Can I borrow some money?

skcin · #1 08-16-2005, 01:19 PM

Is this guy for real? Jackass.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stevie-Nicks-RAR...QQcmdZViewItem

witchy_woman13 · #2 08-16-2005, 01:23 PM

omgds

well there goes the electric this month lol

skcin · #3 08-16-2005, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by witchy_woman13

omgds

well there goes the electric this month lol

What killed me is that he's (she's?) STARTING the bidding out at this price. AND there's a reserve. Maybe it was a mistake & they meant to start it at $23. Or maybe they're just an A-Hole.

BTFLCHLD · #4 08-16-2005, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

What killed me is that he's (she's?) STARTING the bidding out at this price. AND there's a reserve. Maybe it was a mistake & they meant to start it at $23. Or maybe they're just an A-Hole.

probably knows he/she will get it

Livia · #5 08-16-2005, 01:38 PM

One just sold on ebay for over $300 recently, and another one around $250. He's a jackass for starting the bidding that high - not to mention a dumbass, paying for the high starting price ebay fees. I paid $75 for mine - not sure what that makes me!

dissention · #6 08-16-2005, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

One just sold on ebay for over $300 recently, and another one around $250. He's a jackass for starting the bidding that high - not to mention a dumbass, paying for the high starting price ebay fees. I paid $75 for mine - not sure what that makes me!

I paid under a dollar for it at a thrift shop.

I got it the same day I got Lynne Cheney's lesbian pornfic "Sisters," if memory serves me correctly.

skcin · #7 08-16-2005, 01:46 PM

Oh. Um. OK, I didn't realize it has gone that high. Holy crap. I'm sorry, I would never pay that much for a book. JMO.

Still - to start the bidding that high? Good luck. He/she is probably the person that paid $300 last time, read it & is now trying to get some of their cash back.

Livia · #8 08-16-2005, 01:52 PM

Yeah, I like to watch stuff I already own - to justify my "estimated value" column on my spreadsheet of memorabilia. It's not a great book by any means, but it does have some nice pics and it's just extremely rare cuz it's out of print.

I just checked to see if I still had the other ones on my watched list, but I already deleted 'em. However, this is the same seller's second listing at the same starting price for this item.

skcin · #9 08-16-2005, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Yeah, I like to watch stuff I already own - to justify my "estimated value" column on my spreadsheet of memorabilia. It's not a great book by any means, but it does have some nice pics and it's just extremely rare cuz it's out of print.

I just checked to see if I still had the other ones on my watched list, but I already deleted 'em. However, this is the same seller's second listing at the same starting price for this item.

That's a good idea. I've done that occasionally, but of course all of my stuff end up being crap.

This person has only had a few transactions. Hopefully he/she will learn soon - lower the price, dude, it will go up.

TheMacAttack · #10 08-16-2005, 02:04 PM

I got one in '86 and then lent it to someone in college in the 90's and never got it back.

Needless to say, I wouldn't pay that much to replace it.

StevieRox2 · #11 08-16-2005, 02:04 PM

I watched and watched and watched other people pay HIGH prices for this book, & finally got lucky and got one for $50 in early spring, no one paid attention to the auction, I was so happy! I too saw a recent one go for about $300, they are getting the $$ for them now. Look how much people paid for the Gold Dust Tour Book - $167!!!

eclipse · #12 08-16-2005, 03:02 PM

My favorite line at e-bay is

RESERVE NOT MET

eclipse~~

trackaghost · #13 08-16-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I paid under a dollar for it at a thrift shop.

I got it the same day I got Lynne Cheney's lesbian pornfic "Sisters," if memory serves me correctly.

I dreamed about owning that book when I was younger, DREAMED I tell ya! That and the Tusk documentary, I imagined finding them in some old shop. It never happened either.

That's quite sad to admit isn't it?

I don't think that book was ever published the UK, so it's highly unlikely I'll ever even see one. Oh well.

dissention · #14 08-16-2005, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

I dreamed about owning that book when I was younger, DREAMED I tell ya! That and the Tusk documentary, I imagined finding them in some old shop. It never happened either.

That's quite sad to admit isn't it?

I don't think that book was ever published the UK, so it's highly unlikely I'll ever even see one. Oh well.

The book is nothing special. I don't think I even read it, just browsed through it and stuck it somewhere. I found a lot of cool things that day; the novelizations for "Labyrinth" and Carpenter's "Halloween," a "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" book, Lynne Cheney's pornography, etc.

I have so much useless junk, lemme tell ya.

trackaghost · #15 08-16-2005, 03:29 PM

That is some collection you picked up that day! Did you read any of them?

I guess the Stevie book has become almost mythical to fans because it's so rare.
Obviously no one must have bought it back when it was first published, so it doesn't surprise me it's bad.
I just really wanted it when I was younger (well still do) because it was the only book about Stevie out there.
Now of course we have those amazing Edward Wincentsen books *snigger*