How far did you (or will you) go for the ESO Physical CE?

The issues have been resolved, and the ESO Store and Account System are now available. Thank you for your patience!
The issue is resolved, and the North American and European megaservers are now available. Thank you for your patience!
MissBizz
MissBizz
✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭
Last night after work my fiance and I hopped in the car for our mini-journey to go pick up my pre-ordered physical CE! Unfortunately all them fancy things like Amazon release day shipping doesn't apply to rural areas and whatnot, so this was the fastest way I could get it ON release day (wish I knew early access was coming though lol). Had that been the only thing we had done, it would have been about a 2 journey in total (round trip with time to pick up etc.) which really isn't all that bad.

This made me wonder, how far did you travel or what hoops did you jump through to get your hands on a physical CE? Maybe you don't have it yet? How long will it take?

I'd love to hear stories from those who had journeys or did some hoop jumping for the initial game launch physical CE as well!
Edited by MissBizz on June 7, 2017 4:06PM
Lone Wolf HelpFor the solo players who know, sometimes you just need a hand.PC | NA | AD-DC-EP | Discord
  • Ch4mpTW
    Ch4mpTW
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well... I had to deal with the incompetence that is known as Best Buy (there isn't anything "best" about them). But besides that, my journey was from my living room to my side door for my package. Lol.

    Also, as a bit of advice to everyone... Do NOT order anything from Best Buy. I usually don't deal with them, and get most of things online from Amazon. But, I figured why not try something different. And damn was I annoyed with myself for that decision. So please guys. Do yourselves a huge favor, and just avoid Best Buy by all means. I mean, the package did arrive on the day of release and super early in the morning. But still. Their customer service and way of going about pre-orders is flat-out stupid.
  • JWKe
    JWKe
    ✭✭✭✭
    Amazon/ EBAY is as far as i would go. I'm more of an Orc guy, so whether I get the CE or not does not bother me. I did get it off Amazon however due to the "glitch sale."

    CE just arrived at my door step yesterday in fact It's just sitting on my shelf. Didn't even open it yet. Thinking of whether I should sell it on ebay.
  • Merlin13KAGL
    Merlin13KAGL
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭
    Arrived on my doorstep with relative ease, so not very far at all.

    MissBizz, I'm more interested to hear what you thought of the quality of craftsmanship of the dwemer automaton included?
    Just because you don't like the way something is doesn't necessarily make it wrong...

    Earn it.

    IRL'ing for a while for assorted reasons, in forum, and in game.
    Spoiler
    I am neither warm, nor fuzzy...
    Probably has checkbox on Customer Service profile that say High Aggro, 99% immunity to BS
  • Azyle1
    Azyle1
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pre-ordered at Gamestop. CE Xbox One.

    Walked in Monday at 9pm and got it.

    Was very uneventful.
  • Belidos
    Belidos
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was going to say i would pay an arm and a leg for one, but looks like most that have received them have already sacrificed a right leg :p
  • MissBizz
    MissBizz
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Arrived on my doorstep with relative ease, so not very far at all.

    MissBizz, I'm more interested to hear what you thought of the quality of craftsmanship of the dwemer automaton included?

    Got home pretty late last night so haven't even opened it yet @Merlin13KAGL . Figured I will tonight and maybe do an unboxing vid of sorts. I've heard of some showing up... a little under par though. I hope mine isn't one of them!

    [Edit] I'm jealous of everyone that could order it online and have it shipped to show up early on release day :tongue:
    Edited by MissBizz on June 7, 2017 4:33PM
    Lone Wolf HelpFor the solo players who know, sometimes you just need a hand.PC | NA | AD-DC-EP | Discord
  • Rouven
    Rouven
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry, I live in the BIG city.

    (I know you can't see, but I'm holding it in ... )

    Lol.

    No worked like a charm for me, little de-tour on the way home from work, not even 5 minutes. But it was almost raining and I didn't have an umbrella ... close call there.
    Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. ~ Terry Pratchett
  • jaye63
    jaye63
    ✭✭✭✭
    I traveled to the bedroom to get my wallet to get my card and back to the front room where my desk was. It was an arduous journey. One I hope not to repeat in the near future. Suffice it to say it was an epic journey surpassing all of the explorers throughout history. Sir Edmund Hillary has nothing on me.
  • MissBizz
    MissBizz
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rouven wrote: »
    Sorry, I live in the BIG city.

    (I know you can't see, but I'm holding it in ... )

    Lol.

    No worked like a charm for me, little de-tour on the way home from work, not even 5 minutes. But it was almost raining and I didn't have an umbrella ... close call there.
    jaye63 wrote: »
    I traveled to the bedroom to get my wallet to get my card and back to the front room where my desk was. It was an arduous journey. One I hope not to repeat in the near future. Suffice it to say it was an epic journey surpassing all of the explorers throughout history. Sir Edmund Hillary has nothing on me.

    Totally not talking to either of you ever again. lol (just kidding)
    Lone Wolf HelpFor the solo players who know, sometimes you just need a hand.PC | NA | AD-DC-EP | Discord
  • Fodore
    Fodore
    ✭✭✭✭
    Asked my parents if they could buy it for me xD
    Before judging a man walk a mile in his shoes.
    After that who cares?
    They're a mile away and you've got their shoes.
  • Ruthven
    Ruthven
    ✭✭✭
    As soon as it was announced, I kept my eye out for places I could pre-order from. I ended up going to the local EBGames as BestBuy.ca wasn't carrying it.

    Waltzed in yesterday, picked it, and away I went!

