Mercade
the Counsellor
*nods* Fortunately HCW.BE has it for 49.90 which is the default European suggested retail price.SonicX said:
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grumbler
Prince
Play.com seems to have lowered their price for Civ4 to GBP 17.99 / EUR 29! 
knorman
Nuclear Warlord
I'm gonna order the game at Amazon, which is cheaper than the Belgian stores.
Mercade
the Counsellor
Excellent find by Grumbler. His reference of the price in Euro prompted me to check out play.com's delivery policy and found the following.grumbler said:Play.com seems to have lowered their price for Civ4 to GBP 17.99 / EUR 29!
Play.com will ship Civilization IV(regular edition) for GBP 17.99 / EUR 28.99 with free shipping to the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
This delivery will be shipped with British first class mail.
darkdude
Warlord
I already ordered Civ 4 at Play.com (I've ordered there a DVD and a book before) because they have a fine selection of hard-to-get-by stuff and they're inexpensive and they deliver just fine (at no extra cost indeed), though when I ordered there a while ago it took some time 1-2 weeks for the items to be delivered to The Netherlands. Don't know where the delay was; probably they didn't have what I ordered in stock readily available. So with Civ 4 the 1st of November should be possible for delivery. Arrange some holidays in november: check
Disclaimer: I don't work for Play.com
Disclaimer: I don't work for Play.com
TrailblazingScot
I was kittenOFchaos
Damn, already pre-ordered at Amazon UK to now find Play.com is doing it that much cheaper...well, trust what you know I suppose.
darkdude
Warlord
When I ordered a week ago it was definitely 10 Euros more expensive. I wonder why they took off 10 Euros. Maybe they're planning to add a Pre-order Edition 
Mercade
the Counsellor
Sorry to hear that, old chap. No way you can cancel from Amazon? Fortunately I only made a reservation with Dynabyte (that they haven't even confirmed yet) so I guess that'll I wait just a little longer to see what other offers come along. Don't expect the price to go up between now and October 24. And who knows, there might even be a pre-order edition in Europe, although I doubt it.kittenOFchaos said:
And DarkDude, thanks for sharing that positive experience you have with play.com.
CustodianV131
Prince
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Thanks for the Play.com link and "review"!
Only thing left for me to do now is refresh the order status page every 5 seconds.
Can't wait!
Only thing left for me to do now is refresh the order status page every 5 seconds.
Can't wait!
I've purchased many items from play.com, I find them to be far more efficient than amazon (who seem to have slipped somewhat over the last year or so). They generally release products before they are due for release so that they arrive in time for the official date and in many cases before. Having been an amazon customer for what seems like an eternitity I have never received an item before release, in fact most arrive several days (or weeks! 
) after, I am really beginning to move elsewhere, more so as of now. Play.com offer free delivery and in most cases better value in general. 
) after, I am really beginning to move elsewhere, more so as of now. Play.com offer free delivery and in most cases better value in general.
Mercade
the Counsellor
Thanks for mentioning this, Dangerrrr. I checked their prices. The Pre-Order edition is $49.99 and for (Western) Europe / Australia their shipping price is $25 - $30 depending on the country.dangerrrr said:
Sorry guys, no Poland or Hungary.
rsirangelo
Chieftain
Nobody selling it in South America 
(ordering from the USA is too expensive... best price I found was U$ 128.00 - 50 for the game, 30 of shipping, 48 of tax 
)
(ordering from the USA is too expensive... best price I found was U$ 128.00 - 50 for the game, 30 of shipping, 48 of tax )
Mercade
the Counsellor
Sorry to hear that, Rsirangelo. If you cannot escape paying 100% tax on an imported game, then I'd surely suggest you wait until there is a local (on-line) retailer that stores it. Since there are various webshops in Brazil that have Civ 2 & 3 available, I suppose there is a good change they will store Civ 4 as well when it's out.rsirangelo said:Nobody selling it in South America
Dimy
Monarch
My first post on this forum since a long time...but I'm back and just pre-ordered the US version, thanks for the links! Why can you order that special pre-order version only in the US? Oh well... just need to wait a few more days for shipping.
Oh well... just need to wait a few more days for shipping.
Mercade
the Counsellor
Forum member Stilgar08 has contacted Take2 Europe and the answer is in this thread. In short, getting the Pre-Order from US sounds like the fastest way to get it. I think I'll just get the regular edition if it takes too long to cook up a European "post-order" edition.Dimy said:My first post on this forum since a long time...but I'm back and just pre-ordered the US version, thanks for the links! Why can you order that special pre-order version only in the US?
darkdude
Warlord
rsirangelo said:Nobody selling it in South America
I don't know about Brazil but this link: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/tecnologia/nota.asp?nota_id=739432&origen=ranking seems to state the game is in Argentinian stores at November 15th.
Mercade
the Counsellor
*nods* But no pre-order so far in South America (or Africa or continental Asia, for that matter).darkdude said:
TrailblazingScot
I was kittenOFchaos
kittenOFchaos said:
Well, was able to cancel the Amazon.co.uk pre-order (they surely won't mind the amount of other business I put their way) to swap for that excellent www.play.com offer - £17.99 including delivery. A saving in real terms of around £8.50 (due to postage), which isn't to be sniffed at!
Thanks to all that saved me filthy lucre!
