DR Ron Pulliam - I am truly sorry about your Tyrone Power set!! 
Just curious...when you pre-order new releases, do you find that you generally receive them on the release day? If not, how much of a lag time do you generally experience?
I have no patience, so I usually try to go to a brick and mortar on a release day, but more and more lately that is proving frustrating, too...
Had the Tyrone Power box NOT been "emptied" by persons unknown, I would probably have gotten it today...which would have been the second "recent" item I'd received on the release date.
This used to be the "rule" with Amazon, but things went awry for a while....I was often finding my pre-orders weren't going out AT ALL. I once noted that a new release could be had "the next day" if one were to order in the next hour and 26 minutes.
I sent an e-mail asking why my "pre-ordered copy" had not yet been shipped at a time they were offering folks a next-day copy of it if they ordered "right now."
I got a song-and-dance response I did not take kindly to...and I let them know (a la BK) how unacceptable the response was in its not dealing with the issue and ignoring the specifics of my complaint.
My pre-order was shipped post-haste and I got it that week (in two days).
I had a couple of other occasions to question Amazon about the sluggishness behind pre-order shipments. I got the impression they thought they were doing a good job, but I informed them I knew people who ordered an item on the weekend before its release and got the item a day after the release date...while I, having pre-ordered weeks (if not months) in advance, was still waiting to be notified of a shipment. I considered that a disservice and said so.
They've been much better about filling my pre-orders since then.
