BlizzCon 2011 merchandise pre-sale begins early
by Mathew McCurley 
Sep 8th 2011 at 3:00PM
We will have a gallery of the pre-sale merchandise available as soon as the store opens up for business.
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Look at what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back! Filed under: Blizzard
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Corath Sep 8th 2011 3:05PM
Time to give Blizzard more of my money... and the worst part is that I don't mind.
Task Sep 8th 2011 3:17PM
I'm in a predicament...
A. Get the Blizzcon merchandise AND go to the comic con here and see James Tiberius Kirk
Or
B. Choose 1 and drop the other... :(
My mind is hurting...
dbriggs304 Sep 8th 2011 3:49PM
Shatner is Epic and God like.
Everything else pales in comparison...
Thomas Prescott Sep 8th 2011 4:08PM
I've seen Shatner at a convention before, he's quite interesting to listen to actually.
green_jerm Sep 8th 2011 10:34PM
My german friend linked me this the other day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cwz7DJ4N8&feature=player_embedded#! Might ease your mind on missing Capt. Kirk :P
Nina Katarina Sep 8th 2011 3:18PM
Hmm.
I'll consider giving them some pre-sale money if they give me some more pre-spoilers.
WTB 4.3 PTR PST.
Aurorawind Sep 8th 2011 3:34PM
So I'm a DIRECTV customer and plan on ordering the PPV from them and I get the internet stream as part of that purchase. But I can't order the PPV until October 10th http://support.directv.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2861/related/1
So, DIRECTV customers are excluded from the pre-sale?
Starsmore Sep 8th 2011 3:43PM
That's what it looks like.
RuzGofDI Sep 8th 2011 3:45PM
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Update: DTV peeps who won't subscribe until Oct 10, you will have access to all old items and Key Art shirt/poster at order, and POST sale
2 hours ago
almoderate Sep 8th 2011 4:49PM
So what you're saying is that current DirecTV customers will in fact be excluded from the pre-sale. Ah, I remember this tune from last year when existing DTV customers were almost excluded because the website wouldn't allow them to sign up in time and the reps over the phone wouldn't/couldn't do it until the very last minute. It looks like this year they're not even going to pretend to give the existing DTV customers a shot at the pre-sale. So I suppose if the item you want gets sold out at the pre-sale... Oh wells, then... I suppose that's the price you pay for being a DTV customer.
Risahawk Sep 8th 2011 3:40PM
It is the character goods they offer that interest me greatly. Hoping for some unique items. I would love for them to offer the beach towels again.
ginsu Sep 8th 2011 3:48PM
*grumble*
Thank you RuzGofDI
VSUReaper Sep 8th 2011 3:52PM
Not to be a noob here, but the pre sale: thats for people that are going/ordering pap-per-view?
There is some cool stuff there that I would love to order, but I don't want to pay the 40% markup on eBay for it, and it sounds like this presale is for ticket holders only
emberdione Sep 8th 2011 4:09PM
It's for both.
September 15 for BlizzCon ticket holders (this is for ticket holders who are actually going)
September 23 for digital ticket purchasers (this is for people who paid their $40 to watch it on tv or the web.)
If you aren't one of those, then you will actually never get to order the stuff straight from Blizzard. Also this means that those of us who are going, don't have to wait in the merch line.
Jared Crouch Sep 8th 2011 4:31PM
would this be considered a pre-sale of a pre-sale? What the...
RuzGofDI Sep 8th 2011 4:32PM
emberdione Sep 8th 2011 4:09PM
"...Also this means that those of us who are going, don't have to wait in the merch line."
Or carry around said merch in any number of other long lines at the con.
As much as I would love to get my hands on a Blizz poker set (hoping we see the wow themed one this year), I would hate to have to carry it all over the place for one day.
radda Sep 8th 2011 5:12PM
A list of items that they will be selling would help me decide if I'm going to pay *forty dollars* for a webstream of an event that is being liveblogged across the entire Internet for free.
I'm guessing that they aren't going to do that though. I'm not going to pay them for the privilege of perhaps maybe buying something that I might like.
datgrl Sep 8th 2011 5:52PM
Interesting choice of dates. As a DirectTV subscriber, I can't buy until 10/9 or 10/10.
Amaxe Sep 8th 2011 10:27PM
Didn't they have some huge screw up last year on this, or am I vaguely remembering something unrelated?
almoderate Sep 23rd 2011 2:47PM
You're not wrong.
The presale started and existing DTV customers were still unable to order the event off of the website. And if you called, the CS reps had no idea what you were talking about. It did eventually get cleared up, but not until after hours of frustration.
Lesson learned: existing DTV customers should just order the Internet stream and skip giving DTV any money for this.