FoulFoot wrote in Shady Dealers:Before you do that: obtain the use of a microscope or a high-power magnifying lens. Look at the printing on the cover. Offset printing (genuine, or at least professionally faked (unlikely) ), will have a smooth, uniform application of ink. Toner (copy machine / laser printer) will look like dust. Inkjet will be small round dots, bigger than dust but not much.If in doubt about what you're looking at, compare with known samples of laser jet / inkjet / offset. For offset, look at a newspaper.Foul
dbartman wrote in Shady Dealers:A 2nd edition run is started up and one is produced stapled, but without a cover, due to some fault or error in the assembly process. Person assembling the books grabs a cover from the pile and slaps it onto the 2nd edition, re-stapling it in the process.
dbartman wrote in Shady Dealers:It might be worth keeping, if a mutually agreeable reduction in the price could be reached.
faro wrote in Shady Dealers:If you read back, it's not the first printing of the 2nd edition per ToT.
faro wrote in Shady Dealers:Why? We already knew the internals appeared to be a genuine 2nd edition before the end of auction.
Gnat the Beggar wrote in Shady Dealers:Plus the fact remains (as Faro pointed out) that the booklet inside is a 2nd printing of the 2nd edition booklet, not a 2nd edition 1st print booklet.I would assume a 1st print 2nd edition booklet using an anomaly cover from the 1st edition run would be unlikely enough... (as you stated, possibly unique) but....Would it not be even more Unlikely that a single anomaly cover from a 1st edition booklet would have survived through three complete printings.The entire 1st edition print run; the entire 2nd edition 1st print run; all the way to the end of the 2nd print of the 2nd edition?If they (as an example) ran out of 2nd edition ; 2nd print covers, would they not tack on a 2nd edition ; 1st print cover instead of that single anomaly cover from the 1st edition run.Some almost forgotten relic that had been sitting around gathering dust on some half forgotten shelf since the 1st edition run?There are just too many catastrophic issues against this item being a hybrid 1st - anomaly cover / 2nd-2nd booklet.I am leaning heavily to the side that this book is a genuine coverless 2nd edition ; 2nd print.With a cover that was copied from a 1st edition booklets cover; using modern technology and single color heavy stock textured paper....
Gnat the Beggar wrote in Shady Dealers:single color heavy stock textured paper....
Matthias wrote in Shady Dealers:eBay warning: I recently purchased 2 'shrink wrapped' items from eBay user bggguy (B10 and GAZ3). Both were described as "Still in the shrink". When the items arrived, it was obvious they were missing parts. While the modules were in decent shape, B10 was missing the counter sheet and GAZ3 was missing the map. The shrink wrap was inconsistent with other modules from this era and they were/are obvious rewarps. I contacted the seller (who was cordial and apologetic) about B10 and he refunded around 40% of the original purchase price which was acceptable to me given the condition of the module. I contacted him about GAZ3 and never heard anything. He claimed these books were bought years ago and have sat unopened. It is entirely possible that he purchased rewraps without even knowing. I did buy some shrink wrapped Planescape stuff from him and it was fine/obviously new.Just a word of warning on those early Basic/D&D modules.