Originally Posted by
Lookwhoitis
congrats to all that got a signed copy!
I tried pretty hard today to get one but only could finagle unsigned.
I "ordered" a signed copy from a Virginia book store yesterday only to receive an email saying they were not allowed to sell them yet and to wait untill noon the next day to see if I would get one.
Then i went down to not one but TWO local stores. At the first one i got there a full hour before opening, spied one on the table inside and was the first guy in the door and purchased what they told me was their last (unsigned) Not sure where the the other ones got too or if they had any signed ones. It definitely seemed like this location had already sold some.
The second shop I went to was a local vintage CD and vinyl (that has a small book section) store that opened an hour later. The stores were geographically close, so I was able to get from one to the other quickly. First in line at both spots. After the record store opened, the girl working there had no clue what IBD was and told me they didnt have any of that. I went to the shops FB page and showed her the post that said they did and would be selling them and she went to the back and found me one.
Then, after I returned home I received an email from the shop i had ordered from the day before at 12:05 saying that they HAD a signed copy in stock to fill my order! I was sitting at the computer when the email came in and emailed the girl back basically freaking out saying i'm blown away thank you so much for making my day! only to receive ANOTHER email from the shop at 12:31 saying i'm sorry we made a mistake we only had unsigned left!
Talk about a roller coaster!
I went into today knowing to was going to be hard to score a signed copy and even when I had gotten an email saying the shop had one for me i told myself, dont get excited until it is in hand!
I ended up first in line at 2 shops and still couldn't pull one out of the hat.
I think it is just too hard to score one of these exclusives. Every shop does something different and i'm sure folks know the value of a Stephen King signature.
I had fun out searching for the white whale, the winning lottery ticket but ended up not getting a Sig.