Shadowbringers- waiting list

So, I have been playing since launch, non-stop... I have given this company a lot of money... why is there a waiting list for the collectors edition? Did you not think that everyone just about would want one, especially those that have been playing since launch? How long am I going to be on this said list? What if I don’t see my email until the next day, I mean I do have a life and can’t check it every second. This blows and I am very disappointed

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Originally Posted by Riela

why is there a waiting list for the collectors edition?

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because a lot of people bought the first available ones literally minutes within it going up for sale.

If you're on a waiting list, you're on a waiting list. It's likely dependent on how many of the physical statues they can produce. They may have been uncertain of the demand for the high-priced collectors' edition vs cheaper digital, and they may be producing more according to demand. But if they can't guarantee you one for now, then yes it makes sense to put you on a waiting list.

What else do you want them to do? "Sorry, we're full, you'll just have to check back in obsessively to see if you can get into an open slot." That's your other option right now. That's why the waiting list exists.

Because it's a collector's edition that can only be produced in limited quantities. The main bottleneck is the statue, which they have to order from a specialist company.

So sorry to burst your bubble, but playing for a long time doesn't alter the reality that there are only a limited number available. I'm sure they are going to try to order more statues based on how many people they have on the waiting list and will do everything they can to get as many people the CE as they can, but supply and production will be the ultimate decider.

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Originally Posted by Riela

Did you not think that everyone just about would want one

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That's literally the problem.

People bought out their entire stock within a day of them being available.

Thus, they now have to re-order the manufacturing of all the goodies that the physical collectors edition entails. To which, until such a time as their orders are fulfilled, people who want one are put on a waiting list so that they have a better chance to be able to place their order when stocks refresh.

It's likely that they will also be using waiting list numbers to check how many they need to place orders for, since, unlike their initial batch, they will have a bit more certainty about the popularity of the rather expensive physical editions.

Hopefully they manage to get enough stock for everyone on the waiting list to be able to get a copy, however, it's not in their hands really. It's all on whether their sources (Most notably, the statue producers) can produce sufficient quantities.

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Originally Posted by Riela

So, I have been playing since launch, non-stop... I have given this company a lot of money... why is there a waiting list for the collectors edition? Did you not think that everyone just about would want one, especially those that have been playing since launch?

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I have been playing since launch and I don't want a collector's edition...

If you wanted it so much why didn't you set a reminder for when it went on sale?

They made a pretty big fuss about it, even gave the exact time orders would be available.

These types of collectors editions are always limited. Some companies even go as far to make a set quantity and number each unit. It will always be first come first served. I got my pre-order and have been pre-ordering the collectors editions since HW. I don't recall seeing ones like that for 1.0 or ARR. My 1.0 had a FFXIV security token keychain and a few other things.

I get the frustration but however long you've played the game has 0 bearing on getting a CE.

The CE isn't a veteran reward.

At least you have a waiting list, hopefully it'll work out nicely for you.

Our retailers have never even heard of it in Australia and the fact I've never been un-subbed since 1.0 doesn't make a liiiiiick of difference.

But now we have a vicious cycle where, there is no supply so we need/want to buy the digital CE and then the company thinks there is less demand for the physical CE then there actually is.

/frustrated?

This is possibly a silly question but relevant, so... Does anyone have any info about the waitlist? Projected time, or chances, is there somewhere we can look to keep tabs on it?

I don't want it for myself, but I wanted to get the special CE as a birthday gift for the person who got me the game and got me into it (seems fitting, haha), and I'm just wondering if we know the likelihood or anything about people on the wait list getting to purchase it!

Easy to tell who has worked in a field where backorders are common, and who hasn't.

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Originally Posted by Coratanni

Easy to tell who has worked in a field where backorders are common, and who hasn't.

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This is so very true on several levels.

I just pray that 99% of items were not bought by two-three shady resellers and gone to players instead.

Not even a waiting list available anymore.