Amazon issue

[Jeffrey Palmer]

Anybody else having trouble with their preorders from Amazon.com? I had the Pirates players guide and Distant Suns preordered and they both were cancelled for being unavailable. I love ordering Piazo stuff and I live shopping at Amazon, just worried about what's up. Thanks for any info.
Jeff...

[Gorbacz]

Amazon is notoriously problematic when it comes to less-than-mainstream books, such as RPGs.

Also, since Amazon doesn't deal directly with Paizo (they take Paizo stuff from Diamond/Alliance), Paizo doesn't have much influence over how things turn up at Amazon.

[proftobe]

I used to work in gaming distribution in the late 90's. I was a salesperson at Zocchi. Just to give you an idea how amazon worked on small products. Amazon attempted to set up an account with us. The Amazon NDA was so horrible that we decided not to do business with them. We told them that we weren't doing any business with them, but that didn't stop them from faxing us orders for items(usually the hottest or out of print items) until we closed our doors(close to 3 years). Amazon demands a ridiculous discount and while I can't speak for Alliance/diamond if there was anything resembling a allocation situation(say alliance ordered low or only ordered their pre-ordered numbers) then Amazon will be the first cut because not only would they not notice, but they're paying less for it and not ordering that much. Just my two cents. YMMV.

[Papa-DRB]

This question comes up a lot. HERE is an old post by Vic Wertz about this.

-- david
Papa.DRB

ps. search from the main forum page for AMAZON and you will find others.

[James Sutter]

Hey folks--thanks so much for letting us know! Amazon canceling preorders is a Big Problem, and management has been alerted. Hopefully this'll get cleared up in short order...

[Jeffrey Palmer]

Thanks James. It had worried me and I love ordering my gazillion Pathfinder books from them.
Jeff...

[Jeffrey Palmer]

James,
Take a look at these links, they both are the products that I preordered and were cancelled by Amazon and are no longer for sale by them, only other sellers.

Go to Pathfinder: Distant Worlds

Go to Pathfinder Player's Companion Pirates

[voska66]

This why I haven't bought the books yet. I'll have the chance to get to a gaming store on Saturday, maybe they will have in stock.

[Wanda V'orcus]

James Sutter wrote:

Hey folks--thanks so much for letting us know! Amazon canceling preorders is a Big Problem, and management has been alerted. Hopefully this'll get cleared up in short order...

My pre-order of DISTANT WORLDS was cancelled by Amazon as well! :-<

This is the first time I've had that happen with a Paizo product -- what restitution (if any) do we have??

Cheers, JohnH / Wanda

[Toadkiller Dog]

Try Book Depository. Never had a problem with preorders (both Paizo and other), and they're cheaper, too!

[James Sutter]

Still working on this one. Rest assured, our fire-breathing distributors have been storming the gates of Citadel Amazon for the last 24 hours, so hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

Believe me, nothing makes a publisher (and in this case, an author) stomach-sick like the idea of accidentally losing all your pre-orders...

[Jeffrey Palmer]

Thanks again James! I appreciate the effort you guys give and all of your products.

[Vic Wertz]

Distant Worlds and Pirates of the Inner Sea should both once again be available for purchase at Amazon.

[Wanda V'orcus]

Yay!

Thanks, peoples!!