Thanks. My supplier Mightyape.co.nz(EB's largest competitor here(alas they do not ship outside NZ same as EBNZ)) has it listed as 24th Nov still, I made an order with them after posting this thread. Come to think of it, things have been oddly quiet about the game... now I know why.
and you are welcome. Happy to help.
Btw google's gmail warned me that the notification email I received telling me I had received a reply to my post stated that the sender(presumably CE Edition Forums' email address - I will not give the email address they warned me about here)may not be whom they say they are and to beware of phishing.
This site may wish to contact me if they believe this is going to be a problem, I will then forward them gmails warning.