And that's only the US. For Europe, I haven't found any retailers that even allow you to pre-order (including Amazon.co.uk).

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Just go to your local store, best buy or walmart, and buy it the day the game is released. If you show up when they open it's yours.

If you work in retail and have to work that day keep your mouth shut about it at work and call in sick or say you are having issues with your car or whatever.

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I just went ahead and pre-ordered from bestbuy and instead of having it shipped to me I just chose the pick-up in store option.

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Guy at the local gamestop let me pre-order mine. Said it would be out on the 28th. *shrug* Either Gamestop's inventory system is based on internet rumors, or they don't have any tag on it for 'unannounced' release dates that you aren't suppose to tell customers. (the latter wouldn't surprise me, I work retail and I can tell you that most in-store inventory systems are very vague.)

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I posted this in another thread but EB Games told me that they were only ordering enough Collector's Editions to cover the pre-orders but that they would have plenty of the non-Collector's Editions to go around.

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Well, they say sold out doesn't mean they really are. It is like how Gamestop offered limited preorders of the Nintendo Wii and Playsation 3, all to prevent something like an XBox 360 supply disaster. If they get more, you can buy more... but until this information on availability is released by Blizzard, gamestores dont wanna promise anything over what they already have.

I still plan to buy the CE.

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Am I the only one here who ISNT going to buy CE regardless if whether it's sold out or not?

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No, Ken, you are not the only one.

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I pre-ordered the regular BC this weekend at a Gamestop in Vancouver Wa. They had on their list of 11/30 for a release. So, who knows.

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Well, if they don't want to make more money off of me just because I want a special pet, then I guess I can be ok with the regular version :)

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People that buy collector's editions are such suckers.

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Where I come from a regular copie of WoW has been sold out for a month or so, hoping they won't make some package and force me into buying the expansion.

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Where I come from a regular copie of WoW has been sold out for a month or so, hoping they won't make some package and force me into buying the expansion. I would really want to start playing WoW.

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yeah...holding supply back...um...gee...sounds like wut the oil companies do to drive up the cost of gas. oO

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I tipped you guys to the stores taking pre-orders last weekend! They're very nervous about having enough for people...cause WoW is hard enough to find as it is.

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I have the regular version on preorder, but will see if I can upgrade to CE.

Why? For those whom question why people are getting the CE, there is alot of reasons. For me, I'm an inspired game developer to be, meaning I'm currently taking classes on how to reach that goal. I have interests in the programmering and graphical art of video games, and thus this expansion's CE will help me get a view on how they put this thing together (not fully, but enough).

1. Behind the Scenes - helps me see how they went about the expansion and some techniques used to generate the new content.
2. The Artbook - view the many talented pieces of art from the Blizzard Art Department. This gives a new impression on the crafting and see the relation of the art into graphic. I personally love their art and would buy this thing seperate if possible and wasnt included.
3. CD and DVDs mean better options and with DVD, better speed of installation.

All the other stuff is neat, but not great and is not selling me on the collector's edition. If only #3 or none of the three mentioned above where not included, I wouldn't consider buying it.

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Oh, I forgot to add I'm looking forward to taking the soundtrack too... the new TBC music is cool :) BETA TESTERS FTW

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I remember reading somewhere on the forums that they had done up 75,000 of the Original Collector's Edition.

I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't planning on a similar amount for Burning Crusade.

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@Aaron:

I think I read something similar about the numbers for the original release. I'd also wager that Blizzard is in the business of making money and they'd want to make as much as possible on this release. I'd personally expect more CEs of the expansion than the original considering it's popularity. Producing 250,000 versus 75,000 out of 7 million players could still be considered a "Collector's Edition". All the while making an extra 30 bones per copy.

/shrug

Who really knows what they're planning. :P

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Good thing i got my two copies! Paid in advance too, all i have to do is show up. how delicious it will be.

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