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If I missed out and wanted the book, I would buy from either of them, no problem.[/QUOTE]

You have "no problem" paying a 100% markup to someone that cheated the system in order to secure an...

If I missed out and wanted the book, I would buy from either of them, no problem.[/QUOTE]

You have "no problem" paying a 100% markup to someone that cheated the system in order to secure an...

I'm not even sure he's that clever, tbh. Depends how the publisher's page is setup.

Heh, I didn't recognize the deliberately obtuse part. Maybe because I'm currently undeliberately obtuse, due to being deliberately half in the bag. :thumbsup:

Really? That's what you got out of all this?

Works for me. And I apologize to everyone for the sleaze comment. I honestly never intended to imply that anyone that does it is actually themselves sleazy, but obviously it came across that way. ...

Either at the pulpit, or in hell...[/QUOTE]

Heh :thumbsup:

It takes quite a bit longer than that to sell a book on Ebay and then package and ship it if you do it well. It takes me longer than that to unpack a book. That is all.[/QUOTE]

How long? Keep in...

It isn't the marketplace that bothers me. If PS prices them such that they can only find 26 people that even want to buy one and it means I don't even want one because they're so expensive, then...

I have no interest in commenting on what is correct and incorrect but if the rule is 1 per customer household address, to me its clear that a decision has to be made to find a way to buy 1 copy or...

Where did I say it was flipping?[/QUOTE]

I don't necessarily think it was flipping. It was a unique situation, and not the same as what we're talking about with Carrie. It's quite likely that...

I think I get it now. It seems that what you actually dislike is the market economy. You don't like the intent to make a profit.[/quote]

Closer. But I love the intent to make a profit. What I...

Buy book from PS: 60 seconds?
Get book, open package, take pictures, put back in package: 3 minutes?
Place ebay ad: 3 minutes?
Drop package off at the PO after it sells: 5 minutes?

Not really...

Where did I say it was flipping?

I'm hoping for 2500 but 3500 wouldn't surprise me, though I hate saying it because I don't want to encourage high pricing.

What's your guess on price?

The thing that people take issue with isn't merely selling at market price. And it ESPECIALLY isn't selling something from your collection at market price. The issue is with buying a new high...

But what about Tiny Tim!?[/QUOTE]

He lived in an era that didnt have Games Consoles, why the fuck should he care?[/QUOTE]

Substitute "collectible autographed crutch" for "Game Console" in...

Funny - sometimes it just takes dumb luck too. I wandered into a Marine base exchange and a PS4 was just sitting on the counter ripe for the taking. I just happened to walk in when they were...

It wasn't "tomorrow" or "next week" it was more like "three months from now (well after Xmas), if you're lucky". The difference of "Need to have it before Xmas" (PS3) vs. "need to have it" (book) to...