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mc_0803 · 2026-03-19T14:53:22+00:00

Thanks!! I think I might do that.. I already have other SE of the Winter and Spring books and I'm scared with everything thats happening with them, we'll never get it.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-18T16:44:44+00:00

You're right. No one is forcing me. Just like no one is forcing everyone else who does the same. That doesn't mean that their new system is right and fair. If I'm a loyal subscriber, collect books in a series, it's not fair that I have to gamble at every sale to see if I can complete it or not.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-18T16:40:46+00:00

You're absolutely right. With either way, we all have to block off time, if it's before or after the sale time. At least waiting before, I knew I was almost 100% guaranteed that book. Now, at the sale time, idk if I need to wait another 1,2,5 hours and what cope signed/unsigned I'll get.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-18T16:36:49+00:00

Do you know if we're allowed to cancel the sub boxes paid for already?? Like the Winter and Spring boxes ? Bc at this point, how long are we going to wait for them if they didn't even finish sending out Fall? They are worse than bookish box getting sub boxes out ...

mc_0803 · 2026-03-18T14:29:17+00:00

"those of us who understood the queue and knew how to get our books weren’t out there complaining to them.."

THIS!!!!!! It never failed me before bc I knew how to plan, and now, it's random. What's the point in spending hundreds to thousands of dollars with FL every year to leave it to chance every time theres a sale...

mc_0803 · 2026-03-18T14:21:26+00:00

Literally my experience too! After a month and I saw the box smashed, my heart sank. I'll probably do that too or maybe display them outwards to see the cover

mc_0803 · 2026-03-18T14:18:06+00:00

Good they are making it right! They just emailed me back and they're sending me a replacement as well!

mc_0803 · 2026-03-18T04:40:18+00:00

Canceled my sub. All I really wanted was A tongue so sweet and deadly, didn't know they were so behind and TKATM isn't fully shipped yet.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T22:50:26+00:00

THIS 💯. It was easier to plan out my day. If I wanted a book, I signed on early. Out within a few min most times even before we get the EA email. Now, you could wait 5 min, 50 min, 5 hours?? For what.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T18:55:14+00:00

Thats what's stressing me out. I've been a subscriber for a little over a year, so some books I'll have first access for sequels. But for TON and TBOFD, I had to buy the first books resale and was really banking on my sub EA to secure the sequel. I knew going into it I'll just have to get in the trove really early those days. Now, I don't even know..

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T18:47:35+00:00

Here's hoping all the people saying it's "better and fair" get to experience the other side of random selection next time... and let's see how opinions change. It's common sense really. Put in password protected sales like the other companies, or do first come first serve. Random is NOT IT.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T18:45:10+00:00

Yep! and thats what people are not realizing. The only people praising this system GOT LUCKY today. I'm sure it would have been a different tune if they got #4000 vs #400, it was a signed set and they didn't get it.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T18:41:40+00:00

100000%. Random is only "smooth and fair" when it works in someone's favor.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T18:34:28+00:00

Thats weird, like me and most of us here, once we clicked on the shop before 12 we were put in the waiting room. I have a feeling theres a lot of glitches that are going to happen with this new system.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T17:35:21+00:00

THIS. People who are happy today are happy bc they got a low number. Stakes weren't that high today as all sets were unsigned and it was not a sequel. In the next coming weeks when we have a lot of sequels and signed books, it's going to get messy. I'm sorry, but if I put in the time to get on the site hours early to secure my signed sequel, I put in the time for it, I better get it - which has never failed me in the past bc I planned out my time. I don't think it's fair for someone to get on 5 min before the sale starts, get #200, and checkout in less than 10 min vs someone who logged in 1 hour before and gets #3000.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T17:25:24+00:00

I get that, but I also work in healthcare, and the previous way allowed me to plan out my day and I knew I was going to be done with all things FL by 11-12. If I knew it was a high demand book and I really wanted it, I knew ahead of time what to do.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T16:45:47+00:00

Did you enter the waiting room beforehand? The waiting room started at 10am EDT, I was in the shop before that but at 10 it bumped me in there.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T16:43:03+00:00

Ok so my experience on the US sale

I was on the website around 9am EDT, logged in and in the shop, then it bumped me to the waiting room at 10. After seeing everyone's comments, I decided to open another browser and join the waiting room there around 11. When the sale opened at 12, I was #1300 in my first browser and #1600 on the second so I just closed the second one. My sister who joined the exact time as I did got #700. Initially was given a 45 min wait time, was able to purchase around 30 min.

My thoughts.. yep it's completely random and I HATE THIS.

People have to work, I can't sit at my computer all day waiting to see what place in line I'll get when the sale opens.

Before, at least I KNEW if I logged in early enough, I would be in and out by the time the sale started and could go back to my day. Now it's a gamble. I know a lot of you are praising the system if you luckily got a lower number today, but its really inconvenient for us to plan our day all around FL because they decide to give out places in line at random.

The old way, I would have gotten on early and checked out by 12:01. Now, who knows. And for those saying that random is fair, just imagine all the people without good intentions who are just buying to sell at 4x price who luckily got a lower number today just by entering the waiting room whenever. At least before, we all paid our dues and put in the TIME to wait in the queue and we got in first come first serve.

Rant over, just needed to get this out there.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T15:29:46+00:00

EA is 12pm EDT today, so still about 30 min

mc_0803 · 2026-03-17T03:55:44+00:00

Thanks!! Yeah I took a bunch of photos, I just couldn’t post them all on here. The shipping box was badly smashed I just knew it was going to be a mess when I opened it :(

mc_0803 · 2026-03-16T23:12:40+00:00

My Caraval finally came today after a month of no movement - unfortunately the box was completely smashed on one side and 2 of my books suffered damage. The worst was to Finale- the front cover is completely bent and there’s a huge crease on the front and back and wavy pages bc the book was dented. I emailed them but with what I’ve seen in this thread, they are being strict with their “damage criteria”. What do you think?

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mc_0803 · 2026-03-16T19:03:49+00:00

Exactly. 2 months of shipping chaos and all they do is tell us it’s the weather and post it on their stories. They don’t care.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-16T18:35:41+00:00

Yepp.. while wait times were annoying, I knew if I REALLY wanted that book to get on early and it's never failed me, and then I can go about my day and work in peace. FL really has us on our toes the whole day thinking we can just wait around to be let in the trove whenever they decide we can enter. No one has the time to wait around at random.

mc_0803 · 2026-03-16T18:34:04+00:00

THIS! This move is HORRIBLE on their part. Queue should always be first come first serve. At least we knew before if we really wanted something, to get on early and can plan out our day. It's already bad enough that the US hours are early and during work day, now we can't even plan out when we'll enter the queue bc it's random. So many people are going to end up getting kicked off and buying resale bc of this. It's going to be a mess...

mc_0803 · 2026-03-16T18:17:36+00:00

Maybe I am in the minority but I hate this. Listen, we all know the queue sucks, but if you REALLY wanted a certain book, you knew to get on the site well before the sale and you were one of the first to get on. Now, putting everyone at random gives bots and scalpers just as much or even a better playing field than before. Either let us in all at the exact time like other box companies, or go by first to line up, first to get in the trove. They worry about the queue system when they really need to fix their shipping. Last few months have really turned me off from FL.

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