On Oct 16, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Richard Williamson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hah. > > Sorry, John, but I inadvertently killed that market. > > Ray had a couple of 1982 HC 1st Ed for sale out of his garage, and I bought > them both. The shipper lost them, and it ended up taking the better part of > a year to get that sorted. On the bright side, this increased my holdings in > 1982 HC 1st Editions by 2, and at the same time reduced the number in the > market by an additional 2. A very, very nice incremental gain, but since > everything has a cost, the cost of that gain was Ray's time and effort. > Given that "cost" came out of his pocket... I don't see that as being a > possibility. > > If I lived in So. California, I'd simply buy everything he had for a > reasonable lump sum, and then resell them rather than let him pulp them. As > it is, doing that from Baltimore would burn any profit just getting it all > shipped out to me. > > rip Wasn't that big a loss, rip. Opportunity cost, I guess, but originally I got those books for free so in truth I didn't feel any sting. I keep expecting those two to show up some time or another, in an unmarked box or something, but given I've moved twice already since then and haven't found them, it's improbable. Had a guy in Chicago also lose two. What is it about two? Best, R.E.F.
