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Originally Posted by resumesomething
I don't know that you're wrong or need to be validated or corrected, but clearly music labels and game developers (and probably other industries) want people to pre-order their products. There's a push for it, and usually there's an incentive to pre-order, such as a pre-order only bonus or perceived limited availability. I would argue that pre-ordering is not just to own the actual product, but to get something extra with it. That's pretty standard, I believe.
In this case, you're definitely correct: pre-ordering is ordering.
I'm not mad at them for not incentivizing, but the only way I'd pre-order is if I have a reason to, but honestly when we have the ability to stream music at midnight on release day, and listen to it on YouTube, why would I order something months in advance that I'm not convinced is going to be that good, and I can go get it at Target later if I feel inclined? Being my favorite band is not enough reason to give them a loan. That's just me.
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I buy this (ha) and appreciate the reply here. I guess the tension here is the convention that these labels have established is pre-ordering has its perks because it technically only serves them. I'm coming from a perspective of I'm going to buy the vinyl regardless, but acknowledge that not everyone is in a position or has interest to do that.