Gotta love Amazon Prime - ordered yesterday and received today at around 2:30!

Thank you for posting this. I just ordered. :thumbup1:

DD and I LOVE Sonlight D. It is perfect fit for us, and I plan to stick with it through middle school. My only problem will be choosing between Sonlight and LLfLotR when DD reaches 8th grade. We are both happy with all of our choices for this year.

I didn't get the email either, but using the directions on page 3 of this thread, I was able to order the Astronomy unit free. Thanks!

I just ordered the whole set (1-7) from CBD. Thanks for posting this!

Double post ---

Hallelujah - I was able to order. There's a message up on the website that they believe all the kinks with the shopping cart are worked out. I was able to easily check out and already received my confirmation email. The binders are already back ordered, but they should be back in stock soon. Kolamum - I hope they get that 3 week sample to you ASAP! :)

You're right. I am stepping back from the SL site for a few days. :leaving: :):):)

Well since I was so excited to order last night and couldn't, I did some research on Sonlight alternatives. I kind of wish I had found something that I like more, especially now that I know these problems happen every year. But, alas, I will try again today. We will be using Core D, which was the sample Core, so I know that I can print the new 3 week sample. Quick question for you experienced SL users: In the past have the new IGs been ready when promised? i'm a little leary of ordering and then facing delay after delay.

That just stinks - both the need for you to call internationally and the stupid last years sample. I am frustrated - I can only imagine how you feel.

KolaMum: I think that if you click the link in my post for 3 week samples, it takes you to a page where you put in your name and email, and I guess they will just email it to you???? I still can't order either. At this point I really don't want to because I'm afraid the same thing that happened to you will happen to me, and I won't even know if the order went through. Ugghh

They have the following on their site: The entire curriculum line, including all of the 2012 Instructor's Guides will be available for purchase on April 2. The following Instructor's Guides will be ready to ship on April 2: Core IGs P3/4, P4/5, A, B, H, W, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 530; Language Arts IGs 1 and 4-5 (Language Arts is already in the Core IG for P4/5 and D-530); and all Science IGs. However, some of the guides will not be ready for us to ship to you on April 2. The following IGs will be backordered for a short while: You may order the IGs for Core C, Core D, Language Arts K, Language Arts 2 and Language Arts 3 starting April 2, and we will ship them by the end of April (first week of May for Language Arts 3). Starting on April 2, you may download the first 3 weeks of those guides for free at http://www.sonlight.com/3-week-samples.'>http://www.sonlight.com/3-week-samples. If you want to start school right away, simply order your Core and use the downloaded guide until your full IG arrives. You may order the IGs for Cores B+C, D+E, E, F and G starting April 2, and we will ship them by the end of May. But starting on April 2, you may download the first 3 weeks of the Core B+C, D+E and E guides for free at http://www.sonlight.com/3-week-samples. The first 3 weeks of the Core F and G guides will be available for free download by April 20. If you want to start school right away, simply order your Core and use the downloaded guide until your full IG arrives. If you finish the first three weeks of the guide before your full IG arrives, you may contact our Customer Relations team and they will provide you with a PDF of enough weeks to last you until your full IG arrives.

Some of the new ones are. According to Sonlight, as of today they will no longer be selling the old ones. I don't think they are backordered in the typical sense. They have had a chart on their homepage for at least the past week indicating which cores would be available on what dates.

I can get on but every time I try to checkout, it just hangs indefinately or goes down. I was waiting until tonight to order because I wanted the new IGs. I'll try later.

I can't even get on the site - it keeps crashing! I'll order in a couple of days.