Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[bdwyer19]

That’s awesome Brian!! I won too!! Tickets go on sale for contest #3 in an hour!

[Brian861]

That’s awesome Brian!! I won too!! Tickets go on sale for contest #3 in an hour!

A great day to be a Brian I guess!

[amd013]

That’s awesome Brian!! I won too!! Tickets go on sale for contest #3 in an hour!

A great day to be a Brian I guess!

Well, someone was bound to post it, so it might as well be me:

[bdwyer19]

Well done!

[Randall Flagg]

There are three contests for tickets to the second Metallica S&M show.

The tickets are only available to members of the Fifth Member fan club. Legacy members get the chance for front row seats. Drawing is tomorrow night, so enter if you want a chance at tickets.

https://www.metallica.com/news/2019-...formation.html


Contest #1: Legacy Member Only – Floor, First Three (3) Rows

Enter to win a chance to purchase tickets in the first three (3) rows. Prices are $300, $400, and $500 + service fees for each row, so please do not enter if you do not intend to purchase these tickets.
Enter Contest #1 (Legacy Members Only)


Contest #2: Legacy Member Only – Floor Seats

Prices are $200 + service fees, please do not enter if you do not intend to purchase these tickets.
Enter Contest #2 (Legacy Members Only)


Contest #3: Legacy and Fifth Members – Non-Floor Seats

Reservation codes will be chosen randomly with half going to Legacy Members and half to all other Fifth Members. You will choose your seat location at the time of purchase with no specific locations guaranteed. Pricing ranges from $50-$200 + service fees.
Enter Contest #3

I won the third contest. I'll be seeing Metallica in San Francisco once again.

That’s awesome Brian!! I won too!! Tickets go on sale for contest #3 in an hour!

We have to get together for a pint when you guys are in town!

[Randall Flagg]

Was the politics thread closed by mistake?

Probably. I reopened it.

[Br!an]

That’s awesome Brian!! I won too!! Tickets go on sale for contest #3 in an hour!

You better go buy them now!!!

From the reservation code email...

You will be able to purchase your ticket(s) between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 noon PDT on Friday, April 19th.

That started just over two hours ago. You have 48 minutes left.

[Brian861]

Well done!

[bdwyer19]

That’s awesome Brian!! I won too!! Tickets go on sale for contest #3 in an hour!

You better go buy them now!!!

From the reservation code email...

You will be able to purchase your ticket(s) between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 noon PDT on Friday, April 19th.

That started just over two hours ago. You have 48 minutes left.

That must be Legacy. Fifth member starts at noon.

You will be able to purchase your ticket(s) between the hours of 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm PDT on Friday, April 19th.

[Br!an]

That’s awesome Brian!! I won too!! Tickets go on sale for contest #3 in an hour!

You better go buy them now!!!

From the reservation code email...

You will be able to purchase your ticket(s) between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 noon PDT on Friday, April 19th.

That started just over two hours ago. You have 48 minutes left.

That must be Legacy. Fifth member starts at noon.

You will be able to purchase your ticket(s) between the hours of 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm PDT on Friday, April 19th.

Okay. I'm a legacy member.

Ticketmaster created a queue when you clicked the link. I logged on 15 minutes early and there were more than 1000 people ahead of me. You might want to log in now. PayPal checkout is easiest. Also there is a drop down menu on the right side of the order page. It defaults to lowest price. Click "Best Seats" and take the best seats available.

I am including a screenshot of the available sections. I'm in 114.

Of the available sections it appears that about 3/4 of that is sold already.

[bdwyer19]

Well done! I am in section 125.

[Joe315]

Was the politics thread closed by mistake?

Probably. I reopened it.

Thanks

[Joe315]

Congrats Brian!

[herbertwest]

Just wondering, what is the consensus over here : scarcity or condition?

Would you rather have a 1st print whose condition is not so good, or a second print in better quality?

[Cook]

I guess that depends on the ultimate goal, but for me, "1st print whose condition is not so good"
(I'm assuming were talking about books)

Just wondering, what is the consensus over here : scarcity or condition?

Would you rather have a 1st print whose condition is not so good, or a second print in better quality?

[peripheral]

For me - a 1st...

[Br!an]

1st

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

1st


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[jhanic]

1st

John

[Merlin1958]

Open call. I'm looking for a "C.C. Sabbathia: Jedi Bobblehead doll and the check book is out!!!! They'll be giving them away at the stadium on May 4, so anyone looking to make a reasonable buck let me know!! My grandson wants one desperately and I don't want to let him down.

[lotuz]

Just wondering, what is the consensus over here : scarcity or condition?

Would you rather have a 1st print whose condition is not so good, or a second print in better quality?

I don't even see second printings as collectible, really. I have a few exceptions to this for some of the most expensive books - I'd sometimes rather have a second printing compared to nothing, but that's very, very rare. I never go out of my way to find a second printing. I'd rather try to find a first printing of something that's in my price range than settle for a second printing of something that's not.

My issue recently has been condition. I used to pick up cheaper versions of first printings that were in G to VG condition, with the idea that I could always upgrade later. As I've been selling some of them off to enhance other parts of my collection (S/L editions, mostly) I have found that they didn't really appreciate in value while the NF/F first printings that I want usually did. So the gulf between the "desirable" copy of the book and the "acceptable" copy is generally greater than back when I bought the "acceptable" copy, meaning that even if I can get the full value back from it (which is less common), I've actually lost ground in trying to get that "desirable" copy.

As a consequence, I've found myself pursuing fewer first printings in general, and trying to maximize the condition of the copy that I'm looking for.

The issue is much less salient in the S/L world as those books are generally handled better and so even if you limit yourself to only NF/F copies of S/L books, they are not as hard to find as some F/F trade copies.

As an example, it took me a long time to find a truly F copy of the first printing of The Talisman - and I still ended up marrying a F book to a F dustjacket from a different copy. Finding a F/F copy of the S/L is much, much easier...

[herbertwest]

Thanks everyone for your replies !

[Merlin1958]

Open call. I'm looking for a "C.C. Sabbathia: Jedi Bobblehead doll and the check book is out!!!! They'll be giving them away at the stadium on May 4, so anyone looking to make a reasonable buck let me know!! My grandson wants one desperately and I don't want to let him down.

Got it!!! Thanks to a very cool member here!!!! The force will be with, Merlin IV this May!!! lol lol

[Brian861]

Looks like the thread discussing this is closed but I noticed this morning that my PM storage had increased! Thanks, Jerome!

[herbertwest]

Just wondering, what is the consensus over here : scarcity or condition?

Would you rather have a 1st print whose condition is not so good, or a second print in better quality?

Remember that question?
Well, here is the reason why I asked, and I am still not sure what to do.

They are both first french editions of Dracula, from 1920. Almost 100 years now.

The one on the right is the one I already had, and it's a third print. From 1920 too I believe.
The one on the left, is in more damaged condition, and is a first print.


I am wondering which one to keep, and which one to send away to a friend which I know will appreciate the book.
I am debating between the better quality but 3rd print, and the lesser quality and 1st print...
Visually, the books are the same, but there is a "trois mille" written, in small, on the frontcover... but you have to take the book in your hand to notice it, it can't be seen from my bookshelves

Any new opinions, based on the following pictures?
In both cases, I will keep an eye out for a first print in good condition (and I am gutted that I missed up on one at a reasonnable price a couple of years ago)