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King Kong (2005) (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Collector's Edition) [UK]
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"Why, the whole world will pay to see this. We're millionaires, boys. I'll share it with all of you. In a few months, it'll be up in lights on eBay: Kong Collectors Edition (very rare - in hand)."
I know. Not sure what is going on with Amazon. If it’s sold out then why have it available to pre order all the way up to paying for it. I did contact their support to ask about this and this was their response
This is because the system has not yet updated as to which fulfillment centre nearest to you will have the stock due to the high pre-order volumes. In this case, I would suggest that you try placing the order after a couple of days
This is because the system has not yet updated as to which fulfillment centre nearest to you will have the stock due to the high pre-order volumes. In this case, I would suggest that you try placing the order after a couple of days
Just note, Amazon support is useless at the best of times so wouldn’t trust the above would be correct
I am UK so don't use Orbit. But from that email alone, Orbit seem good guys. Need more with honesty and transparency like them. Especially in contrast to certain UK retailers waffle and being kept in the dark with copy & paste emails when things go awry... mentioning no names...
Why is this marketed as a UK exclusive when a percentage of the product is sold internationally then?
Are Universal purposely allocating stock in other countries, putting it where they like (US) and then falsely marketing it as exclusive to the UK to drum hype or do the UK retailers perhaps decide not to take their total allocated percentage of units for some reason, so they get kicked elsewhere?
Zavvi, HMV, Amazon - do they buy the stock from Universal (or whomever is manufacturing this under license) and set the RRP?
I'm not clear on how this works in the UK. Anyone know? We need a @paulboland answer here
Maybe Orbit coughed up "extra" cash to secure their stock from Universal in a deal?
Again, I'm only being speculative having never owned a business nor worked in corporate management.
Either way, this whole wave of new collectors sets are being marketed with unreasonable and false information. It's janky AF.
Are Universal purposely allocating stock in other countries, putting it where they like (US) and then falsely marketing it as exclusive to the UK to drum hype or do the UK retailers perhaps decide not to take their total allocated percentage of units for some reason, so they get kicked elsewhere?
Zavvi, HMV, Amazon - do they buy the stock from Universal (or whomever is manufacturing this under license) and set the RRP?
I'm not clear on how this works in the UK. Anyone know? We need a @paulboland answer here
Maybe Orbit coughed up "extra" cash to secure their stock from Universal in a deal?
Again, I'm only being speculative having never owned a business nor worked in corporate management.
Either way, this whole wave of new collectors sets are being marketed with unreasonable and false information. It's janky AF.
This is a UK exclusive. It is only being sold via official channels in the the UK, limited to 2K. There's nothing janky or false there.Why is this marketed as a UK exclusive when a percentage of the product is sold internationally then?
Are Universal purposely allocating stock in other countries, putting it where they like (US) and then falsely marketing it as exclusive to the UK to drum hype or do the UK retailers perhaps decide not to take their total allocated percentage of units for some reason, so they get kicked elsewhere?
Zavvi, HMV, Amazon - do they buy the stock from Universal (or whomever is manufacturing this under license) and set the RRP?
I'm not clear on how this works in the UK. Anyone know? We need a @paulboland answer here
Maybe Orbit coughed up "extra" cash to secure their stock from Universal in a deal?
Again, I'm only being speculative having never owned a business nor worked in corporate management.
Either way, this whole wave of new collectors sets are being marketed with unreasonable and false information. It's janky AF.
There are steelbooks only (not collectors editions) being sold in Europe, as part of a shared print run. Orbit are not a UK retailer, they are an importer. Universal will not be providing them copies directly. I don't know how they obtain copies, but it'll be further down the chain, not from the distributor.
Dude, with how strange the sales have been on this release, it's definitely suspect in some way or another.
Are you in the UK? What does it say for you now?
Until now, I have been able to add it to my cart but not check out.
It now tells me "currently unavailable", "This item cannot be dispatched to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location."
I'm not in the UK.
It's just gone fast tbh. I know others disagree, but I don't think there's anything dodgy going on. Zavvi sell quick all the time. HMV (rightfully) Limited orders to 1 due to expected demand, same as they did with BR film vault. Amazon, well, it's amazon lol they've had that preorder bug for ages now, so there's no telling what they have/haven't sold. Utterly useless company.
It's possible some people just bought some. For me the message just switched to:
"Currently unavailable.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock."
From the previous "This item cannot be dispatched to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location."
"Currently unavailable.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock."
From the previous "This item cannot be dispatched to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location."
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