Thread Name: Your Friday 13th Buy! From: "JOSEPH HILL" <goodbooks@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:43:30 GMT Don't miss out on this one, @ only $750.00! A great worn & torn Modern Library copy of Dracula listed on ebay.. ------------------------------------- From: Ron Holl <modlib@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:24:48 -0400 ... and you don't even have to worry about discarding a dust wrapper when you receive it. At least the seller admits it was not printed in 1897, but does incorrectly state 1932. That book is a disaster. ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:40:27 -0700 Yeah, it is. And the shipping cost is outrageous as well (although i might include insurance). The seller is brand new, evidently. S/he also had a run-in with some other newbie & got a string of feedback dings so the awful 87.5% feedback rating is to be ignored. By the way, I found tis listing easily by setting the Sort By: filed to Price: highest first. ------------------------------------- From: "JOSEPH HILL" <goodbooks@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:10:30 GMT All you say is true BUT the book, may be signed by Dracula. I think that this may take the prize for all ML listings on ebay.. ------------------------------------- From: "Bill DiBenedetto" <billdi@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:09:34 -0700 What I liked was what the person said after explaining the book is "not in good condition" (now there's an understatement!): "It compares to the one other I did locate on the internet." Wha? ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:19:40 -0700 Well, s/he says that you can ask hir about how s/he set the opening bid. I haven't done that; I don't want to waste this person's time. But maybe it would be a service to contact hir to explain how this stuff works. ------------------------------------- From: "JOSEPH HILL" <goodbooks@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:37:38 GMT If you go that route, be sure to ask; has it been signed by Dracula? If so, in blood or just red ink. ------------------------------------- From: Ron Holl <modlib@removed> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:43:08 -0400 No way in blood; else it would be listed at way over $1K (based on a comparable item found on the internet which was signed in blood). ------------------------------------- From: Ron Holl <modlib@removed> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:03:30 -0400 Great News!!! Price Reduction!!!! eBay Item number: 250040970696 And not only that, but a link to prove that the book was printed in 1932, in rebuttal of a fellow ebayer contacting them about it. -------------------------------------