Diablo 3 Collector’s Edition Really is a Collectible?
Posted 12 December 2011 by FluxA forum user made his first post ever to share some ominous news; the 
Diablo 3 Collector’s Edition can no longer be pre-ordered from Amazon.com. If you try to do so, you are redirected to the regular edition of D3, and Amazon tech support says they have no more of that item to sell. Other users chimed in to report similar issues with other retailers.
Blizzard has not released any info about how many copies of the D3CE are being manufactured, so it’s possible that the rush of pre-orders has already exhausted the global supply. Or perhaps some retailers still have it, while others, like Amazon.com, are sold out? Or possibly a whole additional wave of them is coming and there’s nothing to worry about. In any event, if you want one and you haven’t pre-ordered yet, you should probably get on that.
It can still be pre-ordered from our local online retailer here in South Africa:
http://www.takealot.com/gaming/diablo-iii-collectors-edition-pc,10798313
Still waiting for the CE to be available to preorder in the UK.
That sucks Malignant, preordered mine around two months ago in Sweden
Malignant:
I pre-ordered the CE from Gamestop UK a couple of days after it was announced. Checking the web site again, I see it’s no longer available to order. They took my money immediately, so I’d damn well better get mine!
Hmmm is that not the case always? I remember SC2′s CE lasted only 3 days in our local EB Games (Perth, Australia). D3CE had last much longer compared to that. I always thought CE are limited. Which was why i paid 50 dollars to secure and guarantee a copy of it from EB games some 2 years ago.
I ordered the CE very fast when I read this…
Interesting to see how pre-orders can kill a supply that has no foreseeable release date. They’re basically selling air and telling us they just ran out…
to let “I ordered the CE very fast when I read this… ” happen…
else this could just be the restriction on how many copies of them are allowed to be saled at release… just to make it a bit exclusive, nothing so bad in my eyes
It is still available for pre-order at GameStop, and they have in store pickup for it. As much as I dislike GameStop, if you haven’t preordered yet I’d say that’s a good bet.
I second this, I pre-ordered it from gamestop as well.
How can they be “out” of CE if they didnt even know how many of said CE will be availible from Blizzard, its not like they got an email from Blizz saying they’ll have 20000 copies and thats it, most shops ( amazon.co.uk for one ) dont even have the CE preorder couse they’re waiting for the price/number of copies confirmation from Blizz.
That’s what I was thinking too. I’d been waiting for, you know, there to be an actual release date and price before preordering. Ridiculous if they are sold out now.
im pretty sure they do. The EB shop in my city did say they were already told how many copies they will get and that is it. So pre-order of the CE were limited.
The CE can still be preordered from the german Amazon Website (amazon.de) for the “low” price of 99,99 € (85 pounds 132 US-Dollar). Seriously, are they ****ing insane? I normally pay 30-45 euro for a standard version at amazon.co.uk, 45-55 euro at amazom.de More than twice as much for a CE? no way.
true, but i still just preordered it!
i went to my local gamestop on Black Friday and preordered.
One has to be retarded to preorder based on these rumors. Seriously this marketing agressiveness is gettin on my nerves lately, like really bad. There will be collectors edition available before and after the release if clients demand it, considering Blizard wants to sell. So get a life and stop spreading retarded rumors.
Sounds like somebody hasn’t preordered.