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My quest for the big box

Post by Orsco » 13 Nov 2008 06:28 am

Some of this will be repeated cause some people were on at midnight, to you folks...listen again!

On a whim, i goto gamestop at 10 of 12 last night. theres 200 people there. i wait for 30 minutes to find out the store (and every gamestop) got 10 CE's. I leave purchasing nothing.

New plan, get up at 645, drive 1 minute to walmart. I get up, drive to walmart. dude knows why im there, "yea we got that!" oh cool , 1 CE please....oh we ordered 5, got none. Can you call hadley and find out if they got theirs? "they ordered, didnt get any as well" Now i already regret getting up so early.

On another whim, at 10 after 7, i head to hadley to tarshae. they open at 8, its only 720....
so i goto dunkin donuts, drive back and there no one in cars waiting, so im the only one there...eh good chance if they got any. so im having a smoke, listening to the radio....look up...there 8 people in front of the store. So im basicly pissed. We go in, "how many want the CE?" 5 people raise their hands. im behind them about 20 paces, but hear that they have 6! WHOO! yea, no. they only find 4. denied again. wheres your next closest store? "holyoke, at ingleside. want me to call see if they have any?" am i breathing? takes 5 minutes to get a hold of someone there. "yea they got 6 copies". (ive heard this somewhere before....) "want them to put one aside for you?" Duh...

So its a 15-20 minute ride of....will people show up there too and they wont hold it?? why the hell is this arse doing 45 on the highway!!??? are they gonna be out???

i walk in, no one is there. i get my game. thx buh bye. i stop for gas on the way home, and am installing now. and so far i lived happily ever after. Squid 4tw.

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Post by kronosx » 13 Nov 2008 07:06 am

Wow what an adventure Ors. Congrats on getting it.

I'm currently at work. I ordered the CE from Amazon and according to Fedex it's currently out for delivery so it should be waiting when I get home.
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Post by Ringo Flinthammer » 13 Nov 2008 09:04 am

Congrats!

I was the very first one when Target opened this morning -- although I was trailed by about four folks coming in after me -- but they had no CEs at all (I checked with the stocker after grabbing two regulars). I'll upgrade to CE in a few weeks or months, when more become available.

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Post by goomba_boy » 13 Nov 2008 04:16 pm

Much like our esteemed Thane, I was at Target at 8:00 AM this morning. And not a soul to be seen. Walked up to the electronics counter and proudly said "WoW, CE please - I'll take two".

The guy thinks for a minute and then says "What's the name of the band?"

/facepalm.

Launched into extensive but yet hurried tutorial on video games, MMO's and Wow.

"Oh, it's that game - I heard about that. It'll be out next week."

/facecounter

Launched into yet another hurried tutorial on the merits of checking the in-store ad flyer.

"Oh, OK. I think we have one of those."

Goes into the back, returns carrying a WotLK regular edition. Again, hurried tutorial on the differences between regular and CE.

"No, I didn't see that. Let me check inventory."

Several agonizing minutes later...

"Yep. We got it. It's called Wrath of the Lich King, Collectors Edition"

Restraining myself from beating him about the head and shoulders with one of the plasma TV's, I calmly asked him if he would be so kind as to grab two for me.

4 minutes later, I'm walking out with two CE's.

Ringo, you want this extra? I don't have it promised to anyone yet, and I couldn't bear the thought of you having to wait for months for another one to eke out.

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Post by Beli Flinthammer » 14 Nov 2008 02:43 pm

I think Ringo already made arrangments via a friend. I'll nudge him to be sure.
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Post by goomba_boy » 15 Nov 2008 01:29 am

Beli Flinthammer wrote:I think Ringo already made arrangments via a friend. I'll nudge him to be sure.
Please do. If not, I have a shiny new CE just sitting and waiting for a good home...

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Post by andriss » 15 Nov 2008 07:22 pm

I also have a spare CE if anyone is in need of it.

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Post by Ringo Flinthammer » 17 Nov 2008 12:23 pm

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you guys; I do indeed have a CE on the way.

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Post by Mildane » 19 Nov 2008 02:32 pm

What's the CE got that isn't in the original?
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Post by Ringo Flinthammer » 19 Nov 2008 05:53 pm

* DVD of the cinematic and making of the expansion.
* CD soundtrack, including three exclusive tracks.
* In-game frost wyrm whelp pet.
* Mousepad.
* Art of Wrath of the Lich King art book.

Some of these, like the art book, are sold seperately, but for more than the mark-up to the CE.

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Post by Mildane » 19 Nov 2008 05:56 pm

Oooh. I wants the the mousepad and the wyvern pet!
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Post by goomba_boy » 20 Nov 2008 04:22 pm

Mildane wrote:Oooh. I wants the the mousepad and the wyvern pet!
A couple of us still have extra CE editions, if you're interested. They also have some WoW card game cards in them - I haven't opened the ones in mine yet, but I'm guessing that there'll be a little trinket of some type in that as well

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Post by Voca » 20 Nov 2008 06:26 pm

It looks like I am shopping for a CE as it turns out. If someone still has one lying around please drop me a PM and we can work out details.
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Post by Mildane » 20 Nov 2008 07:16 pm

What's retail on one of those?
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Post by Voca » 21 Nov 2008 08:40 am

And taken care of, thanks Guum, and Andriss who also offered but was just slower than the druid.
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Post by Kyroson » 21 Nov 2008 10:17 am

I ordered mine from GameStop around september and it arrived within a week of the release date.
It ended up costing me 20-30 bucks less than it would if I had ordered it from a Mexican store.

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Post by goomba_boy » 21 Nov 2008 05:15 pm

Voca wrote:And taken care of, thanks Guum, and Andriss who also offered but was just slower than the druid.
Well, come on - who isn't slower than a druid these days? People break sheep in PvP all the time - you have to be speedy if you are going to have any fun at all...

My pleasure, Voca - the box is on it's way, in the loving care of the US Postal Service. Sorry...

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Post by goomba_boy » 21 Nov 2008 05:16 pm

Mildane wrote:What's retail on one of those?
Most of the prices I've seen are around $69 for the CE

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Post by Mildane » 21 Nov 2008 07:01 pm

Well I don't think I want a mouse pad and wyvern pet THAT bad lol.
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