WoW collector's edition: shorted by Vivendi?

So, can anyone who pre-ordered the collector's edition of WoW verify that they received it? i pre-ordered through ebgames online, and got confirmation last week, but now i'm thinking i might be out of luck.

Mine hasnt shipped...cancelling it

I ordered my WoW CE from EBgames.com. As early as this morning my account status said that it hadn''t shipped. However, right now it says it has not only shipped, but is waiting at home for me having been delievered at 9am. I''m going to lunch soon and will be able to go home and find out. I''ll post if I got it.

Just to let you know I ordered my CE really late, 1 week ago, so if there is any list I should be at the bottom of it.

I just picked up the CE edition at Best Buy this morning. They had about 15 copies of it. You might want to try there today.

DrJones

The online portion of Best Buy has it listed as ''Backordered'' but I did an instore pick up very easily. I just received my confirmation on pick up status as a matter of fact.

All I have to say is hell no.

If you have a Fry''s Electronics nearby they have tons.

The Fry''s in Sunnyvale CA has 2 displays of 50+ regular editions and 1 display of 50+ Collector''s Editions.

OMG the CE is so nice. It even includes a cigar.. er, um, wait a minute, thats the roled up cloth map

So in the ongoing drama that is my WoW CE pick-up, Best Buy literally just called me on cell phone and told me that they actually don''t have my copy in stock and it was a huge mistake and blah-blah-blah. Yeah, I''m really pissed.

Go to Circuit City or somewhere Reaper. Sorry you are getting shanked by BB.

"Flux" wrote:

Go to Circuit City or somewhere Reaper. Sorry you are getting shanked by BB.

Ooooooooo....the shanker is getting shanked. I honestly can say I didn''t see that coming.

Ya.. I just drove out to Best Buy on my lunch break. They had a table set up right at the front with about 100 copies of regular WoW and about 15-20 CE''s. Grabbed me a CE, paid, and walked out. Hah! I will never pre-order! What a scam!

But ya.. if you can''t find it at Best Buy.. you can try Target too. I hear they got CE''s as well. Luckily, I have 2 Best Buys, 2 Targets, 3 Walmarts, and 2 EB''s all pretty close if the need ever arises to hunt down a game.

My preorder arrived this morning, with no problems.

My Amazon.Com CE Pre-order is ""Preparing to ship"". Which''ll mean I probably get it late next week.

I went to Circuit City this morning, they had no WoW anywhere, I was suprised. Of course, the had the new U2 cd and Harry Potter out in multiple places, both which also came out today.

So I headed down the street to Best Buy, browsed around the games, what is this? They still have the preorder boxes on the shelf! I am ready to leave and walking by the last aisle I see stacked on the end obviously out of place five copies of the CE. Picked it up and am happy.

EDIT: However I am very disappointed by the cloth ""map"". This thing is the size of a piece of paper and doesn''t tell you anything! It would have been much better if they took the maps from the manual and put them on here, actually had some detail.

In...my...hands......weighs about 10 lbs, between the binder/book and the CE.

The GameStop staff told me that there were 20 people waiting in line at 10:00 AM to pick the game up. I got the binder, as well as the CE which I had reserved.

Funny thing; I walked right into the store and up to the register- no wait- which was great. They are apparently sold out of the regular edition, as another customer saw that I was handed something and asked- they answered that they only had reserved copies.

In...my...hands......weighs about 10 lbs, between the binder/book and the CE.

What''s the deal with the binder? is this the eb strategy guide binder thing? how does this work, and how much?

"jonnypolite" wrote:
In...my...hands......weighs about 10 lbs, between the binder/book and the CE.

What''s the deal with the binder? is this the eb strategy guide binder thing? how does this work, and how much?

My comments (in another thread) about the CE version of the strategy guide.

The binder allows for loose-leaf updates and data to be added, as content is updated and changed. As well, apparently the whole strategy guide can be downloaded with authentication (from your strategy guide) on pre-laid out 3-hole punch pages.

FYI you dont need to buy the binder version to get the updates... updates will be available online in PDF form for anyone who buys a strategy guide Binder or not.

From Brady Games site....

Exclusive Online Updates
The BradyGames website will be updated with new content. These updates are available - for a limited time - only to those who purchase a BradyGames World of Warcraft Binder. Downloadable topics include:

Battle Reports
Journals
Content Updates
Character Templates

Don''t know how to read that ""limited time"" disclaimer. Exclusive to the Binder for a ""limited time?"" or only online for a ""limited time""

Says in the back of my regular strategy guide that I can go online and get updates..

<shrug>

I went to EB games and they had no CE. Across the street at Futureshop, 4 CEs. I love my CE!

Sorry it took me so long to post back. My CE was delivered this morning. Tried to install at lunch. Disk errors.

Here is what is available to download with the Strat Binder after registering...

B&WW Class Quests (High Res 7MB)
Ever wonder which quests are for your class and yours alone? Download the High Res version in Black and White Here!

B&W Class Quests (Low Res 377kb)
Ever wonder which quests are for your class and yours alone? Download the Low Res version in Black and White Here!

Color Class Quests (High Res 14MB)
Ever wonder which quests are for your class and yours alone? Download the High Res version in Color Here!

Color Class Quests (Low Res 3MB)
Ever wonder which quests are for your class and yours alone? Download the Low Res version in Color Here!

As a special bonus to our binder customers we decided to give you these regions maps, but on a clean slate. Download these six region maps, grab a special region icon set and your are off to creating your own maps!

Dun Morogh Region Map
Durotar Region Map
Elwynn Region Map
Mulgore Region Map
Teldrassil Region Map
Tirisfal Glades Region Map

Fish Icon Set (11MB)
You like fishing? We have all the icons here.

Gems Icon Set (8MB)
Download this special pack of gem icons for your region maps!

Herbs Icon Set (9MB)
All the herb icons you ever needed are in here.

Misc Icon Set (2MB)
The mystery icon pack...you just have to get.

Ore Icon Set (4MB)
Download this ore icon pack for all you mining fanatics!

Pearls Icon Set (2MB)
Know of areas where to find these special items? Grab these icons to never forget!

I''m genuinely curious if the binder codes are unique. Just so know one thinks I''m trying to receive ill-gotten gains, instead of telling me, could two people who both have the binder version compare notes and tell us if the numbers are unique? The form on the page simply labeled it an ISBN...

Well, to close up this thread, i did get my CE from ebgames through their oline ordering/brick and mortar delivery service. They were short on preorders for the CE though, and some got stiffed. They had 1 copy of the limited edition strat guide left, picked that up if only for the penny arcade stuff and the promised updates. I know, i''m a sucker.

Got online last night, short queue for the west coast servers. Hopefully they''ll get that sorted out soon. IT was a real clusterf**k though, fighting people for kills and trying to level up to where i left off in the beta (i only spent a day or two on beta).

Probably won''t be able to get on the GWJ server til things die down, that one was filled to the brim even at 10pm pacific time:)

I haven''t had a lot of time yet to paw through all the goodies in my CE box, but I have to say that the WoW Collector''s Edition is the most beautiful piece of work I''ve seen for a CE to date. I was amazed to find that the art book is hard cover. Very nice!

I haven''t had a lot of time yet to paw through all the goodies in my CE box, but I have to say that the WoW Collector''s Edition is the most beautiful piece of work I''ve seen for a CE to date.

Agreed, Slambie:) It makes the HL2 CE look like a sad cousin.

An excellent purchase and I had no problems ordering mine and using in store pick up at EB.