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[Hawkeye121]

   I learned that lesson with the ME2 CE. I still consider myself lucky because I eventually found a brand new copy of the CE on eBay for a very reasonable price. As for the ME3 CE, I pre-ordered a copy at EBGames around this time last year. Since then I have been slowly paying it off with games that I have traded in and gift cards I received at Christmas.

   Makes you think if ME3 is scheduled to release on March 06th that means the game is probably going to be arriving at the store a few days maybe even a week before. I am not sure how much time it would take to acquire all the relevant resources to plan, approve, manufacture, package, etc..., then ship the game and all it's contents however, I would estimate at least a month.

   Also when the Collector's Edition Unboxing video first released I remember towards the end of the video it was specifically stated that "Quantities are extremely limited...".

   I pre-ordered a copy of the new ME novel, Deception and the ME3 Collector's Edition Strategy Guide on Amazon to avoid the same situation.

-Hawk

Modifié par Hawkeye121, 09 janvier 2012 - 03:22 .

[double02]

I pre-ordered my X360 CE last month. Little late, but there were other games I had on my list in the previous months.

[G0ldmember]

You know, looking at that price....I just ordered another one, just for the hell of it. 37 euros for the PC CE is a steal. I can always sell it later on Ebay.

[catharsisboo]

I preordered it for the 360 back in July. I got into the series pretty late (only in June!) so after I completed my first ME1/ME2 run, I went straight to EB and preordered the CE.

[Snowraptor]

im debating to get me3 ce on ps3, i got it on pc and will probly get 360 version a few months after release.... yes i play mass effect on all consoles, they are all so differnt from each other

[JeffZero]

G0ldmember wrote...

You know, looking at that price....I just ordered another one, just for the hell of it. 37 euros for the PC CE is a steal. I can always sell it later on Ebay.

Smart man.

[ediskrad327]

i feared something like this would happen, luckily i preordered mine as soon as i saw the Collector's Edition vid

[Whiteshiro]

G0ldmember wrote...

viggorrah wrote...

Reserved mine in July. Paid it off in October. And yes, it's the PS3 version.

Word! Same here, paid for last month. Btw, for those still looking for one in the Netherlands:

Collectors Editon PS3/ Xbox 360 € 53.00
PC € 37.00
(+ 10% off if you get the free customer card)

Mate what ever you do ! don't order at dynobyte, order at mycom! dynobye has a really bad reputation trust me

[illusive_wolf]

preordered the day they started taking orders

[GreenDragon37]

I had mine pre-ordered since summer of last year, as soon as the N7 CE was revealed. I've been a fan since the first and pre-ordered the ME2 CE. I wasn't going to miss out on the final installment.

And I'm glad BioWare actually makes their limited editions LIMITED, unlike what Bungie did with Halo 3 and Reach. <_<

P.S. 360 version

Modifié par GreenDragon37, 09 janvier 2012 - 03:44 .

[Hachibi08]

i went on the first to reserve the CE edition at gamestop and when my bother went on the fourth they said they were all out of the CE edition.

[G0ldmember]

Whiteshiro wrote...

Mate what ever you do ! don't order at dynobyte, order at mycom! dynobye has a really bad reputation trust me

No worries. I ordered the ps3 CE at bol.com. This one is just for backup because of the price.

[Yuqi]

Local E.B 1:Sold out
Local E.B2: Sold out
Local JBHifi: Sold out.
Local Game: Sold Out

Glad I ordered mine ages ago.

Modifié par Yuqi, 09 janvier 2012 - 03:52 .

[AcidGlow]

I preordered the CE the moment it came out lol

[Nizzemancer]

I preordered my copy when my normal game-store started accepting preorders like...aaaagessss ago, like a month or so after the launch of ME2...got a mail a few days ago asking if I was still interested...well duh, otherwise I would have cancelled it!

(still, nice of them to ask...in case I had parkinsons disease and forgot about it or something)

[Cortyman]

The EB Games store I go to here in Australia, there was STILL a copy of the collectors edition for Mass Effect 2 about a year after it was released. But I pre-order mine as soon as I can just in case

[KingDan97]

Here's how CE preorders generally work, just for those who are wondering.

Game Developer announces CE.
Game publisher gives a certain allowance of CEs to all major retailers, different retailers based on size are allowed different amount of copies and they also have the option to bid for a bigger share to the publisher.
Retailer gives certain allowances to each store depending on their specific sizes and preorder numbers in the past.

Basically your local store may be sold out, but that doesn't mean it's sold out, it just means it's sold out there.

My preorder's been covered since... June? It was the same time I covered Skyrim I believe.

Modifié par KingDan97, 09 janvier 2012 - 04:20 .

[Obvakhi]

I pre-ordered my CE right after Christmas. I was gonna wait until the pre-order bonuses were announced, but I got too impatient. I'm glad I did.

I remember I missed the CE for ME1. However, a week or two after release, Gamestop started selling leftover CE's in-store. That's how I got mine. Perhaps the same will happen with ME3.

[Razorsedge820]

For all those who have already preordered their copy make sure you put some money down on it. Even if you preordered months in advance if the retailer only receives a certain number of collector editions and can't fill all the reserves they will give what they have to the people who already have money down over those who don't.

This happened to my friend when ME2 came out, he preordered his copy months in advance but didn't put a dime down. When we went to Gamestop to pick up our copies we found out that they didn't get enough collector editions to meet the demand so those who already paid (luckily I did) got theirs.

Modifié par Razorsedge820, 09 janvier 2012 - 04:38 .

[VinWizzy]

Razorsedge820 wrote...

For all those who have already preordered their copy make sure you put some money down on it. Even if you preordered months in advance if the retailer only receives a certain number of collector editions and can't fill all the reserves they will give what they have to the people who already have money down over those who don't.

This happened to my friend when ME2 came out, he preordered his copy months in advance but didn't put a dime down. When we went to Gamestop to pick up our copies we found out that they didn't get enough collector editions to meet the demand so those who already paid (luckily I did) got there's.

Whoa thanks for the advice man. I only got 30 bucks on my CE preorder right now. I preordered it the week before Christmas for the 360 at GameStop. May need to add $20-$30 dollars every week (or other week) now instead of the 10 20 10 repeat plan I had going.

[OmegaBlue0231]

Im not surprised. But you can still preorder online.

[WolfForce99]

DovahCLEAN wrote...

rabidhanar wrote...

Have my preorder for Collectors since April of last year. Will not miss out on this final installment. Learned my lesson the hard way with ME2, not making the same mistake again.

When it comes to the fancy pants editino, always buy it as quickly as possible. Gamestop will run out of them.

the thing is i just recently found out about the CE so i was like OH CRAP GOTTA GO TRADE **** IN! turns out i'm too late...again 

You should be able to use your trade in crait on gamestop.com. Here you can use this link to go to gamestop.com and all of the CE's are still available = http://www.gamestop....n/mass-effect-3 .

[Stephenc13]

I feel like I got the last CE at my gamestop

[WolfForce99]

rabidhanar wrote...

Have my preorder for Collectors since April of last year. Will not miss out on this final installment. Learned my lesson the hard way with ME2, not making the same mistake again.

When it comes to the fancy pants editino, always buy it as quickly as possible. Gamestop will run out of them.

So I take it you misted out on the ME2 CE as well. At the time when ME2 came out I was not a fan of Mass Effect yet. At the time it came out I was still to affraid that the ME series was a pure shooter. Then I got ME1 at gamestop and the rest is history.