SparNight ticket from Bratislava to Berlin

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Hi,
I would like to take the EN 476 Metropol night train from Bratislava to Berlin. The German Deutsche Bahn website has these so-called SparNight deals for this train (69 EUR for 3-bed compartment, 79 EUR for 2-bed compartment). Once those tickets are sold, they start selling the"Europa-Spezial Slowakei" tickets (75 and 88 EUR), and the "Globalpreis" tickets (120 and 139 EUR).
My problem is, I would very much like to book the SparNight ticket (according to db.de there are still such tickets for the train I have chosen), but the German website does not allow me to book an online ticket for this connection - they only send tickets by post, but I'm assuming they only send them within Germany, and I live in Slovakia. (Very annoying Deutsche Bahn doesn't sell online tickets for night trains, since it's not a problem for day train tickets.)
I went to the train station in Bratislava, and they said they can only sell me a ticket for a Globalpreis (120 or 139). They claimed they knew of no such thing as SparNight.
Tried to book it on the Slovak and Czech website, but they do not allow me.
The question is: where can I book the SparNight ticket from Bratislava to Berlin if I am not living in Germany? Would very much appreciate an answer, I can't afford the more expensive ticket...
Thank you,
Judit

...but I'm assuming they only send them within Germany, and I live in Slovakia.

Actually DB easily mails tickets all over Europe, so it's not just within Germany (for which, as written, they guarantee 2-3 day delivery), thus if your travel date isn't close (let's say >2 weeks from the time of order), then you can order SparNight ticket via regular mail. Obviously you'll have to pay postage fee, but in total it's anyway much cheaper than full fare(-->Globalpreis)

The question is: where can I book the SparNight ticket from Bratislava to Berlin if I am not living in Germany?

Besides the above option (ticket by mail) you can also play a few tricks, which will allow you to travel from Bratislava to Berlin overnight also much cheaper than regular fare. Most convenient option is to purchase from ZSSK website discounted SparNight ticket till Prague (30 euro for 3 bed sleeper, on ZSSK website need to enter Bratislava-Vinohrady, but can board at Bratislava Hl.), while then just another discounted ticket from Prague to Berlin (either on DB or CD website), thus one easy train change and two tickets will allow you easily to travel to Berlin for as low as 59 euro. Also you can buy discounted ticket from OeBB (with departure form Vienna), while to Austrian capital it's easy and relatively cheap (7 euro by bus) or alternatively you can get OeBB ticket from Hohenau to Berlin, but board train 15 min. later in Breclav where you can get with the same 'Metropol' train (means either plus international ticket Bratislava-Breclav for 7 euro or simply Slovak domestic Bratislava-Kuty for 3.28 EUR).

Thank you so much for this extremely informative answer! Will keep in mind that DB posts tickets anywhere. Unfortunately this time I could not plan that much time ahead.
I am tempted to go with the Hohenau-Berlin option - for certain nights it is even cheaper than the SparNight ticket on the DB website! Also, I personally prefer that combination rather than having to get up in Prague with the Bratislava-Prague + Prague-Berlin combination.
So once more - just because I'm not experienced with overnight trains - I get a Bratislava-Breclav ticket, let's say, for a regular carriage with seat compartments. Get on Metropol in Bratislava, get off in Breclav. Find the carriage with the bed sleeper indicated on my Hohenau-Berlin ticket. Get on and sleep. :-) Does that sound right?
Knowing that some conductors are sometimes not in the greatest mood and can find a fault in everything - is it completely okay and legal to get on the train in Breclav even though the ticket is from Hohenau? I heard from a friend that tickets for overnight friends can be purchased directly from the conductor at the station if there are free spaces left - if I don't get on in Hohenau, the conductor will not sell my spot to someone else, thinking I have missed the train, right?
Thank you so much for your time and patience.

I get a Bratislava-Breclav ticket, let's say, for a regular carriage with seat compartments.

Yep, no seat reservation necessary. Ticket counters in Bratislava sell a lot of those every day, so it won't be a problem to buy even 5 min. before departure

Get on Metropol in Bratislava, get off in Breclav. Find the carriage with the bed sleeper indicated on my Hohenau-Berlin ticket. Get on and sleep. :-) Does that sound right?

Actually no need to get off even, since anyway Vienna-Berlin carriages will be just attached to 'Metropol' in Breclav (should be in the head of the train), so you can simply walk from your seating carriage to your sleeper carriage or if you prefer to spend some time outside and breath fresh air, then you can wait on the platform.

... is it completely okay and legal to get on the train in Breclav even though the ticket is from Hohenau?

Well, your ticket will be issued for a specific route and you pay for that specific route, so whether you use it on full route or only on segment of it, you still payed for the whole route and there is no reason why conductor will have problem with ticket from Hohenau, especially since it's like 10 min. before Breclav.

I heard from a friend that tickets for overnight friends can be purchased directly from the conductor at the station if there are free spaces left - if I don't get on in Hohenau, the conductor will not sell my spot to someone else, thinking I have missed the train, right?

It's not about ticket, but about sleeper reservation. In theory yes, conductor can sell such reservation for the free beds available in his carriage. But in your case conductor will hardly even have time to check whether you got on board, since Breclav is the next stop after Hohenau. If you worry that conductor might have any questions (though doubt he will), then you can simply say to him that because of the short stop in Hohenau you didn't have time to search for your carriage and simply boarded closest to you, thus till Breclav just walked through the train to find needed sleeper carriage

Thanks so much for the help! The advice I've found on this website is invaluable, really appreciate it.
Best wishes.