Arctorro wrote:I jumped on the Amazon pre-order and when BBTS opened their pre-orders I switched thinking my PoL would help soak up the shipping costs. All up (price + shipping) Amazon comes out $20 cheaper, even with BBTS's lower price, to ship down under and I'm wondering if anyone has had dealings with amazons "estimated" pre-order shipping costs. Amazon's seems waaaaay to low for international shipping, so I could get a last minute price hike, and I'm also concerned about the way they package things. +$20 might not be too bad in the long run, just not sure...
I've never had any of my Amazon orders arrive damaged...well, except for an LCD TV I ordered, but that was the fault of UPS because they treat their packages like the Samsonite Gorilla.
Still, even with free Prime shipping, BBTS turned out to about $10 cheaper than the Amazon version so I switched my order to BBTS. When asked why I was cancelling my order I selected "Found it cheaper elsewhere." Wonder if Amazon will try to undercut BBTS on the price. A Metroplex price war would be interesting.