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Message no. 1
From: runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:56:16 -0400 (EDT)
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This is damned peculiar, but someone has put 4 copies of Magic In the
Shadows up for auction on one of the auction websites (I won't say
who, or even which site, since I do not want to be accused of
advertising for him). I know that the book hasn't propagated too well
through the distributor chain just yet, but I never thought I'd see
the day when people start scalping just released SR books.

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Message no. 2
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 23:01:32 EDT
In a message dated 5/1/1999 9:58:50 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
runnerpaul@*****.com writes:

>
> This is damned peculiar, but someone has put 4 copies of Magic In the
> Shadows up for auction on one of the auction websites (I won't say
> who, or even which site, since I do not want to be accused of
> advertising for him). I know that the book hasn't propagated too well
> through the distributor chain just yet, but I never thought I'd see
> the day when people start scalping just released SR books.

I *think* that the person is the same way who had a copy of a BABY on the
list here and wanted to sell it for school. I *think* so, but I could be
wrong.

In any case, that is mighty peculiar to me.

-K
Message no. 3
From: Adam J adamj@*********.html.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 21:37:13 -0600
At 23:01 5/2/99 -0400, Ereskanti@***.com wrote:

>> This is damned peculiar, but someone has put 4 copies of Magic In the
>> Shadows up for auction on one of the auction websites (I won't say
>> who, or even which site, since I do not want to be accused of
>> advertising for him). I know that the book hasn't propagated too well
>> through the distributor chain just yet, but I never thought I'd see
>> the day when people start scalping just released SR books.
>
>I *think* that the person is the same way who had a copy of a BABY on the
>list here and wanted to sell it for school. I *think* so, but I could be
>wrong.
>
>In any case, that is mighty peculiar to me.

Why is this all that odd? eBay auctions take about a week to finish, so if
a person starts the auction just before a book is due to arrive, it should
arrive at his house/place of business as the auctions are wrapping up and
payment is arriving, then he can ship them out.

Several large stores have dozens of RPG auctions running on eBay all the
time now. I'm surprised that more advance selling doesn't go on, actually.

Adam
< http://shadowrun.html.com/tss / adamj@*********.html.com / ICQ# 2350330 >
Message no. 4
From: Schizi@***.com Schizi@***.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 23:39:50 EDT
In a message dated 5/2/99 8:07:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Ereskanti@***.com
writes:

> I *think* that the person is the same way who had a copy of a BABY on the
> list here and wanted to sell it for school. I *think* so, but I could be
> wrong.
>
> In any case, that is mighty peculiar to me.

someone else mentioned that the auction does not close for a while anyway.
I did not loo myself, but that could explain it, the person may not have the
books yet.
Message no. 5
From: Kevin Langevin kevinl@******.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 10:42:07 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam J [mailto:adamj@*********.html.com]
> Subject: Re: MITS at the auction.
>
> Why is this all that odd? eBay auctions take about a week to
> finish, so if
> a person starts the auction just before a book is due to
> arrive, it should
> arrive at his house/place of business as the auctions are
> wrapping up and
> payment is arriving, then he can ship them out.

> Several large stores have dozens of RPG auctions running on
> eBay all the
> time now. I'm surprised that more advance selling doesn't go
> on, actually.

Dangerous, I think...if something delays their shipment, or they come in
damaged...I know that in my area, comic and game shops usually only order a
few issues of new gaming materials. They sell out the first rev through
right away, if they even make it to the shelves. If that happens, then his
bidders start sending negative feedback when he has to wait for a second
shipment to come in.

-Kev
Message no. 6
From: Richard Tomasso richard@****.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 11:10:42 -0400 (EDT)
runnerpaul@*****.com wrote:
> This is damned peculiar, but someone has put 4 copies of Magic In the
> Shadows up for auction on one of the auction websites (I won't say
> who, or even which site, since I do not want to be accused of
> advertising for him). I know that the book hasn't propagated too well
> through the distributor chain just yet, but I never thought I'd see
> the day when people start scalping just released SR books.

Too late. When SR2 was released at GenCon, folks were selling marked-up
copies at the auction after propogating rumors that it was the only place
to get the hardcover.
Message no. 7
From: Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:18:13 -0500
:> This is damned peculiar, but someone has put 4 copies of Magic In the
:> Shadows up for auction on one of the auction websites (I won't say
:> who, or even which site, since I do not want to be accused of
:> advertising for him). I know that the book hasn't propagated too well
:> through the distributor chain just yet, but I never thought I'd see
:> the day when people start scalping just released SR books.


