Nagashsnee Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Got lucky and got mine. It truly saddens me that people are actually excited about this and have collections are missing out. But it seems the new website is 100% luck based. DarkChaplain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpossumStrong Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 7 minutes ago, Von Großschmitt said: What a sh*tshow, again. The queue system is as bad as it gets. I guess I was too late when I started at 10.20, but then again my brother was *too early* at 9.22.. Anyone else got lucky? I got one by pure luck, I was early on the website as well, it throwed me back to queue, but when I entered from my pc it just let me in. Von Großschmitt 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa.logan Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Worst LE experience yet, and that’s saying something. My copy of Volume II is sat in my brother-in-law’s flat in Auckland, (hopefully) my copy of Volume III is on it’s way there too and he can send them over to me together, but if I’m honest I’ve little-to-no desire to read them, not even started Volume I yet. I don’t feel I’ve deprived anyone as copies were available for at least 15 minutes after it went up. But not everyone has a conveniently located antipodean relative, and if it wasn’t for him I’d be clean out of luck. I’ve mainly gone for BL books as audiobooks, and relatively few of those of late, because it’s become even too much of a pain to download ebooks from their website. I know readers’ interest can go in peaks and troughs, but the way that the SoT has been handled has really knocked my overall BL enthusiasm, and I’m not sure how or even if it will be revived. DarkChaplain, Von Großschmitt, darkhorse0607 and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Großschmitt Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Finally made it to the queue and obviously, it's sold out. Since it's my birthday next week, I'd even suck it up grudgingly and pay the scalpers. But there's not even an EU offer on eBay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preliminary Bombardment Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 3 minutes ago, Von Großschmitt said: Finally made it to the queue and obviously, it's sold out. Since it's my birthday next week, I'd even suck it up grudgingly and pay the scalpers. But there's not even an EU offer on eBay... Unfortunately I've gone with a scalper. I can't have all books bar the finale even though the last one is a bloated mess. Not buying limited editions again unless they ramp up the number to something like 5000-10000 OpossumStrong, aa.logan and Von Großschmitt 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa.logan Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 21 minutes ago, Kargath said: Not sure I understand the queue system. I had 25 minutes to go and then it suddenly jumped to "more than an hour". Wait time has gone “more than an hour”, “17 minutes”, “24 minutes” “47 minutes” and then “50 minutes” and “more than a hour” since 10.10 uk time for me. What. A. Joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpossumStrong Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, Preliminary Bombardment said: Unfortunately I've gone with a scalper. I can't have all books bar the finale even though the last one is a bloated mess. Not buying limited editions again unless they ramp up the number to something like 5000-10000 I doubt they will ever do this, they wont take the risk. I think they should do it for something they know would be in demand, unlike DoF, for example there are still copies of SE Sea of Souls on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSpirea Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 People buying it from scalpers already on the pre-order day are driving the prices up. If you really need to get it from them, wait a few weeks, the prices will go down. System Sound, Felix Antipodes, DarkChaplain and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of the forest Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 9 minutes ago, aa.logan said: Wait time has gone “more than an hour”, “17 minutes”, “24 minutes” “47 minutes” and then “50 minutes” and “more than a hour” since 10.10 uk time for me. What. A. Joke. Same, I'm currently down to 4 minutes, but expecting it to rocket back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Großschmitt Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 6 minutes ago, theSpirea said: People buying it from scalpers already on the pre-order day are driving the prices up. If you really need to get it from them, wait a few weeks, the prices will go down. That's not what happened the last few times, though, at least no regarding EU offers. It may be different in the UK. theSpirea 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
System Sound Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 12 minutes ago, theSpirea said: People buying it from scalpers already on the pre-order day are driving the prices up. If you really need to get it from them, wait a few weeks, the prices will go down. This. This so much. It's just a book. You can wait. Stop giving these :cuss: stains money... Noserenda, OpossumStrong and DarkChaplain 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylerboodie Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Got all the other LEs in the series but missed out on this one. Bought a standard HB from third-party seller. A very disappointing but entirely expected outcome today. <Sad face> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kargath Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Still have the queue open for some reason, I had less than a minute left and now it's back to 10. I guess it's ebay for me, too. Not sure if I'm gonna buy a copy or just