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If you plan on buying the physical War Within Collector's Edition and live in Europe, you're going to have a bad time!

Blizzard has ceased distributing WoW Collector's Editions through retailers with the release of Dragonflight, making the Blizzard Store the only place to buy them. However, the shipping costs could be a dealbreaker for many collectors eager to acquire the latest edition for the upcoming expansion.

Reddit user katamai from Serbia posted a screenshot of their order, revealing that the shipping fees exceed the cost of the box itself—280 Euros for shipping compared to 200 Euros for the box, totaling 480 Euros.

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Additionally, Emi, a follower on our Facebook page, reported a shipping cost of 99 Euros to Romania, nearly ten times what it costs to ship to the UK.

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A practical workaround might be to order the Collector's Edition to a UK address and then use a shipping service to forward it to your address in Europe, potentially saving a considerable amount of money.

How much does it cost to ship the box to your country?

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Just tried to pre-order from germany. Its 37 Euros for normal shipping and 89 Euros for express-shipping.

Sure 37 is a thing but compared to 280 I think I go with that.

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Blizzard EU store is a pure joke. Not to mention these issues with the shipping, which was by the way same with the Diablo 4 Collector's Edition... But there are misleading information as well, like the availability of certain products or when are they going to be ready to ship. Like I ordered the WOTLK Vinyl which supposed to get shipped last year June or July, don't remember, but there was still zero info about it this year January and after talk with the support two times, so after all I sent them to hell and canceled my order. I don't know why is it so hard them to keep up a real EU warehouse and a proper service, wouldn't need to be so hard..

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23 minutes ago, Hypersonic said:

Blizzard EU store is a pure joke. Not to mention these issues with the shipping, which was by the way same with the Diablo 4 Collector's Edition... But there are misleading information as well, like the availability of certain products or when are they going to be ready to ship. Like I ordered the WOTLK Vinyl which supposed to get shipped last year June or July, don't remember, but there was still zero info about it this year January and after talk with the support two times, so after all I sent them to hell and canceled my order. I don't know why is it so hard them to keep up a real EU warehouse and a proper service, wouldn't need to be so hard..

US gives a F**K about EU in general- thats why

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Shipping to the Netherlands is either € 99 (standard) or € 191 (express). Why is it more costly to ship to the Netherlands than to Germany? Just asking.

The steep price increase (because of a statue I personally have zero interest in) and now the steep shipping, means that this CE costs 3 times what the previous editions were. This is seriously making me think if this is worth it.

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17 hours ago, Raka said:

US gives a F**K about EU in general- thats why

Sure, I also doesn't give a f**k about US, but Blizzard is a worldwide business.. or at least tries to be

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Even Canada gets hit by huge fees for shipping and we’re literally next door. The CE is $250 CAD plus $100 in shipping. That’s 40% of the cost of the product!.

If you get charged tax and fees by Customs you’re looking at around $400 CAD (~$290 USD) for the CE once delivered. That’s ridiculous.

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