Curse

isamu kurosawa · Apr 28, 2006, 11:57 PM // 23:57

I went to game in the UK to pick up my pre ordered CE and they seid its unavailable, but they have a few held back at their head office and if i want to i can pay over the phone via credit card but had to pay more

so i just made them refund my deposit and bought one off ebay.....now i hope it arrives on time

Zimmerru · Apr 29, 2006, 12:01 AM // 00:01

I have even checked eBay and havnt found any here in the states, though I think i'll head over to ebay.co.uk and see whats up. I checked with a dozen or so Gamestop's and EBGames and the ydon't even have a reserve SKU for the CE, so I can't even reserve the CE from them. Somethings not adding up here....

dargon · Apr 29, 2006, 12:16 AM // 00:16

The June date on the website is when the SECOND batch of CE's will be done. The first batch just got delayed in shipping at some point so most stores should have it within the next week or so.

Legeon · Apr 29, 2006, 12:19 AM // 00:19

Ebgames at my mall didnt have any...was very disappointed as I don't have head start access so i can't play until i got a CE (which im not giving up on). They said 1 week, so may 5th I guess...sigh...

Pay more, get screwed more while anet/ncsoft laugh at us. =[

Feminist Terrorist · Apr 29, 2006, 12:25 AM // 00:25

I'm very very disappointed with the lack of official word in these CE threads (that have been unhelpfully merged into one unwieldy lump), but not surprised. Not surprised at all. Don't get me wrong, the game's good, but the frequent missteps from ANet and NCSoft are very disappointing.

yeah_hi · Apr 29, 2006, 12:59 AM // 00:59

I pre-ordered mine on Amazon.co.uk; there was no sign of it being dispatched on Thursday, and when I checked on Friday it was showing a dispatch date of '1 to 2 weeks' - eeek.

Fortunately I checked again today, and my order is now showing 'dispatching soon', and the product page says 'usually dispatched within 24hrs'.

Just hoping it gets here before the extended head-start event is over - until then I'll just sit in Shing Jea Monastery, and glare at the people that have it already

Xion · Apr 29, 2006, 01:12 AM // 01:12

anyone in the UK got their copy from Simplygames yet? me and my guild ordered a total of 24 copies and none are yet to be seen

Ure Maker · Apr 29, 2006, 01:30 AM // 01:30

erm i just got it from believe it or not TESCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i live in scotland UK lol soz american dudes for £30 so i dont know is that about wat $60

Chris1986 · Apr 29, 2006, 01:51 AM // 01:51

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Originally Posted by Zimmerru

Was wondering the same thing myself..... Which leads me not to believe the May 5th date but So far about 25 stores in 6 states have given the same dates so far, with the exception of best buy which is giving the 19th of may.

I think the sad part is you called 25 stores in 6 states.

Zimmerru · Apr 29, 2006, 01:56 AM // 01:56

I called EBGames/Gamestop Customer service and asked about getting some sort of key to extend my playtime till my CE arives, and they gave me a pre-order key and said "they said they would extend it till the CE comes out". So I guess we'll see if that is true.

I also did find this on another CE post here on GWG:

Quote:

Hello,

Thanks for getting in touch to ask about the availability of Guild Wars Factions. We have some news on this matter and hope to have more, perhaps as early as tomorrow. First of all, the Standard Edition should reach all shelves worldwide on April 28th, as planned. Many countries will also receive the Collector's Edition on time, as well. But it's true that stores in some areas of the world will experience a modest delay before they receive their copies of the Collector's Edition. In addition, the Collector's Edition has been sold out in some stores even in advance of arrival, a situation that we did not anticipate.

We apologize deeply for both of these situations. One was the result of a manufacturing delay; the second was caused by unpredecented demand. We hope to have more definite information on availability soon, and in the meantime, are already moving forward on making additional copies of the Collector's Edition. Those additional copies of the CE will be shipping on June 30th. We want to emphasize this is a secondary batch, and that if you have already preordered the Collector's Edition, you should find your retailer able to fulfill that commitment within the next few days. Thank you for your support of Guild Wars!

Regards,

The Guild Wars Team

j0j081 · Apr 29, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00

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Originally Posted by Asrial

I could see this happening, but highly unlikely.

The system, when I checked at ~ noon today, didn't even show any ALLOCATED TO BE SENT.

However, your area could be special.

There are at least two confirmed Best Buy employee's (me and Studio Ghibli) eagerly waiting for the CE. Trust me. When Best Buy gets it, you'll know. We'll post about it.

yeah who knows. they could have just told me that to get me to come in tomorrow I suppose. the only thing special about my area Rockford, IL is there aren't too many computer gamers around so it leaves more for me lol.

LivingDeadGrrl · Apr 29, 2006, 02:12 AM // 02:12

My sister made a point yesterday when we were talking about this whole CE debacle, and then it just became a humorous sticking point.

She said "What was the point of PRE-ordering? Isn't that so the company knows how many of something to make?"

