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BARBARA - unavailable?!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:54 pm
by jeffbert
Amazon just informed me that my pre-order of BARBARA had been cancelled because it was unavailable. Fortunately, I found 1 copy sold by an amazon seller for about $20, & ordered that.
Was this one of those things that people had pledged to buy before it was even published?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:35 am
by F-Man
It shows Barbara by Osamu Tezuka (Oct 9, 2012) so the release date is tomorrow!
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:11 pm
by Tetsuwan Atom
Jup The Bookdepository.UK says it ships morning so jeffbert you did bought a copy that was from the Kickstarter project, so secondhand
?
Weird that even as much as one person who pledged would sell it already ?
Should have done your homework i guess.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:03 pm
by Tetsuwan Atom
I just contacted DMP about this matter it din't seem to be anvailible at any retailer anywhere at the 9th i just hope it comes around soon but i actually think it is anvailibe at there own buy website at
http://www.akadot.com/barbara-gn-p-38845.html if someone is intrested.
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:09 am
by jeffbert
DID THEY MAKE only enough to fil the kickstarter orders?
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:59 am
by F-Man
"jeffbert" wrote: DID THEY MAKE only enough to fil the kickstarter orders?
Defnitely not. The first batch is probably sold out and we need to wait a few days for stores to restock.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:50 am
by Tetsuwan Atom
"F-Man" wrote:[QUOTE=jeffbert;202691]
DID THEY MAKE only enough to fil the kickstarter orders?
Defnitely not. The first batch is probably sold out and we need to wait a few days for stores to restock.[/QUOTE]I think not i pre-orderd it mhonts ago in the UK but that website usallly ships way ahead of the release time so ... just have to wait it out
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:08 pm
by Tetsuwan Atom
Double post agian but kind of a noteworthy update on this matter i canceled my order from Thebookdepository, and when i wanted to buy it at DMP's own website it was going to cost me a total of 60,50 Dollars because of shipping being over $40 to Europe and the risk of maybe having to pay takes because it would come in a huge box or something for it ridicilous !!!!!
It wasn't that when i bought Swallowing the earth at there website so i din't do it and found a cheap way to get it new from an offical ebay retailer it only costed me 8 euro's more to get it there then from the TBD.
So i got mine brand new offical for still a good price well that's done
but siriously DMP this is no way of making money it's not like Vertical needs this crappy format for releasing Tezuka titles but o well i got my stuff can't wait to read it
.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:49 pm
by jeffbert
I just received my copy yesterday, but it has a manufacturing defect: the very 1st page's inner edge was not trimmed correctly, & it has a corner hanging out with a folded portion that was not inside the binding. I am going to contact the seller, & initiate a refund/return, though I do not know about the availability of fresh copies from Amazon itself.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:55 pm
by Tetsuwan Atom
"jeffbert" wrote:I just received my copy yesterday, but it has a manufacturing defect: the very 1st page's inner edge was not trimmed correctly, & it has a corner hanging out with a folded portion that was not inside the binding. I am going to contact the seller, & initiate a refund/return, though I do not know about the availability of fresh copies from Amazon itself.
If you do you could just order at
http://www.akadot.com from DMP itself for $19,99 it's in stock there like i sad.