I have been fairly Pro-Age of Conan for some time now, but being the truly neutral writer that I am, it is time to slap Funcom and our buddies over at Amazon for their blunder. I Pre-ordered my Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Collector's Edition box from Amazon.com back in early April. I read the article over at the AoC Community news talking about how Funcom had managed to sell out on all of the copies of the Collector's Edition that they had made and also that they would NOT be making more.. see quote below:


"Funcom is proud to announce that the Collector’s Edition of Age of Conan is now completely sold out in all markets. The exclusive edition was announced in January, and has since topped retail charts at numerous retailers. In some markets, the Collector’s Edition has been sold out for weeks, and as a result additional boxes were made. These are also sold out, and the total print run stands at 111.000 units. Lucky customers may still find some copies on retail shelves, but no re-orders are available."


Now typically I'd be saying great for them, I got mine so not my problem. And I was in fact thinking that until this morning I receive this little Gem from Amazon.com:


"We're still trying to obtain the following item[s] you ordered on April 02 2008 13:19 PDT (Order# xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx).

Windows (Primary Contributor) "Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Collector's Edition [CD]"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V1OUTU

Still want it? We'll keep on trying. To keep your order for this item open, please click the link below. Otherwise, we'll cancel your order on June 20 2008, if we haven't located it by then."


Okaaaay. So now I am a tad annoyed, I call up my good friends at Amazon.com and they tell me that they are trying to order some from the Manufacturer. Hrmm.. think back to Funcom's statement a sec... "Lucky customers may still find some copies on retail shelves, but no re-orders are available." SWEET! These buttheads accepted more Collector's Edition orders than they had the inventory to fulfill. So basically they will keep waiting on a new shipment from the manufacturer (never) and fulfill my pre-order then.