arrive at all. Actually, I'm more concerned about the remaining Wreckers, because at least wave 3 will turn up at retail here (and some have been spotted at EB I seem to recall).
Retail here sucks sooo badly I've relied on Amazon for awhile now, it's been a pretty safe way to get what I want with not much hassle.
Will be so crap if they keep a downward spiral in reliability. :(
I'm wondering if it is a supply issue now, since Gamesmen just pushed my wave 3 order out to December as well
Interesting. Well hopefully if it is a larger supply issue it doesn't affect Star Saber at EB Games. The manager of my local store is still expecting it on the 1st of December, so not far off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tranceblade
The Haslab toys won't be affected, as those were made to order, so unless the stock is lost on the way, it should be the most reliable items from Hasbro.Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
As for everything else, it depends on any changes in quantities by Hasbro America - if they get more demand from retailers than originally ordered, they will take stock away from other (smaller) countries as America is the primary market.
This could be why Hasbro Australia is having trouble finding Wreckers stock, even though they probably could get Amazon America to transfer stock to Amazon Australia to fulfil the pre-orders here, as there seems to be a fair bit of stock still sitting unsold in America. (I ended up ordering the remaining three items from there and cancelled my Australian pre-orders.)
I was thinking shipping containers stuck in a port for supply issues, not there just being no supply. Thanks for giving me another thing to worry about. lol j/kQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Amazon seem to have open preorders for a bundle of Legacy Dead End and Legacy Evolutions Breakdown for 79.98
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BMDYXNDY/
It's listed as sold by Amazon AU, and it acknowledges that they're available as two separate products that may ship separately. I've seen Amazon bundling a bunch of Lego sets these past few months but doing it with Action Figures, and ones released so far apart, is something new for them