I can't register for E-bay (being "anonymous" in my e-mail, and lacking
a Visa / MC), so I can't contact the person- are they guaranteeing a
delivery date? One of the advantages to working in a book / game store is
being able to scam games at wholesale... strangely close to the minimum bid.
I'm not even implying anybody would sell stolen (or "lost") merchandise
on E-bay. But it is easier to get books at a "discount" once they are
actually shipped to dealers and / or stores, and is the buyer even going to
get him the payment before then?
Hell, the list collects money for shirts that aren't printed; why can't
somebody sell books the same way?

Mongoose
Message no. 8
From: Aristotle aristotle@********.net
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:25:41 -0400
>Too late. When SR2 was released at GenCon, folks were selling marked-up
>copies at the auction after propogating rumors that it was the only place
>to get the hardcover.

Is there *ANY* chance that the hard cover book will be released again?
I dont mind the paperbacks for source, adventure, and target books as
those do not see constant use. I read them, use them, or ocassionally
referrence one. The main book however is in constant use. Being put
into a backpack, then into a computer bag, and then passed around the
table all night. It starts to look rough fast. I really *need* the hard
backed version..

If ya happen to know and got a price mail me,
--Aristotle
Message no. 9
From: Adam J adamj@*********.html.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:49:38 -0600
At 10:42 5/3/99 -0400, Kevin Langevin wrote:

>> Several large stores have dozens of RPG auctions running on
>> eBay all the
>> time now. I'm surprised that more advance selling doesn't go
>> on, actually.
>
>Dangerous, I think...if something delays their shipment, or they come in
>damaged...I know that in my area, comic and game shops usually only order a
>few issues of new gaming materials. They sell out the first rev through
>right away, if they even make it to the shelves. If that happens, then his
>bidders start sending negative feedback when he has to wait for a second
>shipment to come in.

I assume that anyone that puts up a certain number of items on eBay (In
this case, 4), makes sure to order enough and set them aside as soon as
they arrive.

The goods arriving late or damaged are a risk whenever anyone takes advance
orders on anything. I would be inclined to trust a eBay seller who has 193
pieces of positive feedback, 1 piece of neutral feedback, and 0 pieces of
negative feedback, as this seller does.

However.. for new releases, I would encourage people to support their local
stores. We gotta keepp them in business somehow :/

Adam
< http://shadowrun.html.com/tss / adamj@*********.html.com / ICQ# 2350330 >
Message no. 10
From: Geoff Skellams geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 09:39:38 +1000
On shadowrn@*********.org, Aristotle[SMTP:aristotle@********.net] wrote:
> Is there *ANY* chance that the hard cover book will be released
again?
> I dont mind the paperbacks for source, adventure, and target books as
> those do not see constant use. I read them, use them, or ocassionally
> referrence one. The main book however is in constant use. Being put
> into a backpack, then into a computer bag, and then passed around the
> table all night. It starts to look rough fast. I really *need* the
hard
> backed version..

Well, sounds like the best thing you can do is get your
softcover rebound. Somewhere around your place there should be a
bookbinding service. This would especially be the case if you live in a
town with a university (people doing their theses need to get them bound
as a part of the requirements).
I had my copy of the Castle Falkenstein rulebook rebound. The
guy who did it for me did a brilliant job. My book was a couple of
years old and was a bit tattered about the edges and a few of the pages
had come loose. When it came back, it looked brand new. The guy had
taken the old covers and glued them to the outside of the new hardcover.
He had also managed to trim all of the pages and get rid of all of the
dog ears. The end result was a book that looked pretty much brand new.
It only cost me A$20 to have it done as well (which I have since be told
is rather expensive).
Look up book binding services in the yellow pages. Give a couple
a call. You'll probably find that you can have your book rebound (in
hardcover) for less money than it would cost you to buy a new softcover.
You don't have to worry about whether FASA will release a new hardcover
edition.

cheers
Geoff

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Message no. 11
From: Jared Leisner leisnj48@****.cis.uwosh.edu
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:57:30 -0500
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.com.au>

> Well, sounds like the best thing you can do is get your
>softcover rebound. Somewhere around your place there should be a
>bookbinding service. This would especially be the case if you live in a
>town with a university (people doing their theses need to get them bound
>as a part of the requirements).

