I once had three preorders come in stock on the same day a couple of years ago, It was almost $425 worth of stuff. I ended up having to cancel part of the order because I wasn't prepared for three items to come out at the same day. It was all stuff I had ordered six to nine months previously. Since my wife and I run a business out of our home we experience kind of a feast or famine situation so its impossible to tell where are money is going to be that far off in the future. We hope it will be great but we can't be sure. Money is always coming in it's just that it can come in all at once or take a bit of time. To avoid a day like that, I only buy from places I can pay the balance on the item up front when I preorder. With Corner Store Comics if you pay with Paypal you pay the balance when you pre-order, but if you use a credit or debit card you aren't charged until you get the item. Whether you flex pay or preorder with a debit or credit card you are at the mercy of release schedules that can shift unexpectedly sometimes placing things you ordered close together when you didn't expect it to months ago.
I prefer to just get it paid for when I order it and be done. If something happened like losing a card and having to get it replaced, its one less thing to worry about if your stuff is already paid for. Then when something does come out it doesn't worry you if it is released earlier or later than you expected. Also, Sideshow will accept money orders to pay the entire balance of an item, as long as you get it to them before they start processing orders.
