really bummed to hear this news. unless more copies are printed (which may not be likely considering the book is limited edition), some folks who thought they’d claimed one through preorder might end up with their orders cancelled.
apparently about 1200 copies were confirmed for pre-order in the US—200 more than it was advertised were available—while preorders are actually still open in Canada and Japan. i’m not sure yet if this is because extra copies were printed for international sales, or if preordering for these countries has been left open for some other reason.
the bright side to this is how quickly the limited edition journal sold; 1200+ copies at $150 each in 3 days. hopefully this (finally) shows DisneyHyperion how serious Gravity Falls fans are about merch—and prompts them to meet the demand.
that being said, if you’re concerned about your preorder through or you’d just like more copies of the limited edition journal to be available, contact DisneyHyperion and let ‘em know. here is their twitter and here is their website (tho i recommend twitter, as their Contact Us page on the site seems to be just a maze of FAQs).
Also, don’t be afraid to contact Amazon’s customer support! Just be sure to ask them to check your order confirmation number to see if you’ll actually get the journal.
That’s what I did, anyways, but now I’m paranoid.
Someone else contacted customer support, and were told that Amazon was unable to confirm their place in the queue. It also sounded as if Amazon may not fulfill orders in the same order that they were received…
It sounded like the reason Amazon didn’t limit the amount of pre-orders, was because they didn’t realize that the item was limited quantity.
Which is quite frankly, annoying, as I’m sure its not the first time they’ve dealt with collector edition items with limited quantities… And if pre-ordering isn’t closed yet in other countries, even more orders are coming in… tbh there is certainly enough interest for DisneyHyperion to print another 1000 copies…
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