And what will happen in the meantime is that those who can buy the game will be buying it up and selling it on eBay for increasingly ridiculous prices while there's demand. I'd rather my money was going to HiG than some guy on eBay but I do feel kind of forced into this position at present.
+1 to this. Like I said in an earlier post, I don't mind having to buy an extra copy of the base game. However the short supply and inaccessability of a just released expansion is frustrating. If it were available online I would be happy to pay the price and postage.
I just got this reply from Mueller about availability online (translated from German by Google):
Since we are a chain store companies, we unfortunately have no way to ship the products to you. Thus, online ordering is not possible, as we offer no online shop on our website.
So we are left with eBay... and the good graces of German members of this forum! Are any of you willing to buy a few copies for the people on this topic interested in getting hold of one?