Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Haulers Don’t Make It Out of the Amazon Dot Com (Update – Target Cancellation)
Some other things …
“That 3-year old ate my ice cone I asked him to hold!”
“You said you were the honest dealership!”
“Amazon said they would mail me No Stall in April.”
Yes, I’m sorry to burst your bubble …
“Hello from Amazon.com.
We are sorry to report that we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler - RPM”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Q8REK4
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler - Trunk Fresh”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Q8K2S0
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler - No Stall”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Q8M7H4
Though we had expected to be able to send these items to you, we’ve since found that they are not available from any of our sources at this time. We realize this is disappointing news to hear, and we apologize for the inconvenience we have caused you.
These unavailable items have been canceled from your order.
While these items are not available directly from Amazon.com, you may be able to purchase them from one of the many other sellers with product listings on Amazon.com. Please click on the links above to visit the product detail pages. If the item is available from a third-party seller, you will see a “Used & new” link on the product detail page that will provide a list of merchants currently selling the item. order:”
No real shocker here – happens all the time, big conglomerate gets a list, some peon inputs the list and activates it for the rest of the year.
So, what happened?
I’m just guessing but Amazon realized they would be holding or sending parts of orders that would arrive from next month to December 2009.
Also, they probably sold a few thousand No Stall haulers but not so many Macks, Dinoco or Chick Hicks haulers so they realized their stock on hand would be wildly off-balance based on the case assortments.
Thus …
It’s easier just to cancel the orders and maybe offer them later as they get closer to shipping.
But in any case, thanks for participating in our market research. 🙂
UPDATE from Fiddlehead who ordered from Target. Guess it took a while as they just got the Amazon memo:
Thank you for shopping at Target.com.
Unfortunately, the following items are not currently available from any of our sources:
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler - Trunk Fresh” [Toy]
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler - No Stall” [Toy]
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler - RPM” [Toy]
Though we had expected to be able to send these items to you, we’ve
since found that they are not available from any of our sources at
this time. We realize this is disappointing news to hear, and we
apologize for any inconvenience we have caused you.
These unavailable items have been canceled from your order.
And now back to our regularly shipping schedule … coming at the end of May to non-Direct Import retailers.
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metroxing
27 April 2009
Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV
49 Comments
YEAH!?!?!!?
WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?????
DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS…
just another screw up by Mattel w/ their moronic case assortments. you want to sell product, make a case of Trunk Fresh, RPM, No Stall and stop trying to cram the same s@#t down our throat. no surprise, just more of the same.
SO IS IT A “HAULER’ PROBLEM OR JUST A DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM IN GENERAL WITH MATTEL?
THEY ALREADY SCREWED CTC OVER ON THE SAME ISSUE WITH HIS DIRECT IMPORTIN’ A LITTLE WHILE AGO…
WHAT’S UP WITH THAT!?!?!
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got my email from amazon yesterday & target this morning. oh well, it was a nice try.
i just got my email from target too!!! that really stinks….I guess it’s what to be expected. nothing cars is ever easy…right?
Yep, scratch my previous comment. I got the email as well. For those not knowing what it is, here you go:
Thank you for shopping at Target.com.
For more information about your order, please visit the following page:
http://www.target.com/my-account/
If clicking the above link doesn’t work, you can copy and paste the
link into your browser’s address window, or retype it there.
You can also access this Order Update page by clicking the My Account
button in the upper-right corner of any page at Target.com. Once there,
you can make changes to unshipped orders, cancel unshipped items, track
shipped packages, modify your account settings, and do much more.
Unfortunately, the following items are not currently available from any of our sources:
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – Trunk Fresh” [Toy]
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – No Stall” [Toy]
“Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – RPM” [Toy]
Though we had expected to be able to send these items to you, we’ve
since found that they are not available from any of our sources at
this time. We realize this is disappointing news to hear, and we
apologize for any inconvenience we have caused you.
These unavailable items have been cancelled from your order.
Because you only pay for items when we ship them to you, your credit card
has not been charged for these items.
Therefore, we regret we will not be able to process your order. Your
order is now closed.
Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address
that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message.
If you have further questions, please visit our online Help department.
Thank you for being a valued Guest. We hope you visit us again.
Sincerely,
Guest Services Department
Target.com
There are only a couple people who can blame mattel, this is not one of those people.
E case of haulers will be in hand middle of may, sent payment today!
Not sure if that comment was directed at me or not, but none of my comments insinuate any blame at all whatsoever. Merely stated the facts of what happened to me as well.
Mattel dissappoints AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well, I guess I get to join the list of canceled orders………just received my email notice from Target. More promises not kept by a Mattel retailer…..am I surprised?
To quote from “Stripes”:
Sheet. Son of beach.
And then depression set in.
Gotta reverse those……as I recall, it was “Son of beach, sheet!” That’s what I said when I just received my email from Target a few minutes ago.
You may be right… I haven’t watched the movie in years…
(MET: The new edition has more nudity 🙂 ).
