Forum - View topicAmazon, Hachette Resolve Pricing Dispute
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mgosdin
 Posts: 1302 Location: Kissimmee, Florida, USA |
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And a quick check of favorite Yen titles on Amazon shows ...
Well I can pre-order Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Volume 20 which wasn't possible before, but availability on any of the other volumes in series I collect is still 1 to 4 weeks. So, Amazon did not stock anything rather than just not shipping in a timely fashion. I suppose that they will eventually re-stock these titles, but to be honest the dispute has already changed my buying habits so that Amazon isn't my first choice when I'm buying any Manga. So I suppose the dispute was a success in at least one aspect. Mark Gosdin |
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Dark Absol
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Good to know that I always go to RightStuf as my first choice when it comes to manga/anime before the Amazon debacle happened.
I'd still go for Amazon, but only for games, movies/tv shows not related to anime, among small stuffs like TCGs, etc. |
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terminus24
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Pretty glad about this, Amazon is usually where I buy manga because of my Prime membership, so it'll be good to have more stuff available and at lower prices.
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Dessa
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As part of the dispute, they were ordering less copies of books. So the shipping time are likely because they're waiting on new books to arrive. |
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here-and-faraway
 Posts: 1529 Location: Sunny California |
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Thank goodness it's over. I'd like think that the dispute helped out the"mom and pop" online stores like Rightstuf and The Anime Corner Store, but I'm guessing it also hurt Yen Press.
I'm guessing that it took a lot of guts standing up to amazon for so long. I'm glad that both sides appear happy with the solution. |
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mdo7
 Posts: 6372 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Well here's hoping Amazon learn their lesson, never act like a dick.
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rookie_one
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Most of my long term Amazon pre-orders weren't affected by the dispute, but anything I hadn't pre-ordered and were being released after the dispute started I had to look elsewhere. Went to TSRI and B&N for what I couldn't get, but I missed getting my copies on release day (advantage Amazon).
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stevek504
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You did the same thing I did, I switched. I am working on about a dozen series right now and it was a pain not to be able to pre-order them. (I tend to forget). I would think that the other outlets are wondering why their sales have gone up. I hope they don't go crazy now like Amazon did. I still like Amazon to some extent. They handle returns very well. But, they did start showing less care when shipping books starting a while back now. I also enjoy the Prime shipping, but this is being offset a bit by taxes now. In the end, Amazon is now my last choice for manga. |
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lem
 Posts: 734 Location: Land of trying to figure sht out |
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Good news.
It was a shame that Yen Press even had to deal with this. This definitely influenced my decision on where to buy from and how often. Thanks to this other businesses have since been given consideration when they wouldn't have otherwise. Although honestly I rather enjoyed being lazy and complacent in my comfortable little groove of relying on them so much... Funny what it takes to get that needle to jump nowadays. ah well. *off to order some more Spice and Wolf* |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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About time, although it didn't effect me very much since Rightstuf is usually cheaper anyway, so I don't give Amazon my business that often for manga and anime. I was kind of mad at Amazon's douchebagery though.
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ajr
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I'm glad to see Hachette will get to set their own prices, it makes for a healthier business environment. I like Amazon, but they've got a little more market share than I think I'd prefer. Plus, this'll might help drive more traffic to TRSI.
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