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Originally Posted by pilotbob
The following is quoted from their help page and it doesn't mention anything about it showing on the product page...
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Nowhere there does it mention "kindle books" (check thru the amazon associates terms for a detailed breakdown of books vs kindle books vs kindle products vs digital products - each of these are different "product lines" at Amazon. If you check all the categories where the pre-order price guarantee does apply, you'll see the the required wording and a link to get more info on the guarantee.
Here's the details from the "here's how" link you reach from any pre-order that qualifies (highlights added by me):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/promotions/.../AWT354OR7BM1U
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Pre-order Price Guarantee
Amazon.com's price for not-yet-released items sometimes changes between the time the item is listed for sale and the time it is released and shipped. Whenever you pre-order a book, CD, video, DVD, software, or video game, the price we charge when we ship it to you will be the lowest price offered by Amazon.com between the time you placed your order and the end of the day of the release date. A pre-order price guarantee message will appear on your Order Summary during the checkout process. If you use 1-Click ordering, pre-order price protection will be automatically applied. The order summary in Your Account will reflect the lowest price within 24 hours of the price change.
Terms and Conditions:
* Pre-order Price Guarantee applies only to items sold by Amazon.com, and not to items (or prices) offered by other sellers on our site. Does not apply to any products purchased at Amazon.com's other sites, including Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.ca, or any other web site operated by Amazon.com or its affiliates.
* Pre-order Price Guarantee applies only to not-yet-released books, CDs, videos, DVDs, software, and video games sold by Amazon.com. It does not apply to other product lines or to items that have already been released.
* Pre-order Price Guarantee applies only to qualifying items displaying the offer message on their product detail pages. Items that do not display the offer message do not qualify, regardless of the nature of the items.
* If your order enters the shipping process before the release date and the price is lowered before the end of the day of the release date, we will automatically refund your credit card for the difference between the price you were charged and the release-date price. If you did not use a credit card to pay for your order, please contact Customer Service.
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I've never seen a price change on a kindle book pre-order (even one where the end price was lower. I have, however, paid the price at the time I made a pre-order, despite the book going down after my order and back up (even to a higher price than my pre-ordered price), which I only found out about after the fact, not in time to make any chances to my order.
I picked several Kindle books at random and none have the required message on the listings. I would love for the guarantee to apply, but it doesn't seem to do so (and the customer service people either tell you you pay the pre-order price always or the lowest of that price and the price
at delivery time (not the 24 hour price of shipping day or any of the variations of price between order and delivery).