sell the others. Very disappointing, but on the bright side I'll never have to bother with a LE series again. DarkChaplain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of the forest Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) Now I'm upto 36 mins in the queue, after being down to 3 mins More than hour now, does the site think I'm a scalper?! Edited January 13 by son of the forest OpossumStrong 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpossumStrong Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 10 minutes ago, son of the forest said: Now I'm upto 36 mins in the queue, after being down to 3 mins More than hour now, does the site think I'm a scalper?! I wish it would work like this DarkChaplain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of the forest Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 145 copies sold on eBay at ridiculous prices, including one on the 8th January somehow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpossumStrong Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, son of the forest said: 145 copies sold on eBay at ridiculous prices, including one on the 8th January somehow! Yeah they do presales all the time, worst case scenario for them they wont get the amount they wanted... And any actions against them ends with relisting DarkChaplain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of the forest Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 At least one scalper on ebay has used AI to write the description - "This limited edition Siege of Terra: The End and the Death Volume 3 book is a must-have for Warhammer 40K enthusiasts. It features a bulk/lot of painted figures, with the Imperial Fists chapter/regiment taking centre stage' Well if your throwing in models too! OpossumStrong, theSpirea and DarkChaplain 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubiquitous1984 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I missed out, I was expecting to miss out though so not as crushed as usual! I’ll buy a scalper copy in a few months. It’s the last book I need for my LE collection so don’t want to miss out. On BL Nutters 95% of people missed out in their poll. It’s usually 50/50. skylerboodie 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagashsnee Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) On 1/7/2024 at 10:12 AM, Ubiquitous1984 said: So, SO pleased for the Sons audiobook! That means Scions must be coming at some point too. I hope we get Keeble narrating. Brings back memories of how hard it was to get Sons of the Emperor when it was first released. For those who don’t remember it was an event exclusive when it first came out. I remember driving to the HH Weekender in Nottingham (or was it Derby?) with my baby son in tow just to buy a copy of the book, only to be told that a scalper had got there early and bought up all the copies! Fortunately a really cool BL employee posted me a copy after the event. For the siege tho, scaplers or no, people were always going to miss out, the demand vs the le supply simply never matched up. Scalpers just make everything worse by driving the prices up up up. And its been years at this point, BL should have put a statement out about eventually meeting demand or making non signed print on demand or something. Edited January 13 by Nagashsnee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolmeus Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Games Workshop simply does not care. I am pretty sure that they won't change their selling method now or in the future. Each time a limited product (book, boxset, ...) is released we get the same drama. Its bitter, but I would recommend to accept it, since its just not worth the hassle OpossumStrong and DarkChaplain 1 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa.logan Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) I’ve been checking back on my browser every 8 minutes since 9.50, didn’t get into the webstore until 12.57 Edited January 13 by aa.logan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taliesin Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) The thing is, I cant even get a regular hardcover copy anywhere, I stopped thinking about getting LE's after book 5. None of the 3rd party retailers here have stock. Which I dont get since this book is listed on all the major bookseller sites like Amazon , Barnes & Noble etc in 2 weeks time so clearly this is planned to be large release with a ton of stock. So where is it? The only way to get it now is through the horrible warhammer.com site which of course has a queue of 30+ minutes now. Same with the Old World rulebook btw, just not obtainable here so far, every day I am checking. Edited January 13 by Taliesin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63-19 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Will you get kicked off of the website if there's a queue and you sit there too long? If the website is going to be under a queue the entire time up until the release for me should I try and connect half an hour before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpossumStrong Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 minutes ago, 63-19 said: Will you get kicked off of the website if there's a queue and you sit there too long? If the website is going to be under a queue the entire time up until the release for me should I try and connect half an hour before? You got 10 minutes after you enter the website (after the queue), It's on queue since yesterday, you definitely should try to get before, but not too early, otherwise you will get kicked before the book appears. For some 30 minutes early wasn't good enough and they had hour+ of queue, for some it was way faster, it's pure luck right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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