Preordering From AMAZON????

[Rz_Samurai]

i really want to preorder some blu-ray movies on amazon but i want to know if i do are the going to take out my money right away from my account or do they take it out when the movie actually comes out on its release date??????

[roxyv]

They charge once they are processing and packing your movie for shipment...

[hardtosayx]

yeah that way if the price changes (lowers) then you get that price, instead of as listed when you pre-ordered

[Rz_Samurai]

Originally Posted by roxyv

They charge once they are processing and packing your movie for shipment...

ok thank you very much. that makes me feel better!

[Rz_Samurai]

my question is that i want to preorder van helsing and the texas chainsaw massacure on blu-ray but i dont want to get charged yet. do they charge you right away or the day they actually ship??? but i also want to place a order for movies that are already out right now but i dont want to wait untill texas chainsaw massacure releases to get my other movies also. basiclly is it possible to get those movies before i get my preorder ones, by me ordering everything in the same order form?????

[MOONPHASE]

I think this question was just asked yesterday but anyways the answer that person got is no they don't charge you until they ship it out

[Edawg72]

Correct. Your cart for your current already out titles will ship within the next few days and the pre-order BD's will ship when they become available. Amazon will email you when they ship out your pre-ordered titles and you can expect a charge within 24 hours.

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by Rzone_XI

my question is that i want to preorder van helsing and the texas chainsaw massacure on blu-ray but i dont want to get charged yet. do they charge you right away or the day they actually ship??? but i also want to place a order for movies that are already out right now but i dont want to wait untill texas chainsaw massacure releases to get my other movies also. basiclly is it possible to get those movies before i get my preorder ones, by me ordering everything in the same order form?????

Originally Posted by Edawg72

Correct. Your cart for your current already out titles will ship within the next few days and the pre-order BD's will ship when they become available. Amazon will email you when they ship out your pre-ordered titles and you can expect a charge within 24 hours.

You can also have them ship everything at one time...just have to let them know at check out.

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by Moefiz

You can also have them ship everything at one time...just have to let them know at check out.

true but that's not what the op wants to do

[ccfixx]

When checking out, Amazon will give you the option to bundle your items into as few shipments as possible, or you can choose to have things ship when they are available. So, with the second option, the titles that are currently available would ship now and all pre-ordered items would ship when they are released.

CC

[dvdwatcher]

Originally Posted by Moefiz

You can also have them ship everything at one time...just have to let them know at check out.

I found this doesn't always work, I pre ordered Van Helsing which releases on Tuesday and The Thing, checked ship together and they just shipped The Thing on Thursday and I assume Van will ship on Monday so two charges. I actually Emailed them and they gave me some lame excuse.

Weird though I pre ordered these like a month ago so why did it take them so long to scrue it up?

[Rz_Samurai]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

When checking out, Amazon will give you the option to bundle your items into as few shipments as possible, or you can choose to have things ship when they are available. So, with the second option, the titles that are currently available would ship now and all pre-ordered items would ship when they are released.

CC

ok you answered my question correctly. thanks!

[Sussudio]

You already created a thread asking the very same thing and acknowledged responses. Why another

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=113893

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by Sussudio

You already created a thread asking the very same thing and acknowledged responses. Why another

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=113893

Yeah that's the one I was referring to but forgot that it was the same person

[Kartoon]

You'll have a hard time ordering "texas chainsaw massacure"

[syncguy]

If you preorder from amazon, they will give you the lowest price between your preorder date and the release date. This make me give a higher preference to amazon over some other sites.

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Kartoon

You'll have a hard time ordering "texas chainsaw massacure"

I'm planning to order that but can you tell me why it'll be difficult to order?

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Kartoon

You'll have a hard time ordering "texas chainsaw massacure"

Are you being sarcastic because of the mispelled word?

[Sylin]

In the USA, generally speaking, it is improper to charge a customer for a mail-order/Internet-order item prior to it actually shipping.

While the actual law doesn't prevent this action, the contract merchants have with Visa and AMEX forbid it. MC is a little more lenient to merchants, but they won't require a cardholder to pay for an item they haven't received yet.

This even applies to non-PIN debit card purchases. It does not apply to direct bank draft or check purchases, from what I understand.

(It also does not apply to pre-authorization fees, where merchants attempt to determine if your card is valid by charging a temporary fee, whether it be $1 or the whole amount, because those charges fall off and won't count against your balance.)

A lot of this sprang from litigation during the 80's and 90's when mail-order and catalog order companies were billing customers immediately, and then not shipping items for weeks, months, or never if it was out of stock or discontinued. Dell was successfully sued by a man when they claimed a laptop was in stock, charged his card, and then failed to ship it. Ironically, he was a judge.

I don't buy from any online vendors that charge immediately and ship later. It's just bad practice, IMO. The FTC agrees, and it's a hot-button issue with them now that online shopping is so popular. If an online merchant actually charges you, but doesn't expect to ship for days or weeks after that, report them to the FTC. Enough complaints, and it will be illegal soon enough.