It's almost like Christmas time and tickle me elmo!
Seriously though, is it too late for you guys to cancel and get the digital download? Or is that not an option because you're in the UK? I'm also in europe but because I'm an american with an american bank account and credit card I was able to order it digital download without a problem.
Someone said there are quite a few copies in Germany so it definately could be a supply/demand issue (since Germany has it in a different language it would fit into a different category as the english version)