this is the original link with the release date of 9/18.

however, as the album became out of stock, amazon put up a new link with the release date of 10/4 as they wait for the second batch of the albums to arrive from korea.

i have emailed amazon to ask whether the orders get reported to Nielsen / counted for BB200 when ordered or when shipped, and they replied with this:

"I know the whole situation.

I extremely apologetic for this inconvenience....

I've checked all situations and simultaneously talk to escalation team about this.

Please try to understand as a retailer we are heavily depended on seller or manufacturer for the availability of the item. In this case too we were highly dependent on the manufacturer for its availability. So that we could have immediately delivered this item to our customer as specified on release date delivery.

But due to the heavy demand at the last moment, the manufacturer pulled out his hand on its availability and we came to know this particular situation at the last moment...."

i wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that bighit's officialshop also went out of stock? it would make sense if amazon is getting their supply directly from bighit. i'm just speculating, though.

yes, unfortunately. this only applies to amazon though. that's their tentative "release" date for their second batch of preorders/albums. (and it's likely the second batch will no longer be first press.)

i might just my 2 sets from amazon to buy elsewhere if they aren't counted towards first week of BB200.