Skull and Shackles ACG Base Set Availability

[Fallenzealot]

Due to a tight financial situation I have to order S&S ACG Base Set from Amazon to save money. However, I was wondering why Amazon still has the release date set for September 9th. Would it be faster to just order it from Paizo through the subscription service? Is Amazon not allowed to ship theirs until Sept. 9th?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[chavamana]

Amazon does this all the time. They don't have any in stock (because it is before the release date) and just make up a random date in the future.

For example:
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jucu?Amazon#1

or

paizo.com/threads/rzs2k1ve?Bestiary-to-Amazon#1

You should be ok :)

[Fallenzealot]

So its actually been released already then?

[chavamana]

I believe the release date is the first day of GenCon.

[StanC]

A question I would like to ask is why are other companies able to get their items, through amazon, released on the same date as the normal release date ? I have seen this with games, movies and other companies RPG releases. Not sure if Paizo has anything to do with this or not. Just curious.

[Vic Wertz]

They do their own thing by their choice, not ours. We'd be thrilled if they released on the same date as everyone else, if only because this sort of question comes up from several customers each month.

[Fallenzealot]

Well I spoke to Amazon customer service and they basically said they have a product date of October 2, 2014 and there is no way to get it sooner as it has not been released yet. I'm so fed up with there shenanigans.

[StanC]

Vic Wertz wrote:

They do their own thing by their choice, not ours. We'd be thrilled if they released on the same date as everyone else, if only because this sort of question comes up from several customers each month.

Wish there was something you could do to change their minds =)

I order the Players handbook for 5th Edition and I received it on the release date. This would be nice with the Pathfinder products as well.