I've been away these last few days, but some of the comments posted on this thread lately require my attention. There's some shit I just cannot ignore....
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Haha after seeing these comments you guys are drinking the Kool-aid on this one.
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Haha you didn't even combat any of my points... keep drinking buddy.
Okay, allow me to "combat" your points. Let's begin with this shit....
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
There are people spending $675 on a book they have never touched just to say they own a Suntup book.
Yet you are willing to fork out money on a Lettered book you haven't even read let alone touched!
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
On a side note I cant believe how cheap Listener lettered is already. I just got one for half retail! Plus it's highly regarded in McCammons library already.
Originally Posted by
Brian861
That is a nice deal!
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Thanks! I'll be frank, I haven't read it. But the reviews are promising so a deal was too hard to pass on.
No matter what kind of "deal" you landed, spending several hundred dollars on a book you have never read let alone touched, and then criticising fellow collectors for spending $675 to pre order a book is the very definition of hypocrisy.
Following the publication of
EOTD and
Misery, Suntup Editions have firmly established a brand footprint synonymous with excellence. Given the stellar production values attributed to the aforementioned and the stunning photos shown of all three editions of
Horns, it is only natural for people to want a to own a copy, yet you deride them for it.
I wonder what your basis of comparison is?
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Some are even entering a payment plan.
And the problem being what exactly? The very definition of insanity would be to get yourself into financial difficulty on account of a book. If it wasn't for the generosity of publishers like Paul Suntup and book dealers like David at Betts in allowing payment plans, my collection would be practically empty.
Consider this post you made concerning your "holy grail":
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Hey everybody, my absolute holy grail of Stephen King books is Subterranean's lettered edition of "The Shining". I am about to start the long grind of saving up. I see one on
eBay for over $6,000. According to another website, I should be looking for them between 3 and 4 grand. Which valuation is correct?
You were subsequently advised by Randall Flagg, that "
4K is closer to market than 6k."
If given the chance to purchase a copy of your "holy grail" for $4,000 USD, would you really turn down the opportunity to do so on a payment plan, considering that you have just started the long grind of saving up? I highly doubt it.
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
There are people that think this book will reach 2x, 3x retail when it sat for six hours on a Sunday.
And the Lettered edition sold out in under 3 minutes. Again, what's your point? As far as I see it, 250 S/L copies of a non King book completely selling out after only 6 hours is an amazing achievement, and one that Paul should be proud of! Hell, I know several publishers out there that still have copies of KING books available even after publication!
Just to be clear, I will never sell my copy of
Horns; so I literally don't give a shit what value it attains - it's the love of the actual book that drives my collection.
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
The numbered book style has been done on better books (Centipede's Ender's Game)
Do you mean "better" in the sense that
Ender's Game is "better" than
Horns from a literary standpoint, or "better" in the sense of their respective production values? If it's the former, your viewpoint is purely subjective and not one that I agree with. If it's the latter, you are quite mad.
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
You are paying high prices for snake skin spines and 14kt gold... ON. A. BOOK.
....And of course the Letterpress printing on Rives cotton paper, crushed silk boards, Handmade black exotic marbled endpapers from India with metallic gold and silver on a base of 100% cotton rag, the twelve full-color illustrations by Magdalena Kaczan.... I could go on.
You have a very judgmental opinion towards what prices other people are prepared to pay for their books. I wonder if you measure your own collecting habits with the same level of scrutiny?
Let's see...
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Just want to throw it back out there as the deadline is coming up and I would prefer to match the copies. I am looking for Altered Carbon Lettered. Will trade for anything in my signature and add cash up to a total value of $2,500. Or I can do just cash, $2,000.
Thanks for any leads. Same offer goes for Terror Lettered as well!
So to recap on the above, your willing to trade and add cash up to a total value of $2,500 for a copy of a Lettered edition of
Altered Carbon, which had an issue price of only $250 or a copy of a Lettered edition of
Terror, which had had an issue price of $500? LOL!
https://subterraneanpress.com/altered-carbon
https://subterraneanpress.com/the-terror
But this post regarding your desire for a Lettered copy of
The Three-Body Problem (issue price $750
https://subterraneanpress.com/three-body-problem) is even better:
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
No shame in that! I'd gladly give up Misery S/L and a grand myself.
You would gladly trade a S/L copy of
Misery AND a $1,000 for a sold out pre order book priced at $750? LMFAO!
Fuck me, that book must have some pretty stellar production values attached to it... oh wait!
All of this, yet you seem to think you can pass judgement on what people are prepared to pay for Suntup's edition of
Horns.... Interesting.
But wait there's more.... You're criticising other people for paying "high prices" for a Suntup edition, yet you are quite happy for the same people to pay "high prices" for your own S/L copy of Misery! Double standards for sake of a quick profit.... Nice!
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
I will likely be listing mine in the near future for $5K on ebay if not more just to see the offers. Too tantalizing to pass up.
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
This is my copy of Misery S/L with a Remarque:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/263949449710
I would rather sell here F&F for near $4,000 and pull the listing. Send offers in a PM as I will contemplate about anything in the high $3k range. Thanks!
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Originally Posted by
webstar1000
Originally Posted by
Randall Flagg
This is the copy that he tried to get $6K for. Then $5K... I bet goes for nearish $4k
I am already ecstatic with the price haha. I just listed for $6k and said offer away. I got one offer after I dropped I accepted but he couldn't come up with the money so I just decided to go the bidding route. Thanks though, you offered to buy/trade for it too, dont lie! I never expected above $4,500.
Yeah, real classy!
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
I just want to point out I am not going through personal hell in my life. I just see problems with peoples inability to avoid the hype surrounding some products.
Hype like this?
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
Does anyone have any clue as to what this upcoming series could be Subterranean Press is going to publish, which has been requested by "tons"? My dream would be Wheel of Time.
I would give ANYTHING away for a nice set of those!
I bet you would! LOL!
Originally Posted by
PennyUnwise
I laid out my reasons and dont see holes.
Your shit has more holes than swiss cheese. Consider yourself burned.
Tell me your analogy about Kool-aid again?