I believe West End Games rebound their books for the cost of shipping. I
would suggest checking to see if FASA has any such policy, and if it would
be cheaper than going to a professional.

Ok, back to saying nothing now...
-Jared Leisner
Message no. 12
From: Nexx Many-Scars nexx@********.net
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 18:56:44 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: Jared Leisner <leisnj48@****.cis.uwosh.edu>
>
> I believe West End Games rebound their books for the cost of shipping. I
> would suggest checking to see if FASA has any such policy, and if it
would
> be cheaper than going to a professional.

That's because I have never had a West End book make it home from the store
with it's binding intact. It sucks, really bad.

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Message no. 13
From: XaOs [David Goth] xaos@*****.net
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 12:10:15 -0500
> Is there *ANY* chance that the hard cover book will be
> released again?

Yikes, SR2? Incredibly unlikely.

> I dont mind the paperbacks for source, adventure, and target books as
> those do not see constant use. I read them, use them, or ocassionally
> referrence one. The main book however is in constant use. Being put
> into a backpack, then into a computer bag, and then passed around the
> table all night. It starts to look rough fast. I really *need* the hard
> backed version..

Not the SR2 one, you don't. That sucka'll fall apart just about as fast as
the old AD&D Unearthed Arcana. Besides, the hardback is first printing.
The later softcovers are "corrected printing"s. Personally, I almost think
you're better off just retiring the old softcovers now and then to replace
it with the latest printing. That way more people will have access to the
"main book".

-XaOs-
xaos@*****.net
-David Goth-
-Mr.G.D.-
Message no. 14
From: The Phantom phantom023@*******.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 17:32:48 GMT
>From: Aristotle <aristotle@********.net>
>Reply-To: shadowrn@*********.org
>To: shadowrn@*********.org
>Subject: Re: MITS at the auction.
>Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:25:41 -0400
>
> >Too late. When SR2 was released at GenCon, folks were selling marked-up
> >copies at the auction after propogating rumors that it was the only place
> >to get the hardcover.
>
> Is there *ANY* chance that the hard cover book will be released again?
>I dont mind the paperbacks for source, adventure, and target books as
>those do not see constant use. I read them, use them, or ocassionally
>referrence one. The main book however is in constant use. Being put
>into a backpack, then into a computer bag, and then passed around the
>table all night. It starts to look rough fast. I really *need* the hard
>backed version..
>
>If ya happen to know and got a price mail me,
>--Aristotle

I may be wrong in this assumption, but i believe FASA has sold out of the
BABYs. If you want a second edition one, you better get your head examined.
Hard-cover fasa books? Talk about disintergrating instantly. The BABY
has held together pretty well, and I for one will be very angry if they
rerelease them....

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Message no. 15
From: runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:01:30 -0400 (EDT)
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At 12:10 PM 5/4/1999 -0500, XaOs [David Goth] wrote:
>> I dont mind the paperbacks for source, adventure, and target books
>as
>> those do not see constant use. I read them, use them, or
>ocassionally
>> referrence one. The main book however is in constant use. Being put
>> into a backpack, then into a computer bag, and then passed around
>the
>> table all night. It starts to look rough fast. I really *need* the
>hard
>> backed version..
>
>
>Not the SR2 one, you don't. That sucka'll fall apart just about as
>fast as
>the old AD&D Unearthed Arcana.

Or not.

My own SR2 hardback had only just begun to fall apart last year, after
six years of constant use/abuse (including thwapping unruly players
upside the head). From when I bought it in 92, up until SR3 came out,
my SR2 Hardback had only had two pages come loose: 91-92 and 93-94 out
of the Combat chapter.

I had much worse luck with my SR1 softcover, which practically
disintegrated after 6 months use.

>Besides, the hardback is first printing.
>The later softcovers are "corrected printing"s.

This is what the Official Errata Sheets are for. :)

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Message no. 16
From: Jeremy DeVore jmortir@******.net
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:17:03 -0500
>>Not the SR2 one, you don't. That sucka'll fall apart just about as
>>fast as
>>the old AD&D Unearthed Arcana.

>Or not.

>My own SR2 hardback had only just begun to fall apart last year,
after
>six years of constant use/abuse (including thwapping unruly players
>upside the head). From when I bought it in 92, up until SR3 came out,
>my SR2 Hardback had only had two pages come loose: 91-92 and 93-94
out
>of the Combat chapter.

