May Nocturnal Readers Box

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Yeah, I had faith in them, even sent an e-mail saying so, but still did not get a refund when I finally requested one.
I used to keep a list of all the small presses that owed me money for books never published but I threw it out years ago. It was something like $300 or so total.
And a certain defunct bookstore owner around here still never paid me back my nearly $500 deposit for merchandise never received.
It's a dog eat dog world, arf arf!

[Br!an]

The grass is always greener where the dogs are shitting.

[RC65]

Yeah, I had faith in them, even sent an e-mail saying so, but still did not get a refund when I finally requested one.
I used to keep a list of all the small presses that owed me money for books never published but I threw it out years ago. It was something like $300 or so total.
And a certain defunct bookstore owner around here still never paid me back my nearly $500 deposit for merchandise never received.
It's a dog eat dog world, arf arf!

I've had my fair share of eBay buys that weren't quite -- or, even, close to -- as advertised, but the only time I experienced a bookstore not delivering upon payment was Black Orchid Bookshop of NY. Probably wasn't much, I'm sure it was under $50 as I recall it was for just one book and this would've been back in the early '90s (yeah, okay, I hold onto a grudge like a visegrip). They went out of business sometime between 2010 and 2012, from what I can tell by Google, and I certainly don't shed any tears about that. The only other incident was a Shocklines store Garton pre-order (the store, not the long-awaited CD anthology), but owner Matt Schwartz graciously made good on it a decade-plus later, so no harm done. For someone who's been doing this book-buying thing for over thirty years and to only have two (really, one, if you don't count the resolved Shocklines issue) incidents, I think that's a damn good track record, and it shows what a great community this is 99.9% of the time. It probably helps that I try and keep pre-orders to a minimum, avoid things like Nocturnal Reader's Box, and approach brand-new presses with caution, but I like to think it's more a reflection of the community than any safeguards I may have in place.

[ajw2910]

I know I approached Centipede Press with too much caution when the came out with Salems Lot……still kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on that one and waiting too long.

[MLG]

Nobody else got stucked in the NRB loop?
I remember that it was quite a big deal a few years back

My credit union took care of me so i lost nothing.