Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:50 am
Hatter313 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 1:18 am
Ugh dude i hate that. i reported one of the big book resellers on eBay for that a few years ago. They did it twice to me and after i reported they blocked me haha, which is god because i never want to accidentally do business with them again. They clearly didn't know what they had, and had a fairly rareish book for about 2/3 of what it usually went for. after a week of them not shipping it, i sent them an email and they said it must have gotten lost in the mail, refunded, five minutes later it goes back up form the same seller at the usual price.
Happened twice, same author too, and their feedback was FILLED with review of them pulling the same thing.
Nail on the head, man, this made my day. when I attempted to be a rare/used book dealer in my 20s (and was somewhat successful at it but couldn’t ever break into it enough to live) it was at least 10% because of this movie.
Maybe 20%
Ok Perhaps 30%, I’d always been a book person but it may not have been until this movie that I realized that there was really a profession in it. I was in middle school when it came out and by the time I was like 16/17 I pretty much dressed like Corso, his character and the movie itself were a big moment for me realizing (much like this hobby we all have here) that my interests were shared by other people.
Seriously, Y’all know record me, but Book Me is even more obsessive. One day I hope to own a book/record store, even if it’s my “retirement” we’ll see why the state of retail is in the new normal
I have been in this business a long time. Now if I don't want to do a show, it's not because I got stage fright. It's because some creature from beyond doesn't want me to do the show. Now gangway.