Blizzard Authenticator

[Drizzit]

it is well worth it. I bought 2 of them in case i lose one. Yes i know that you can only have one per account. But if i lose it i don't have to worry about making sure they have some in stock. It only cost $13 for 2. For some reason they didn't charge shipping (US).

If you lose it i heard that it is not easy to turn it off. Which is good and bad. Good cause no hacker can turn it off and hack your account. Bad if you lose it and have to deactivate it. You have to call the Blizzard Billing department to deactivate it. Here is the shitty part the Billing department are only open certain hours. Think it is like 8am - 8pm pst Monday - Friday (excluding holidays). Which means if you lose it when they are not open then you have to just wait till they are. I am in east coast so if i lose my thing by 11pm on a friday, i will not be able to play until monday

[Tonuss]

They're available again if anyone is interested. I finally got to order one. :thumbsup:

http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000182

Ordered mine this morning, thanks for the heads-up!

[sturat]

I would love to buy one but according to their site (and my attempts to purchase one) they won't ship it to Canada.

Oh well. . .

http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000222

ps- I like how this post came after the post about it costing $9.50 to ship to Canada.

This just goes to show that while I'm sick I can't be trusted to operate anything more complex than a sandwich. . . the internet proved to be too much for me. lol.

In other news the Canadian Version is sold out. Bah!

STU

[Johalak]

I noticed that there is a Canadian and US version of the authenticator. I reside in the US, but spend a great deal of time in Canada, and consequently a great deal of my WoW time is in Canada. If I purchase the US version, will it work if I login from Canada? I can't see why it wouldn't, as I'm still logging in to the same US server, but I just wanted to clarify before I purchase one. I did not see anything dealing with my specific situation on the WoW site.

[Bigfish]

I noticed that there is a Canadian and US version of the authenticator. I reside in the US, but spend a great deal of time in Canada, and consequently a great deal of my WoW time is in Canada. If I purchase the US version, will it work if I login from Canada? I can't see why it wouldn't, as I'm still logging in to the same US server, but I just wanted to clarify before I purchase one. I did not see anything dealing with my specific situation on the WoW site.

I don't know why it wouldn't work. Only thing I can think of is there is some reason Blizzard has to process Canadian sales differently. I doubt the actual function of the authenticator is different at all.

[Johalak]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking...I guess an email to Blizzard would be prudent just for confirmation. I would hate to assume and end up in Canada for 3 weeks not able to play because the authenticator doesn't work up there.

[Vyndree]

I noticed that there is a Canadian and US version of the authenticator. I reside in the US, but spend a great deal of time in Canada, and consequently a great deal of my WoW time is in Canada. If I purchase the US version, will it work if I login from Canada? I can't see why it wouldn't, as I'm still logging in to the same US server, but I just wanted to clarify before I purchase one. I did not see anything dealing with my specific situation on the WoW site.

I don't know why it wouldn't work. Only thing I can think of is there is some reason Blizzard has to process Canadian sales differently. I doubt the actual function of the authenticator is different at all.

Since the US and Canada both use the same retail boxes (i.e. North American WoW game and servers), the Authenticator will work with both. However, the reason they are seperate may be because they have to use different payment processors or particular shipping accomodations in order to get it to a Canadian address.

Sounds like they did the reasonable thing and e-mailed them, though.

[elsegundo]

at least we're not complaining that the authenticators cost $100 shipping to Canada anymore.

[heffner]

Ya, I bought one before Christmas. Ordered one for me and two as gifts for guys I work with, since they were inexpensive and combined shipping to Canada.

I am always afraid I will lose it...or a little pair of hands may pick it up, never to be found again.

Anyway, for those that don't know you can use the same number when you log into all your accounts. I hadn't realized this at first. So, I only type it once (I use Keyclone) and it enters into all five windows.

[mikiurban]

Canada vs. US may also have security export restrictions. I'm not as up-to-date as I used to be, but I know it is very hard to export secrety-encrypting hardware outside the country. I would not be surprised if the key is actually manufactured in 2 versions: one for delivery to a US Mailing address, and one that is allowed to leave the country. You would think Canada would be a safe export partner, but that would involve thinking, which is not one of our country's strong points

Pre-flame apology: I am a proud US citizen, and love my country, but you have to admit, not all 300 million picnic baskets in here have all their sandwiches.