Holy Crapola! Is this game *REALLY* that scarce?!

[warcrow]

WTFBBQ!? $150!!!

 

[Weeeman]

From what I hear.. yes.

A few stores around my area are over flowing with them.
Debating about reselling them on ebay, but with my luck stores would start to get shipments again and I'd lose a crazy amount of $$

 

[rainypickles]

and

"Due to the size and weight of this item, an additional shipping and handling charge of $10.00 will be added to your order."

???

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Haha! Ouch, I only paid like $80 for my CE. I could probably sell the extras on ebay for at least fifty bucks if I wanted to.

 

[randumb]

dammmnnn...all the best buy/circuit city/compusa/etc. in my area have plenty of copies of WoW.

 

[everman]

wow that really is a omgwtfbbq! moment. $150??!!
Beta was fun but I have no time to play that now.

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: randumb
dammmnnn...all the best buy/circuit city/compusa/etc. in my area have plenty of copies of WoW.

The linked item isn't just a plain Jane WoW box. It's the Uber Collector Nerd King version, with the hardcover art book and a bunch of other nerdly goodness inside. Do you local stores have plenty of copies of THIS version?

 

[Mr. Lennon]

What exlcusive ingame pet are they talking about?

 

[LeetViet]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
What exlcusive ingame pet are they talking about?

Panda
Mini Diablo
Zergling

WoW isn't worth this much.

 

[thawolfman]

Welcome to the third post http://forums.anandtech.com/me...3&threadid=1488057

 

[dc]

in socal, my friend had to buy a copy off ebay for ~70. haha

 

[Gurck]

Apparently this is some rare edition, but in regards to supplies of the regular retail box - yes, it's rare, Blizzard is throttling sales until they're better able to meet with the demand (ie. provide less laggy gameplay). While the mail system can get a bit lagged during primetime, it's already in better shape than many other mmogs, some of which have been out for as long as 6 years.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Crap, I wish I would have waited now. I sold an unopened CE on Ebay a few weeks before Christmas for $140 (I paid $80 for it at my local CC).

 

[Vortex22]

Many of the servers are undergoing a massive hardware upgrade today, so they will likely ship more once it is complete.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
Welcome to the third post http://forums.anandtech.com/me...3&threadid=1488057

The link to this is buried in that thread. Its not in the OP, smartass. How would I have found that? Are you expecting people to seach, open each thread and read every response someone makes?

 

[LeetViet]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Crap, I wish I would have waited now. I sold an unopened CE on Ebay a few weeks before Christmas for $140 (I paid $80 for it at my local CC).

Evil.

 

[thawolfman]

oos now too :Q

 

[Weeeman]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
oos now too :Q

I feel sorry for anyone who paid that much.


I went to grab a couple copys today and they had sold out [The store had atleast 50 copys earlier this week]

Bah.

 

[Schadenfroh]

not nearly what it is worth (but i got my copy for $40, no special stuff just the game, which that is all you need, if you play WoW you will not have time to look at an artbook or listen to a soundtrack on a separate PC)

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: LeetViet

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Crap, I wish I would have waited now. I sold an unopened CE on Ebay a few weeks before Christmas for $140 (I paid $80 for it at my local CC).

Evil.

Supply and Demand, my dear friend. Supply and Demand.

$$$PROFIT$$$

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: randumb
dammmnnn...all the best buy/circuit city/compusa/etc. in my area have plenty of copies of WoW.