>I had much worse luck with my SR1 softcover, which practically
>disintegrated after 6 months use.

Hmmmm... I thought that was something that just happened to my
books... See I bought quite a few RPG's while I was living in
Fairbanks Alaska (hey my mother was in the Army) and after I got back
to the great state of Texas almost all of them fell apart. I was told
by some long time Alaska residents that everything was shipped by boat
up there and that books didn't last very long. I had always assumed
that was the reason my Hardcover SR2 was falling apart. Now if I could
figure out why all my Torg books are falling apart...

Later

J

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Message no. 17
From: Mark A Shieh SHODAN+@***.EDU
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:50:26 -0400 (EDT)
"XaOs [David Goth]" <xaos@*****.net> writes:
> > I dont mind the paperbacks for source, adventure, and target books as
> > those do not see constant use. I read them, use them, or ocassionally
> > referrence one. The main book however is in constant use. Being put
> > into a backpack, then into a computer bag, and then passed around the
> > table all night. It starts to look rough fast. I really *need* the hard
> > backed version..
>
> Not the SR2 one, you don't. That sucka'll fall apart just about as fast as
> the old AD&D Unearthed Arcana.

Yep, my softcover is holding up better than my hardcover,
though it hasn't getting much use since last August. :)

Anyways, I asked my comic book/rpg store to order me a
Shadowrun dragonskin. It does wonders, and costs something like $2 or
$4.

Mark
Message no. 18
From: Mark Fender markf@******.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:15:10 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy DeVore [SMTP:jmortir@******.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 1:17 PM
> To: shadowrn@*********.org
> Subject: Re: MITS at the auction.
>
> >>Not the SR2 one, you don't. That sucka'll fall apart just about as
> >>fast as
> >>the old AD&D Unearthed Arcana.
>
> >Or not.
>
> >My own SR2 hardback had only just begun to fall apart last year,
> after
> >six years of constant use/abuse (including thwapping unruly players
> >upside the head). From when I bought it in 92, up until SR3 came out,
> >my SR2 Hardback had only had two pages come loose: 91-92 and 93-94
> out
> >of the Combat chapter.
>
> >I had much worse luck with my SR1 softcover, which practically
> >disintegrated after 6 months use.
>
> Hmmmm... I thought that was something that just happened to my
> books... See I bought quite a few RPG's while I was living in
> Fairbanks Alaska (hey my mother was in the Army) and after I got back
> to the great state of Texas almost all of them fell apart. I was told
> by some long time Alaska residents that everything was shipped by boat
> up there and that books didn't last very long. I had always assumed
> that was the reason my Hardcover SR2 was falling apart. Now if I could
> figure out why all my Torg books are falling apart...
>
Cuz Torg sucks. No seriously, WEG has (or I should say HAD) the worst
binding in the history of his industry. My Torg book fell apart the day I
bought it. And I hadn't even finished reading it yet.
Message no. 19
From: grahamdrew grahamdrew@*********.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 06:52:28 -0400
Mark A Shieh wrote:
<snipped>
> Anyways, I asked my comic book/rpg store to order me a
> Shadowrun dragonskin. It does wonders, and costs something like $2 or
> $4.
>
> Mark

Call me out of the loop here, but what's that. Belive I heard of it
once, but was just as confused about it then as I am now.

PS. Does Kinko's do rebinding into hardcover? Got this SR2 softcover
that's falling apart and I intend to use it for many years to come.
--
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redesigned to do many things badly.
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Message no. 20
From: Mark A Shieh SHODAN+@***.EDU
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 15:37:55 -0400 (EDT)
grahamdrew <grahamdrew@*********.com> writes:
> Mark A Shieh wrote:
> <snipped>
> > Anyways, I asked my comic book/rpg store to order me a
> > Shadowrun dragonskin. It does wonders, and costs something like $2 or
> > $4.
> >
> > Mark
>
> Call me out of the loop here, but what's that. Belive I heard of it
> once, but was just as confused about it then as I am now.

It's a plastic sleeve for your softcover. It looks vaguely like a
jacket for a hardcover novel, but is obviously of better construction.
It works really well against the sort of wear you'll get from storing
it in your backpack. They're made by Chessex, the one with the
Shadowrun 'S' is CHX #8029, according to my skin.

