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just read this article on amazon:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/22/amazon_uk_xbox360_mistake/
they have been cancelling premium orders - apparently by mistake.
a couple of parts in the article jumped out at me
'"We fully intend to fulfill these orders," he said. The orders will be fulfilled by 31 March, as previously promised - we have always kept customers in the loop on ship dates, he added. The cancellations were a "mistake".
The spokesman stressed the supply problem is one the whole games industry is facing, not just Amazon.co.uk. The issues doesn't affect the Xbox 360 Core system, which lacks the 20GB HDD pack and the wireless controller, he said.'
the supply problems seem to have been sorted out by everybody else. i could go into town and get one right now if i wanted. don't get me started on their claim that 'they have always kept their customers in the loop on ship dates - it is simply not true!!
then the real beauty...
'The supply issues appear to extend to software too. Amazon.co.uk has begun charging an extra £10-12 for certain Xbox 360 titles, including Call of Duty 2, Dead or Alive 4, Project Gotham Racing 3, Full Auto and Kameo: Elements of Power.'
i checked, and it's true!!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...618145/sr=8-5/ref=pd_ka_5/026-0001728-3103648
i have never heard the likes of that before - again i could buy each of those games in town for less than the price amazon are now charging.
have amazon gone mad? are they trying to get back at microsoft? or are we about to see a change in the way web retailers do business.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/22/amazon_uk_xbox360_mistake/
they have been cancelling premium orders - apparently by mistake.
a couple of parts in the article jumped out at me
'"We fully intend to fulfill these orders," he said. The orders will be fulfilled by 31 March, as previously promised - we have always kept customers in the loop on ship dates, he added. The cancellations were a "mistake".
The spokesman stressed the supply problem is one the whole games industry is facing, not just Amazon.co.uk. The issues doesn't affect the Xbox 360 Core system, which lacks the 20GB HDD pack and the wireless controller, he said.'
the supply problems seem to have been sorted out by everybody else. i could go into town and get one right now if i wanted. don't get me started on their claim that 'they have always kept their customers in the loop on ship dates - it is simply not true!!
then the real beauty...
'The supply issues appear to extend to software too. Amazon.co.uk has begun charging an extra £10-12 for certain Xbox 360 titles, including Call of Duty 2, Dead or Alive 4, Project Gotham Racing 3, Full Auto and Kameo: Elements of Power.'
i checked, and it's true!!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...618145/sr=8-5/ref=pd_ka_5/026-0001728-3103648
i have never heard the likes of that before - again i could buy each of those games in town for less than the price amazon are now charging.
have amazon gone mad? are they trying to get back at microsoft? or are we about to see a change in the way web retailers do business.
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