I think you are right about the pricing..for that to work for amazon they would have to start out at the low price...from day one...because if they didn't they would have to give the cheaper price to all those that ordered from the start...that is amazon's policy...and in this case that appears to be what happened...I already have a surround version so I'm not interested in this one...but I am concerned...my friend Gos has ordered a copy of this release...and if there is damage to his set this could be trouble for the Germans...I've already given this information to the American consulate in Germany...let's just hope for a damage free delivery for Gos
And, I thought about the damage factor. I have really no idea how Amazon will package this box set.