12srepaid said:
So when will you have them in on not a limited basis? I really don't want to preorder.
ABU Core Values # 3: "You can only buy what we have in stock"
This "core value" doesn't seem to apply to their PeekABU. I know how you feel, I don't like the idea of tying up my money in something that's not even in country yet. It's not that I think they're going to "pull an ABU(rev1)" and take more pre-orders than they can fulfill, it's more of a matter of principle to me.
I also know there's more than a few here that have trouble saving, I see the comment "I had money last month but now this month they're available and I don't have the money anymore" from time to time. This pre-order trick gets around that problem by saving their money for them. You can't spend it on something else while you wait if you don't have it.
I was hoping their shipment would get here before they were all spoken for, and could run over to their website and place an order that day before everyone rushed in and bought them out. I wouldn't feel so bad if I was just late to the store and the shelves had been cleared, but at least I wouldn't have to do something I don't want to do to get it. But with this pre-order business, they're pretty much guaranteed to be "sold out" long before they hit the dock.
So... pre-order, or go without. I suppose this could be looked at as a trade-off, one that hurts the people that don't like pre-ordering, but that helps the people that have trouble with saving. (and naturally one that helps ABU with their cash flow) I'm in the "doesn't like pre-orders" camp, so I have a bit of a biased opinion in the matter, but that being said, it makes puppy sad. All I can do is hope this doesn't become a regular thing.