OOTP Update Cards

[Guest]

[sfmuggle]

you're lucky terryweasley & hopefully you get your full order.  Breyer cut me back quite a bit but I've found several local sources who are only a little more expensive than Tom.  My only problem is the ability to obtain enough product to satisfy "me" 

[kbmum]

Potomac is now sold out, too.

[ztaylork]

Potomac is now sold out, too.

That was my bad...I cleaned them out

[kbmum]

Bad is right!  You've been quiet lately.  Whatcha been up to?

[Nienna]

Bad is right!  You've been quiet lately.  Whatcha been up to?

He's been BUYING loads of cards is the answer!!
Can't wait to see what goddies you pull and put up for sale too Zach - should be good!

[terryweasley]

I'm getting my three cases.  Paid him Friday.  I must have been a good girl this year, and Santa is sending me an early Christmas gift.

[LikORish-Spider]

I talked to Tom yesterday. He mentioned that he had a cancellation for an order of five boxes. Yes, boxes, not cases, and that is all he had. He sold out of OOTPU. He has probably sold those five boxes by now.

[allender]

Thanks!  That sounds right.  Cases shipped on the 14th via UPS Ground should arrive on the 20th for East Coast addresses.

It depends on where you are in the East Coast. UPS predicts the 20th for Tom's address or Potomac's, the 21st for mine because I'm not near a truck hub. December 21 is a whole 10 days after the DVD will be released and is getting too too close for Holiday ordering, shipping, and receipt!

Though I wonder if it really will be "later", or if it will be like the main OOTP, where they shipped earlier and we were sworn to secrecy on what was inside until the official release date. (Of course, maybe Artbox decided not to do that again.) I guess we'll find out after they start arriving out West!

Allocation as severe as we're hearing is puzzling. 600 cases versus 700 isn't a huge reduction for an update set. Maybe they decided that their biggest customers had been getting too high a % of the print run? That doesn't seem to be a very big reward for loyalty and guaranteed cash flow, which are two of the most important things for a card company.

[ztaylork]

Bad is right!  You've been quiet lately.  Whatcha been up to?

Been really busy...but I am getting back into the swing of things     I am excited for this release though!!! If anyone is looking for cases dreamjoey has some on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HARRY-POTTER-ORDER-OF-THE-PHOENIX-UPDATE-10-BOX-CASE_W0QQitemZ190182263272QQihZ009QQcategoryZ73570QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I made an offer of $490/case for 2 cases, and he accepted, and $30 shipping for the 2, so it came out to be $505/case, so if anyone is interested, possibly he will accept a similar offer     I think that with Tom Felton and Helena Bonham Carter, its going to be a pretty popular set...but we shall see   And yes, I am sure I will pull some nice variants to offer up for sale

[Hikarist]

Does Tom normally send out, "Hey, payment's due" e-mails?

[blackcat20]

yes

[kbmum]

I believe that case payments were due by yesterday (Sunday), so you might want to contact Tom ASAP.

[Hikarist]

O_o  I didn't quite get one, but I sent payment through paypal last night, so hopefully that will be okay. :S I'm so excited....!

[terryweasley]

That's strange.  Tom sent me an email the first of last week infroming me when the deadline for payment was.  Is he shipping the boxes out on the 14th?

[Hikarist]

I dunno... I think that's when Artbox is shipping them. I was wondering though - does he ship them once he has them, or does he ask artbox to ship them for him?    Kinda confuzzled...

Also... I asked him about something last week and he didn't say anything, which is why I was curious... thanks. 

[blackcat20]

Tom ships once he has received his order.

[kbmum]

Unless Artbox makes a last-minute change, it will ship out cases on the 14th.

[Misty]

I think when I buy a case from Tom they are drop shipped direct from Artbox.  I think that's the way it is with cases.  I don't think they go to him and he sends them out to me.  That's why the shipping is so reasonable. of course, I live in the US.  It may be different for UK

[sfmuggle]

I think when I buy a case from Tom they are drop shipped direct from Artbox.  I think that's the way it is with cases.  I don't think they go to him and he sends them out to me.  That's why the shipping is so reasonable. of course, I live in the US.  It may be different for UK

Didn't know they did it that way but it makes sense because he (or any other master account dealer) would be paying a whole lot for shipping.  Thanks for the explanation.

[Hikarist]

Sorry, I'm kinda new to this so forgive my stupidity... but what does 'drop shipped' mean? Just that it's delivered right to the door? What if someone isn't home to accept it?

Thanks.