Amazon Glitch: Five Hundred Page Marshal Law Hardcover For £9.59

[Rich Johnston]

Now that's what I call a glitch.

It's already at a massive discount on Amazon.com, the superhero-hunting Marshal Law Deluxe hardcover, down from a perfectly reasonable $49.99 to just $28.27, 43% off with free shipping. Many American retailers may be tempted to stock up on those terms.

It's a steal but it's not a glitch.

However in the UK, something has gone wrong with the database. And Amazon.co.uk have the same item listed at £14.99 discounted to £9.59. That's basically $25 discounted to $15. A smaller discount... but a much smaller price. Practically 70% off the US cover price, with free shipping in the UK. Hell, even shipping to the US, this may be worth your while.

That's a glitch. How long it will stay like this, or whether deals will be honoured, I don't know.

Anyone care to find out?

[Matchstick]

I did wonder if they've mistakenly entered the discounted US price as the standard UK price and then discounted that but unless Amazon are offering an exchange rate of £1 ~ $2 it's not that.

Still hasn't stopped me ordering a copy on the off-chance they'll honour it.

[StBlazes]

It comes out to about $26 if you order through the UK site if you're shipping to the US. So you save shipping if you don't have Prime.

[Gareth Lewis]

They've also got the 4th 100 Bullets Deluxe Edition at the same price - 100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition Book 4 Eduard Risso | WHSmith.co.uk.

Since they've fulfilled orders for Omnibus glitches at this kind of price they're likely to honour these.

[Geoffrey D Wessel]

USA pre-order w/ Super Saver Shipping = $28.25 vs. UK + Shipping = ~$26.72


Eh, I'll eat the extra $1.75 and not take a chance that the glitch is discovered and wiped out.

[colin.ynwa]

Arh dammit.

Over at the 2000ad message boards we've been onto this one for a couple of weeks now. Selfishly we've been hanging onto it waiting to see if Rich broke it and thus potentially get all our orders cancelled.

Ho hum we knew it was a stretch!

[Matchstick]

Just done a quick check and it looks like Waterstones, WHSmiths, and even Blackwell all have the list price down as £14.99 so are basing their discounted prices on that

Marshal Law: The Deluxe Edition HC Kevin O'Neill | WHSmith.co.uk
Marshal Law: The Deluxe Edition HC (Book) by Pat Mills, et al. (2013): Waterstones.com
Marshal Law: The Deluxe Edition HC - Blackwell's Bookshop Online

I guess either the publisher/distributor has gone nuts or someone's there has made a bit of a mistake in the price list they've sent out to the bookshops.

As Gareth Lewis mentions above the 100 Bullets Deluxe Book 4, which is due out the week before Marshal Law, is shown everywhere with the same £14.99 list price so I'm wondering if all there any other DC Deluxe editions coming out around the same time with similar list prices ?

[Greygor]

Placed order and fingers crossed

[NickPheas]

Ordered. Ask me again in April.

[Somebody]

No chance. If it was in stock, or even due out in the next week, maybe. But four months and change before release, it'll get "fixed".