And now we’ve circled back to the topic of “if a restaurant burns down…”
As Schadret said, “If I was in a restaurant and ordered a filet mignon and the place burned down before I got it, but they scrambled and were able to get me a ribeye, I’d certainly expect to be charged for a ribeye and not the filet I originally ordered.”
Using your Amazon example, if I order the full Harry Potter Series on Amazon and I only get books 1-4, with no possibility of receiving books 5-7, I expect that Amazon will give me a partial refund. I would be rightfully upset at being expected to pay full price when I did not get the full product. I shouldn’t have to “problem solve” and go to garage sales or thrift stores to try and find the other three books.