Sony Player Delayed???

[Jim]

Looks like the last laugh is on me after all. When I got home from work this afternoon an email was waiting for me from SonyStyle. It said

"Thank you for your recent Sony Style order of the BDP-S1 Blu-Ray Disc player.

There has been a change of availability date for this product. We now expect to start shipping no later than December 4th. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change, but this is necessary to ensure that the product meets our highest performance expectations.

As a courtesy, Sony Style would like to offer you a $50 e-coupon good on a future Sony Style order. The e-coupon will be emailed to you approximately 30 days after your order has shipped. There will be one e-coupon per order.

We hope that you are still interested in this product. However, if you decide to cancel your order, you may do so by sending a response to this email or calling our toll-free Customer Care number at (877) 865-7669. If we do not hear from you before we ship the merchandise to you, we will assume that you have agreed to this new ship date.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for choosing Sony Style!

Sony Style Customer Care
www.sonystyle.com

"

and my response

"Just last night I called your customer service center and was assured by your representative that you would still be receiving your shipment on October 25th, and that pre-ordered units would still be shipped. And that the new date of December 4th would only apply to new orders for this product. My reference # given to me for this conversation last night is *****.



At this point, I have no confidence in the integrity of your company or service center and you can cancel my order for the Sony Blu-ray player and keep your $50 e-coupon. I have instead just finished ordering the Philips Blu-ray player through Amazon and even if theirs does not ship until the end of December, I would not take your product on December 4th, November 14th, or even October 25th at this point."




Looks like I might have to wait and watch Corpse Bride and Sleepy Hollow on New Year's Eve since Amazon's preorder email said it is not expecting to ship my order until December 20th, 2006. But, for me, the principle is worth the extra wait of a couple of weeks. And the Philips looks like it is going to be a nice, quality player as well so that does not hurt.