Originally Posted by Br!an
Very ugly!
The photo is deliberately out of focus, but you can still see the "criminal tremor" in the signature. It's a truly shit forgery!
Very ugly!
The photo is deliberately out of focus, but you can still see the "criminal tremor" in the signature. It's a truly shit forgery!
10 available?
It by Stephen King (1986, Hardcover)
Although the pic shows a signature, no where does the listing say it's signed, nor whether it's a first printing. AVOID!!
John
A limited first edition of this book has been published by Phantasia Press ???
sk
Yes
it is called ES
in German
very rare...
It doesn't, but it does say "For use in schools and libraries only."Although the pic shows a signature, no where does the listing say it's signed, nor whether it's a first printing. AVOID!!
John
The listing is just for a cheap ex library book. Certainly not first edition and certainly not signed. That's why there are more than 10 copies available to buy for only $15 each.
The photo of Stephen King's signature and inscription is just deliberately misleading.
Ahhh..forgot about that one!
sk
By far my worst eBay buying experience to date. Avoid eBay seller gohastings like the plague. Book was advertised as "Brand New" with one stock photo. That should have been my 1st clue. The 2nd should have been all the negative feedback. But, I've taken a chance with other sellers with questionable feedback with good results. This guy/gal/person just straight out sells trash. Shipped in a flimsy envelope with not padding whatsoever. Based on the condition of the book, the envelope was probably damaged before it was even mailed! PM your email if you want to see additional pics. Don't want to fill up a whole page here.
Ouch! You're not having much luck recently, Brian. I recieved a couple recently wrapped in a single wrap of bubblewrap and then wrapped in brown paper. They did not arrive in as new condition either.
Ouch! Been there - never nice.
That isn't a person you are dealing with but a retail chain that sells books, music, movies and video games. They are headquartered here in Amarillo, TX but operate over a hundred stores in the southwest, midwest and Rocky Mountain area. I'm not making excuses for them in any way but I suspect that they have a return policy and buyer protection with eBay. Their feedback is over 99% positive.
Thanks, Bob. I'm sure they'll refund. They have a ton of negative feedback but it doesn't affect their overall that much since their feedback is over a million with over 1400 negative feedbacks left in the past 12 months. Still no excuse to mail out trash like they did. Someone had to physically place this dirty, filthy book inside an envelope and mail it. Serious lack of QC. Maybe they should stay out of the collectable book business and focus on other media.
BTW, do we have a thread for positive experiences and recommended eBay sellers/dealers? Thanks!
Recommended bookdealers
Thanks, Jerome. Have had some good experiences of late as well and want to share those as well.
Ouch man. That book is thrashed
Oh you should see the other photos I took, Chad for the return. The DJ is dirty and sticky to the touch like some two year old was playing with it at lunch.
There is no excuse for that book to have been sent out. The big chains (Amazon, B&N and, in this case, Hastings) don't usually cater to finicky collectors like us and don't pack books for shipping like we are used to. But I continue to order new books from Amazon because of the lower prices. Sometimes I get a great copy, sometimes not. But I have never had an experience like yours, Brian, and I hope you get it resolved quickly.Oh you should see the other photos I took, Chad for the return. The DJ is dirty and sticky to the touch like some two year was playing with it at lunch.
Item 141940934779 : I don't even know where to begin with this one…from the bad sig, to the signed and numbered of 200 limitation run when there is no numbering in the book ( and no such limitation done, especially with bookclub editions), to King's name misspelled on the COA, to the 0 feedback, to the...well, it's just a wealth of shenanigans.
Thanks, Bob. Appreciate that. I too have ordered from Amazon with mostly success. Since it's extremely rare to get a photo of the actual book to be purchased; I still at times get the blank stare email reply when I ask if a book is a 1st/1st. The differences are notably clear between "a retailer" vs. "a book dealer" or purchasing from a private collector. I've had that most success with the latter regarding older copies especially.
Sweet baby Jesus...
"Wealth of shenanigans"...
I don't know, it seems fishy, but the COA says it's real! Hahaha, good god. The person who buys it should have that COA professionally framed. They wouldn't want it to get smudged or creased after flushing a thousand dollars down the ol' eBay forgery toilet.
Can you provide a link to this item?
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Lol. It's pretty bad. Perhaps Stevan King did sign it.
Thanks for providing the link to this, Brian!
That has to be one of the worst attempts at a forgery I have ever seen on eBay!!!! Fake signature, Fake home made "Stephan King" COA and then trying to claim that a BCE is limited to 200 copies! Utter shit!!!
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