Definitely the reverse! Son of beach. Sheet.
I met the cast of Stripes the same day I met the Governator(except Bill Murray of course). It was back whenever they rerelease the DVD. Sean Young put her arm around me, and said she liked my flight suit, and that she had worn one in one of her movies. I was like “oh yeah” , like I really knew what she was talking about. Then she called me out, and asked what movie it was, and I had no clue. “Fatal Instinct?” “No,Firebirds!” She laughed it off, but I think she was a little mad at me. I mean, come on, hasn’t everybody seen that movie. Oh yeah, she was definitely shopping the meat market that day.
So, are you referring to yourself as meat? I guess that could be a compliment now couldn’t it? 🙂
Prime rib, baby! with all the sizzle~~~ 😉
I ordered, a set, but knew there was a 99.99% chance they were going to get cancelled. Oh well, no big loss.
I love it!
Rec’d my e-mail from Target just now.
We are sorry to report that we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:
CARS Nitroaide hauler
Cars Gil Hauler”
CARS Shiny Wax hauler
Cars Trunk Fresh hauler
Cars No Stall hauler
Cars RPM hauler
I want heads to roll. Who puts these things up on the web only to pull the rug out from under us like that. Now I only have the CTC case due in tomorrow and we all know that all of those are out everywhere.
LOL HAHAHAHA I’m sorry but that’s the funniest post I have read in months!
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These are the sounds of negative feedback hitting presellers on eBay.
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Oh, I thought that was the sound of people that pre-ordered, banging their head on their monitors!! HAHAHAHAHA
Yes John, you are correct. I have about 40 people from both my website and eBay to notify about this now and I can’t wait to see how many negatives I get on eBay. 🙁
But can;t you order them direct from Mattel at all? They must be available in the future!
Yes I can, but only in case quantity. Ordering them singly is not an option. And with only 1 per case, that’s not really an option either.
More poor case distribution…Mattel is really screwing this up….
Jake, no offense intended at you! I was talking about the Bandwagon Sellers on eBay.
No offense taken, and I am sure I will get the big red mark by at least a couple of angry buyers. There’s nothing that can be done about it — I’m expecting it.
My order for 7 haulers, placed through Target.com, and NOT “fulfilled by Amazon”, shows an updated shipment and delivery estimate, but that only moves it to:
Shipping estimate: Apr 20, 2009 – May 4, 2009
Delivery estimate: Apr 23, 2009 – May 11, 2009
Only a slight delay, as indicated in the changes in dates, is indicated in my account summary……no cancellation email.
Hang in there collectormom, maybe we’ll get ours before anyone else!
Target has been on the ball more than anyone else lately, so I’ll keep my faith in them.
If only it were to be true! My order is gone from my account page with Target like it never happened. I asked them to notify me when they come available so now I’m curious if I’ll get an email the end of May for Trunk Fresh
I just spoke with someone at Target. They have not canceled any orders but they did tell me that the original estimated arrival date has been moved from the original 4/22-5/8 to 6/11-6/15 because “they are on Special Order from our manufacturer”.
From what I have been told this is a common delay tactic and there will most likely be another, and another, and another, until probably December when all of these haulers are released.
Not surprised. Does this also apply to Target.com orders? I wasn’t in a huge hurry to float Target an interest free loan, so I didn’t order.
(MET: Update. Target also out, no surprise as the shipment goes to Amazon).
They don’t bill until it ships. I still have the option to change my payment method.
Nice, I didn’t realize they didn’t bill until ready to ship.
Target and Amazon are the same right? So I guess I’ll be getting this email from Target since I ordered these too
Target just cancelled my order; got the same email as above
got the same one from Target tonight too….. what do you do… guess we’ll all just wait it out again …
I checked the Target site just now and clicked the notify me button; I’ll guess I’ll wait to see what happens with that. I don’t want to order them online one at a time but I’m not going to order a case again either. I figure if Target and Amazon thought they’d have them to sell then eventually they will right?
Useless
(that could refer to either Amazon.com, or the two first posters in this thread…)
I’ve really taken a liking to these haulers. Too bad they are nowhere to be found here, but what else is new. In further, unrelated news, this past weekend I actually saw a “real life” hauler with a trailer that had roughly the same scale as the ones on the CARS-haulers. It kinda looks ridiculous in real life to see a full-size cab with a mini-hauler behind it like that, when you’re used to seeing the full-size NASCAR haulers…
I saw two Nascar type haulers traveling south on I-5 through Tacoma on the weekend. More impressive than the Cars haulers.
i saw the “first” post and thought i’d be funny and post last.
I haven’t received anything like that from Target, yet. Nothing. I only ordered Gil though and isn’t that Hauler supposed to come out this summer? I check the status frequently and it still says that it will ship between April 20th and May 4th and should arrive between April 23rd and May 11th.
I spoke too soon. I just got the same response from Target.
u should recieve Gil soon for target i just recieved mine. but they canceled my other orders for the new haulers saying they can’t get them .
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