Anyone else having trouble to find Privateering in stores ?

[tunnel85]

Today is Sept. 4th and I still don't have my copy of Privateering. 
I'm old school and I like to physically buy things instead of ordering. Not the best idea but it's my contribution to save the local stores...
Official release was supposed to be Aug. 31st and I could find the standard 2CD version + LP only today.
No Deluxe and of course no Super Deluxe. Absolutely useless and offending.

They said they can order the Box for ca. 120 Euros ... Who's gonna pay twice the price to have things 2 weeks taler ?
Will show them next year what I can get for 120 Euros. 
 
I don't understand the commercial strategy.
How can the music industry complain if they show no respect to the customers ?
Maybe I won't buy at all their f*** record. 
 

[dmg]

First of all a big congratulations from me for buying it from a shop and not ordering online.  I hate to see empty units in my local high street and when I can, I try to do the same.  However, this time I ordered online because I thought the record shop may not stock the deluxe edition.  I guess it's a sign of the times because a number of years ago they would have had more of a selection.

I'm in the same boat however in that I still have no physical copy of Privateering.  Two are apparently in the post and on their way to me now, however.  I shall wait by the door...

[3Strats]

I also bought mine locally because I remember there were delays with the Get Lucky on line orders.  ( I bought the boxed set of GL  locally as well).

[tunnel85]

good to read I'm not the last of the Mohicans.
I'm gonna cross the border and give a try in France. Maybe the grass is greener ?
it could be intetesting to figure it out 

[El Macho]

I'm in France,

I went to Lille this afternoon, I went to 2 stores : FNAC and Furet du Nord.
Only available are the 2 CD and the 2 LP  versions.
At present , I still have got no album. 
MK.com gave me a code to download the album for free...

[knopflerized]

I've received an email from Amazon Italy. They are out of stock and I won't be deivered before 26th september... 1st october...
I've ordered in Italy beause it was CHEAPER.... so.... I'll wait for my box...Glad that I have mp3

[Fieneke2]

Quote Tunnel : "good to read I'm not the last of the Mohicans"

LOL Tunnel! No you are not one of the last Mohicans!  I always order at our local Music store too and until now I always had
my CD's before it was official released!

I have been twice to the shop now and the owner (who is a fan as well) promised Friday that he would try to get the CD's asap,
but it seems he doesn't have another choice then waiting too!  Of course I could go to another shop in a bigger city, but because
I ordered the CD's a few weeks ago and because it isn't his fault, I am loyal to this man and don't want to leave him in the lurch!

Today I called him and he told he will have the CD tomorrow!    .... So at last I will be able to listen tomorrow evening! 

Fieneke

[Pottel]

amazon delivers top service, all the time anywhere. that is all i can say. and yes, i TOO support non online business. but if they would be halve as cooperative and customer minded as amazon, they would sooooooo stay in business..

[tunnel85]

So it's a big mess all over Europe.
I'm very suprised that a major like Mercury is  to professionnally release an album.
it looks that the Super / Deluxe needs were under evaluated.

What do they want us to do ? Get a copy in Hong Kong ? No problem, I can do it.   

[JeroenvG]

I ordered mine copy of the super deluxe version weeks ago in the shops. They even asked me if I wanted this version. (They know I am a fan)
And because of that I got it at the release date 31th August.

I think it is just a matter of ordering on time from the shop to have it on time. So yes I am supporting the offline stores too.

[tunnel85]

I ordered mine copy of the super deluxe version weeks ago in the shops. They even asked me if I wanted this version. (They know I am a fan)
And because of that I got it at the release date 31th August.

I think it is just a matter of ordering on time from the shop to have it on time. So yes I am supporting the offline stores too.

That's an efficient solution 
It works because you're a big fan and you have a good store.
What about the normal customer ?
I understand it may be difficult to find the Super Deluxe box but at least the Deluxe version should be in stores at the release date.
After reading different answers, I'm not sure anymore the problem is the shops. Looks like Mercury is doing an amateur job. 

[JeroenvG]

Deluxe versions are mostly bought by people who are aware of this versions. Here in The Netherlands the sale from the 2cd version is going very well, so I think they have a good stock in the shops.

[JF]

Tunnel, I do the same 
I've always bought my records in store, never ordered on the web

in Fnac Lyon, std edition was avalaible on monday, and there was ONE super deluxe box set version, at least in the FNAC store I went, but there are 2 other FNAC stores + one Virgin Megastore (where I bought my deluxe boxe set GL back in 2009) in Lyon, so I guess that there are other ones avalaible in my town.
the Fnac store said that the deluxe 3CD edtion will be released on 10th september

[MarkKnopflerBelgium]

At my local MediaMarkt, there were shelves full of the new MK cd, but no record store in my area has the (super) deluxe version in yet.

[Jules]

I bought all my MK cds in local shops until Shangri-la, then local shops closed or changed into other kind of stores...

The next cds I bought them at Fnac in Valencia, but this time the price is too high there, and I