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I want Coder to Developer, please Amazon?

May 17, 2004 16:44 by matthaw

Well, Test Driven Development in .NET will show up today, however I'm dissapointed that the main book I had ordered at the same time is back ordered and won't be shipping until June sometime. Yup, wish I had Coder to Developer by Mike Gunderloy to read today, but I guess it'll just be some TDD in .NET for me.

I also find it very odd that no where on Amazon does it say that this book is back ordered, and the real kicker is that it has "Want it delivered tomorrow?" Hah! I don't think so buddy, I get mine first. Maybe I should check out Barnes & Noble to see if I can get the book sooner than mid June. Sorry Amazon, you may have lost my business on that book.

Update: Just ordered it on Barnes & Noble - sure I spent $5 more, but at least their expected shipping date is today, not a range of 1 month. Now - off to cancel the one from Amazon.



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May 17. 2004 17:22

Mike G's book is a hot one, that's for sure.  I've not read it nor tried to order it, but I do hope you can post a review when you finish reading it.



Dave Burke

May 17. 2004 17:23

Consider it done.

Matt Hawley

May 17. 2004 17:39

Eek! I've passed the word along to Sybex to see if we can do something to get this ironed out faster. I expect this is a consequence of the book's brief best-seller status after Joel Spolsky's nice link. However, it doesn't seem like it should take a month to get copies back in stock.



In any case, thanks for the vote of confidence, and I hope you find it worth the extra five bucks!

Mike Gunderloy

May 17. 2004 18:09

Thanks Mike - I'm hoping B&N will come through for me ;)

Matt Hawley

May 17. 2004 19:50

Unfortunately, Bookpool is also "out of stock".  Too bad, this is a REALLY EXCELLENT book.



Eric

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May 17. 2004 20:30

In all fairness, Amazon always posts worst-case ship dates. Every time it's happened to me they end up shipping a couple of days after I order.



The TDD book isn't bad. Really, I didn't have much use for many of the "by example" chapters, but it gets the job done. I've been working in a TDD/agile environment for a couple of months, and while I used to be skeptical, it's a good methodology, and the resulting code just works. Good stuff!

Jeff

May 17. 2004 20:46

A third party seller on amazon took close to a month to ship it.

ZULFIQAR SYED

May 17. 2004 21:47

Looks like buy.com has it in stock for $2 bucks less than Amazon.  I love this site for book shopping www.bestwebbuys.com/.../b-home-search">www.bestwebbuys.com/.../b-home-search

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May 17. 2004 21:50

Thanks Rich! Though, I went to go cancel my B&N order and the thing had already been shipped. Oh well, at least I'm getting a copy.

Matt Hawley

May 18. 2004 00:09

I had the same problem, but i posted my order on the May 5, 2004 ! Now the delivery estimates are May 20, 2004 - Jun 3, 2004 !

Oddur Snær Magnússon

May 18. 2004 00:11

Oddur - go with Buy.com or go to B&N, I placed my order today, at B&N, and it shipped today.

Matt Hawley

May 18. 2004 04:43

I checked with my editors, and the bottom line is that they've got no control over Amazon's book ordering. There are copies in the Sybex warehouse waiting to be shipped, even though you folks have helped make this one of the better selling development titles Sybex has had lately. So, hopefully Amazon will get off their butts and place an order soon.

Mike Gunderloy

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