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Started by Ghost Whistler, January 08, 2009, 08:19:27 AM

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Ghost Whistler

January 08, 2009, 08:19:27 AM
Fuck you Amazon.

Thought about buying this yesterday but it wasn't on the shelves. I'm also tempted by Wild Talents essential edition, if it exists (didn't see it either).

Fail people selling overpriced books on Amazon are double fail.
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Tahmoh

#1
January 08, 2009, 08:55:42 AM
check leisure games site they can usually get stuff to you in a matter of days and the postage isnt to bad either.

those prices for pre owned copies of savage worlds are fucking dumb, its a £5.99 book fer crisakes!

brettmb

#2
January 08, 2009, 01:38:53 PM
There are tons of copies on ebay.

jcfiala

#3
January 08, 2009, 02:22:45 PM
Quote from: Ghost Whistler;277725Fuck you Amazon.

Thought about buying this yesterday but it wasn't on the shelves. I'm also tempted by Wild Talents essential edition, if it exists (didn't see it either).

Fail people selling overpriced books on Amazon are double fail.

It's not Amazon's fault people are selling books at too-high prices... but yeah, there's definately other places I'd look for books, like ebay.com and even abebooks.
 

KenHR

#4
January 08, 2009, 02:26:50 PM
Quote from: jcfiala;277775It's not Amazon's fault people are selling books at too-high prices...

I smell a conspiracy! :D
For fuck\'s sake, these are games, people.

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PaladinCA

#5
January 08, 2009, 06:12:24 PM
Amazon is hardly the place to gauge rare OOP used book prices.

If you don't like the price there, I'm sure you could find it much cheaper someplace else.

e-Bay is always a good place to look. I've bought some real gems there for a very reasonable price.

I've also bought good used items on amazon sellers, but it isn't the only place to shop!

peteramthor

#6
January 08, 2009, 09:37:22 PM
Yeah I saw somebody on Amazon selling a copy of Little Fears for a couple hundred bucks.  People price things on there way out of whack.
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Pierce Inverarity

#7
January 08, 2009, 10:31:26 PM
abebooks is where I got my copy of White Box D&D.

"Near Mint"?

Plz.

Shrinkwrapped, baby.
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Ghost Whistler

#8
January 09, 2009, 08:22:52 AM
I don't know if i want it badly enough to pay extra in terms of postage. If it was ont he shelf i might have picked it up, but SW comes with a lot of brand-related baggage.
"Ghost Whistler" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Parental death, alien battles and annihilated worlds.

Dr Rotwang!

#9
January 09, 2009, 11:19:29 AM
Quote from: Pierce Inverarity;277812abebooks is where I got my copy of White Box D&D.

"Near Mint"?

Plz.

Shrinkwrapped, baby.
BWAAAAGHAAAAAAAA!!!  How much?!
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StormBringer

#10
January 09, 2009, 11:50:51 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!;277857BWAAAAGHAAAAAAAA!!!  How much?!
I was poking around for something else, and saw a copy someone was selling, in the shrinkwrap, for about $5k.
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Premier

#11
January 09, 2009, 12:28:53 PM
Quote from: StormBringer;277861I was poking around for something else, and saw a copy someone was selling, in the shrinkwrap, for about $5k.

For USD 5 k???

Five thousand dollars?
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StormBringer

#12
January 09, 2009, 01:20:39 PM
Quote from: Premier;277864For USD 5 k???

Five thousand dollars?
The Acaeum is a bit outdated, but they list first printing as " Box VF,
    Books VF/NM: $5100* (7/06)".  So, two years ago, they were saying the expected value was in the $5k range, and that doesn't mention original packaging or shrinkwrap.
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rumble

#13
January 09, 2009, 01:59:45 PM
There is a recession going on. I suspect that the book value may have dropped more than a little.

Then again, the Dinky Dungeons stuff consistently went for about $300. Who'da thunk?

Enjoy that old plastic smell!
 

Nicephorus

#14
January 09, 2009, 04:16:27 PM
Quote from: Ghost Whistler;277725Fuck you Amazon.
 

It's still in stock in the U.S.:
Buy new: $9.99
11 Used & new from $4.93
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