    I did the same thing for the Imperial Edition in 2015 however that one sold out FAST. The Morrowind CE was still available for pre-order as recently as a month back (well at the EBGames near me).
  • Tandor
    Tandor
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    A couple of miles to my local Game shop. Of course I ran all the way and it was uphill both ways.

    Oh wait, I drove...
  • tinythinker
    tinythinker
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    MissBizz wrote: »

    [Edit] I'm jealous of everyone that could order it online and have it shipped to show up early on release day :tongue:

    Yeah that's me. Was waiting with the mail when I got home from work yesterday.
    Experienced, new, returner? Help keep ESO's community strong ᕙ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ᕗ -- share what you love about the game, offer constructive feedback, and make friends.ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    Who are you in Tamriel (whether it's just your character's attitude & style or a full backstory)? - Share your Character's Story! ◔ ⌣ ◔
    (And let us know 🔷What Kind of Roleplayer You Are🔷 - even if that only extends to choosing your race)


    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    Support Mudcrab Mode for ESO (\/)!_!(\/) - part joke, part serious, all glorious! You butter be ready for this
  • Rouven
    Rouven
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it's too early. Whoever is still working on getting it might not be in the mood right now to share. Some stories only become fun over time ... hehe.
    Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. ~ Terry Pratchett
  • Linaleah
    Linaleah
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    as far as amazon ordering page and no farther.

    its odd that release day delivery didn't apply to you. i live in a rural..ish area as well (we are on a dirt road, essentially in the middle of the forest, but its a street still as we have 7 houses on our road alone, they are just separated by trees and stuff (main post office on main street has its own buildings, but branches are usually downstairs area of someone's private home - after living in NYC for years, its hysterical to me) and i had my box dropped off on our porch around 10:30 am on tuesday
    dirty worthless casual.
    Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the ***
    Lois McMaster Bujold "A Civil Campaign"
  • Danikat
    Danikat
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bought the digital collectors edition so it was really easy for me.

    But I know your pain from similar experiences with other items. Most recently a pair of tickets to see Guns N' Roses in London. Leaving aside all the waiting and inherent craziness which preceded this tour even happening the real trouble for me started the day the tickets went on sale.

    I booked myself 2 hours holiday from work (from 1 hour before they went on sale until 1 hour after) - explained to my co-workers that I would be at my desk but should not be disturbed and actually put a Do Not Disturb sign on top of my PC. To cut a long story short within 10 minutes I'd added a paper hat with 'Do Not Disturb' written on both sides because apparently a sign was too subtle. Then the frantic spamming of 3 different tabs on 3 different sites began.

    Fortunately I was able to buy tickets. So then all I had to do was wait for them to be delivered. Right? Ha, I wish.

    For some reason Ticketmaster decided the only delivery option was via Royal Mail Special Delivery - meaning they had to be signed for. By a stroke of luck they were due to arrive on a day when I wasn't at work, perfect I thought. Until I got an email 10 minutes before the post man even got to my house to tell me he had been unable to deliver my package because no one was home!!! When he did arrive he didn't even bother to ring the door bell or knock, just dropped the usual bundle of junk mail through the door and left with the thing I actually wanted, before I had time to get to the door and catch him. (Note for Americans: we don't have mail boxes in the UK, just a slot in the door itself. So he already had to come right up to the door to deliver the other stuff.) Didn't even leave that card telling me he'd missed me and where to collect them.

    Two angry phone calls and an email later I finally got through to someone who was able to understand that I wasn't trying to schedule a delivery or get an update on something due in a few days time and arrange re-delivery. Which they could only do on weekdays. So I had to take another 1/2 day off work to wait in for the delivery. And then the guy had the audacity to tell me he was surprised I was there to sign for it!!!

    Anyway, it will all be worth it in the end. Saw them in Dublin at the end of May and it was amazing (in spite of a whole different ticket drama which involved 4 hours in the pouring rain trying to explain that they two separate security companies had been given conflicting instructions).

    I know it's not what you asked about but I thought it might be some consolation to know it's not just ESO that sometimes requires going to extreme lengths to get the things you want!
    PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!

    "Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"
  • Acrolas
    Acrolas
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had to order 450,000 live ladybugs first, which then began to carry the shipment gently across the trade winds.

    ...

    No, in reality they were pushed off-course by inclement weather, and now are stranded on an island and worshiping the Assembly General as their cruel, swole god.
    signing off
  • Balamoor
    Balamoor
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I went the amazon route, I'm away on business until Monday so my wife left it on my desk.

    So a very boring non eventful route.
  • MissBizz
    MissBizz
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Linaleah wrote: »
    as far as amazon ordering page and no farther.

    its odd that release day delivery didn't apply to you. i live in a rural..ish area as well (we are on a dirt road, essentially in the middle of the forest, but its a street still as we have 7 houses on our road alone, they are just separated by trees and stuff (main post office on main street has its own buildings, but branches are usually downstairs area of someone's private home - after living in NYC for years, its hysterical to me) and i had my box dropped off on our porch around 10:30 am on tuesday

    @Linaleah I am in Canada, so maybe the Canadian amazon site treats it a bit differently.

    @Danikat That's terrible but glad all went well in the end!
    Lone Wolf HelpFor the solo players who know, sometimes you just need a hand.PC | NA | AD-DC-EP | Discord
  • asuitandtyb14_ESO
    asuitandtyb14_ESO
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ordered it on Amazon with a quick-buy click. Told my GF it would be arriving yesterday and to go bring it inside, then went and took a nap. Welcome to the 21st century.
Sign In or Register to comment.