Comments on: Amazon Request List

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:13:37 +0000

I hadn’t tried it, and they kept referring to “customers,” so that’s why I guessed people were committing to purchasing. But a simple notification is much better.

And would work better for libraries, too. Instead of letting people get on a request list way before the item is actually available, this would just be and added service. Also, it doesn’t punish people who don’t use the service. People could sign up to be notified when they can place requests, but they’d have to come back and place the request themselves, the same time everyone else.

By: walt crawford

walt crawford — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:25:11 +0000

Chris is right–at least based on my experience, again not called “1st to know.” For Picket Fences, Amazon had a sign-up option that was also used as a sort of lobby to get the season released…unfortunately, that hasn’t happened for seasons after the first. There was no commitment to order in signing up for the notification.

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:54:48 +0000

videoeta.com offers a similar reminder service, with no obligation to buy anything. That’s the one I usually used when I was ordering DVDs for my library system.

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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:17:26 +0000

If I’m not mistaken all this does is send you an email when the product is available to order. You don’t actually commit to purchasing the item when signing up here. I’ve done this a bunch times when ordering TV Season sets that haven’t quite been announced yet. I just don’t remember it being called “1st To Know.”