The new Kindle started shipping yesterday and I got my shipping notification! Woohoo! Oh wait:
The following items have been shipped to you by Amazon.com:
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Qty Item Price Shipped Subtotal———————————————————————
Amazon.com items (Sold by Amazon.com, LLC):
1 Kindle Leather Cover, Blac… $34.99 1 $34.99
Shipped via UPS
Tracking number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Item Subtotal: $34.99
Shipping and handling: $7.48Total: $42.47
Paid by XXXXXXXXXXXX: $42.47
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You have only been charged for the items sent in this shipment.
(Per our policy, you only pay for items when we ship them to you.)
The following items will ship separately, as soon as they’re available:
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Qty Item Price Not Yet Shipped
———————————————————————-1 Kindle Wireless Reading Devic $189.00 1
God damn it.
Join the club.
Of course, I ordered after they had already “sold out”, but my shipping date was projected to be the 3rd.
We will see.