Signed copies of Famous Five books

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Re: Signed copies of Famous Five books

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I'm not following you, Rob, until I know where you're going. :D
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Now I'm getting visions of Rob as the Pied Piper of Houghton... :lol:

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John Pickup wrote:I'm not following you, Rob, until I know where you're going. :D
Don't blame you, John! 8)

With so many people following me, maybe I should put my prices up! ;-) :lol:
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Re: Signed copies of Famous Five books

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My estimate of this seller has gone way down. :x

I noticed he had a dust jacket version of Smuggler's Top in one of his photos, which he hasn't listed yet, so wrote to ask if it would be for sale as I might be interested.

I expected it to be the same price as Mystery Moor (£75 and free postage) but as soon as he knew I was interested he informed me that as it has a wrapper, it would cost £95.

So...I told him I would of course only be willing to pay the same amount as the Mystery Moor book, and I wished him good luck with selling them all.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

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Not good, Rob, I agree. As I said earlier, given the condition of most of those books (barely even "fair" in some cases, with torn dust jackets and bits ripped out of pages), I reckon even £75 is a bit too much. I wouldn't give him my money, especially not after what you've just shared. :evil:
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I agree. Of course, Smugglers Top may be better quality...I can't tell by the one small photo he has of it...but I didn't like the fact he put the price up by £20 just because he knew I was interested. He could have listed it as being £95 and let me decide when I saw it, but to hike it up to £95 as soon as I showed an interest seemed a bit oportunistic to me. Its not like he's actually sold any of the books for £75 as yet!
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

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Rob Houghton wrote:Well, they don't include Isle of Wight
Probably because the IoW is in the UK! :roll:
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John Pickup wrote:I'm not following you, Rob, until I know where you're going. :D
I'm a leader - not a follower. :)
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Moonraker wrote:
Rob Houghton wrote:Well, they don't include Isle of Wight
Probably because the IoW is in the UK! :roll:
So are all the other destinations, which they do include...;-)
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
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Moonraker wrote: I'm a leader - not a follower. :)
So we'll all end up getting lost then? :D
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