GraysonAC wrote:

El Diablo Robotico wrote:Of course, shipping is rather... extravagant. Oh well.

$6 is extravagant?

Well, it's the most I've paid for shipping so far on anything I've bought on eBay for a book the size of this Metamorphosis Alpha (from inside the US anyway). Not that I'm as much of an expert as a lot of you guys here. But I've gotten books of comparable size shipped for around $4. I got a whole parcel of 8 Judges Guild Pegasus magazines shipped for $3.35. Shoot, I got a 1st ed CSIO (3 booklets and a bunch of maps) shipped from the UK for around $8. So... I dunno, $6 seems a tad on the high side. Not too much for me to skip the auction, but higher than I'm used to.



For $6, I'm expecting some pretty decent packaging anyway. If the guy just sticks it in an envelope and sends it parcel post, well then that's not really living up to the $6 IMO... Or am I being unreasonable? I noticed that your auctions have equivalent shipping costs, although you're shipping from Canada, correct? I don't mean to begrudge you of anything.

El Diablo Robotico wrote:Well, it's the most I've paid for shipping so far on anything I've bought on eBay for a book the size of this Metamorphosis Alpha (from inside the US anyway). Not that I'm as much of an expert as a lot of you guys here. But I've gotten books of comparable size shipped for around $4. I got a whole parcel of 8 Judges Guild Pegasus magazines shipped for $3.35. Shoot, I got a 1st ed CSIO (3 booklets and a bunch of maps) shipped from the UK for around $8. So... I dunno, $6 seems a tad on the high side. Not too much for me to skip the auction, but higher than I'm used to.



For $6, I'm expecting some pretty decent packaging anyway. If the guy just sticks it in an envelope and sends it parcel post, well then that's not really living up to the $6 IMO... Or am I being unreasonable? I noticed that your auctions have equivalent shipping costs, although you're shipping from Canada, correct? I don't mean to begrudge you of anything.

Dang you US guys have it good, heh. I could ship something under 1/2 a pound for $6 (to the US), yeah. You guys can ship up to four times that for $7, and that's global priority



Of course, to ship something like that within Canada, going halfway acrosst he country, it'd cost about $10, compared to $6 to Florida.

With shipping it became a little less attractive but still a pretty good deal I would have to think. Added bonus was that I got it and kept them away from everybodies favorite cat from that area of the world.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

El Diablo Robotico wrote:

GraysonAC wrote:Of course, to ship something like that within Canada, going halfway acrosst he country, it'd cost about $10, compared to $6 to Florida.

But at least you have public medicine...

   Yup, if they decide not to treat you, you can die in public.  

GraysonAC wrote:Heh. It's illegal for a hospital to refuse emergency service in both the US and Canada. Not sure about the UK, but probably there too.

I think you'll find we invented the public health service

Not terribly rare but I was rooting through the back room of a local charity shop (Many,many visits to all of the shops locally ensure that I can do this - some even phone me if they get stuff they think I might be interested in!!) when I came across a still sealed Dragon Magazine Archive - perfect condition and mine for the princely sum of £3.00!!

(as an aside the next shop had a well loved 2nd ed PH for £10 - I barely managed to resist the temptation!

It's the little things in life that count.

harami2000 wrote:Talking about "little things", couldn't get much smaller than $3 for a reasonable looking 3rd PHB; as was listed on the "interesting items" thread, IIRC.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5234956799
(Need this to compare with the recently-discovered 3rd+ print).

Should make a bit of a dent in the previous stated increase on the Acaeum valuations page, too ($30 for VG)...

Nice looking win.  I had that and his MM on my watch list.  Nice to pick up both if he combines the P&P.  Still not that bad if he doesn't.  Didn't bother with a snipe as I thought there would be enough interest to take them over £5.