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Originally Posted by jcs913
It definitely was not bad for the buyers. For me, it planted the seed that patience was probably going to save me money on titles I did not 'need' right away. I think I stopped pre-ordering years ago, basically after Christine. I remember when the pre-orders were a frenzy. Now, I don't see that. I think a lot of it has to do with the selection of titles being offered, but their price and imminent markdown in the buyers eyes also have to do with it.
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The preorders were a frenzy because that was the only time they offered the free autographed copy with qualifying order. Then it got too frenzied and people complained so they started having it on other days (always Wednesdays). Of course when they offered a very popular title it would be very active but never on the level of having a signed copy, which was basically the only form of "sale" they had back then (although that had a couple of annual sales in the later stages when they had the autograph copy on preorder days).
I think that's what made them more unique and what I appreciated more than anything from them (as far as those extra touches are concerned). Of course the liner notes and exclusive commentaries are great too, but I really enjoyed the thrill of scoring a free autographed copy.