Which I then quickly turned into me pretending to be working at NCSoft, saying "Listen, the Pre-Orders of CE are all in... looks like we have 17.2 million pre-orders. Now, I need you to get on the phone and call Billy Anderson, he's the guy that's going to be doing the counts to make sure we have enough pre-order versions of Factions. Because we'll naturally have to match the pre-orders to the number of boxes made, that only makes sense. Where's Billy at right now? He should be getting out of his 2nd grade class for recess. Just tell his teacher that we need him today earlier than anticipated, and that his mom said it was ok, and that we have a lunch prepared for him."

...basically, saying that a second grader could have estimated the pre-order "demand" by checking the number of pre-orders they received. Something about how they weren't "prepared" makes me itch.

Zimmerru · Apr 29, 2006, 02:13 AM // 02:13

I just got off the phone with the rockford Best Buy and the guy said neither they or any best buy in the state of Illinois has any instock or in transit...

twicky_kid · Apr 29, 2006, 02:26 AM // 02:26

Last night I get a call from GameStop telling me my CE will be ready for pickup today.

I get to store and guys starts looking around for it. I tell him what's going on and he says ok let me check my emails. Finds out that it has been delayed till JUNE 28th. Email said call for a special code to continue playing.

I call get the code. While speaking to the rep after entering code I saw that it gave the same benifits as the pre order. After asking the rep said it is a pre order code.

Anet has really made a mess of this. I know its not their fault because they cannot control the manufacturers. They need to extend the pre order key for CE till the release.

Otherwise they are going to lose my CE sell. They stand to lose MILLIONS from this blunder if they do not do something about it.

Zimmerru · Apr 29, 2006, 02:30 AM // 02:30

Yeah same here.. but he did say "they said they were going to extend it".. so only time will tell....

Red · Apr 29, 2006, 09:05 AM // 09:05

Posted on the Guild Wars main page, dated April 28th:

Quote:

Originally Posted by GW main page

Guild Wars Factions Collector's Edition Availability 28 April 2006 Due to unexpected production delays, the initial batch of Guild Wars Factions Collector's Edition will be shipping in North America on May 4 rather than the scheduled release date of April 28. We are working with select retailers such as GameStop and Electronics Boutique for in-store availability on Friday, May 5.

While this first supply of the Guild Wars Factions Collector's Edition is limited in quantity, production is underway for a second run and we expect those to ship in the U.S. on June 30, 2006.

The teams at ArenaNet and NCsoft sincerely apologize for any inconvenience, and appreciate your patience while we work on a solution that will get the Guild Wars Factions Collector's Edition to you as soon as possible.

For details on availability in Europe, please visit eu.guildwars.com.

Looks like I'll be gettin my EB preorder! YAY!

Thallandor · Apr 29, 2006, 12:55 PM // 12:55

My suggestion is not to delete the 2 slots we got from the preview after the 10 days grace period for those pple who want to add in the retail collectors key, make them invalid fine but dont delete them. Its only fair to those who are waiting for their copy of CE to add in the keys to their original account.

Please dont tell us to just buy and add in the normal ed keys to confirm the 2 slots we invested time playing in and then to buy another CE just to enjoy /dancenew....seriously read this yourself again and understand the anger that been generated by your devoted fans who wants a fair go at playing the game with CE while supporting ANET who been doing a good job so far.

Please make the 2 extra slots for those who link Factions invalid for a extended period rather deleted after 10 days period. Thats all i ask for those who are waiting on the CE.

Edit for spelling

Studio Ghibli · Apr 29, 2006, 05:14 PM // 17:14

Sigh.

As of 4/29, 12:30, my Best Buy store still has 0/0/0.

As in zero in stock, zero in transfer, zero marked for transfer.

RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO-tastic.

Hope it's in by the time the headstart event ends--otherwise, I'll be hanging around Tyria for awhile.

Curious.

Will my Cantha characters be deleted after too long of a wait?

- edit -

I decided to check the inventory of CE throughout the rest of Florida.. and it's basically the same thing.

As far as I can tell, not one damn store in all of Florida has a CE.

Not one damn store in Colorado or Washington, either.

.. neither New York nor California.

As far as I can tell, not one damn Best Buy in America has a CE.

HellBent · Apr 30, 2006, 01:32 PM // 13:32

I was planning on getting the Collector's Edition of Factions, not only for me but for my son too, mostly just to show my support of a great game...but having the poster hanging on my wall would have been cool too. When I couldn't find it at the store my first thought was that they had sold out. When I asked the doofus about it he said they didn't come in and they weren't planning on having any for at least a couple weeks! WHAT??? Then I saw the post at GuildWars.com about the delay. Boy did Anet drop the ball on that one. The die-hards like me are the ones that are gonna drop the extra coin on the collector's edition and we certainly aren't gonna wait a few weeks after the game is released to buy it. Terrible planning....u guys missed out on a ton of cash.

LifeInfusion · Apr 30, 2006, 02:00 PM // 14:00

I think you get it only if you preordered. Only after flashing my preorder receipt did they even acknowledge that it was even coming (though next week).