Mark
Message no. 21
From: Jeremy DeVore jmortir@******.net
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 21:42:08 -0500
>> that was the reason my Hardcover SR2 was falling apart. Now if I could
>> figure out why all my Torg books are falling apart...
>>
>Cuz Torg sucks. No seriously, WEG has (or I should say HAD) the worst
>binding in the history of his industry. My Torg book fell apart the day I
>bought it. And I hadn't even finished reading it yet.

Actually all the books I bought in Alaska are doing it. And what do you
mean had? West End Games is alive and kicking, they were rescued from
bankruptcy. And expect Torg Second Edition sometime in the year 2000. :-)
But they had better do something about the damned combat system or I will
be porting even more material over to Shadowrun...

Later

J

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Message no. 22
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 10:50:38 +0200
According to Mark A Shieh, at 15:37 on 4 May 99, the word on
the street was...

> It's a plastic sleeve for your softcover. It looks vaguely like a
> jacket for a hardcover novel, but is obviously of better construction.
> It works really well against the sort of wear you'll get from storing
> it in your backpack.

And strangely, it seems nobody makes these things in clear plastic. I
bought a plain (black) one last year to protect my BABY while it was in my
backpack, but now that book doesn't do much more than stand on my shelf, I
use it to hide the covers of adventures from the other players.

> They're made by Chessex, the one with the Shadowrun 'S' is CHX #8029,
> according to my skin.

Some folks behind the Chessex stand at GenCon told me there was no SR
version anymore. They did have them for plenty of other games, but no SR
and no transparent versions either. The plain black one was US$0.80 (plus
tax), IIRC.

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Message no. 23
From: Mark Fender markf@******.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 11:17:32 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy DeVore [SMTP:jmortir@******.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 9:42 PM
> To: shadowrn@*********.org
> Subject: Re: MITS at the auction.
>
> >> that was the reason my Hardcover SR2 was falling apart. Now if I could
> >> figure out why all my Torg books are falling apart...
> >>
> >Cuz Torg sucks. No seriously, WEG has (or I should say HAD) the worst
> >binding in the history of his industry. My Torg book fell apart the day I
> >bought it. And I hadn't even finished reading it yet.
>
> Actually all the books I bought in Alaska are doing it. And what do you
> mean had? West End Games is alive and kicking, they were rescued from
> bankruptcy. And expect Torg Second Edition sometime in the year 2000. :-)
> But they had better do something about the damned combat system or I will
> be porting even more material over to Shadowrun...
>
Huh? Torg 2nd? Didn't the War end? Didn't the Guant Man almost become High
Lord? Who bothered saving WEG? THe only decent product they had was
Paranoia. (Well, I guess if you don't mind playing in a universe that's
already decided with crappy rules nonetheless then Star Wars is okay, too.)
Message no. 24
From: grahamdrew grahamdrew@*********.com
Subject: MITS at the auction.
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 16:05:37 -0400
Gurth wrote:
>
> According to Mark A Shieh, at 15:37 on 4 May 99, the word on
> the street was...
>
> > It's a plastic sleeve for your softcover. It looks vaguely like a
> > jacket for a hardcover novel, but is obviously of better construction.
> > It works really well against the sort of wear you'll get from storing
> > it in your backpack.
>
> And strangely, it seems nobody makes these things in clear plastic. I
> bought a plain (black) one last year to protect my BABY while it was in my
> backpack, but now that book doesn't do much more than stand on my shelf, I
> use it to hide the covers of adventures from the other players.
>
> > They're made by Chessex, the one with the Shadowrun 'S' is CHX #8029,
> > according to my skin.
>
> Some folks behind the Chessex stand at GenCon told me there was no SR
> version anymore. They did have them for plenty of other games, but no SR
> and no transparent versions either. The plain black one was US$0.80 (plus
> tax), IIRC.
>
As soon as I found out what it was I jumped on the horn and started
asking around. After many hours I found a store that sells Chessex
products in Maryland, although the guy working there didn't have them
in. He mentioned that they were an old thing, although he heard they
were comming back. One of my online searches garneredd me a short line
verifying the given product number, a $5 cost, and a (5/99) identifier.
I took it to mean that the new ones were comming in this month (the ones
with the shadowrun 'S'). I guess the catoloug for this month just
hadn't come in yet. If anyone else has any luck in finding one, I'd
love to hear it. Sounds like a great alternative to trying to get my
copy of SR2 rebound.

--
If a device is designed to do one thing really well, it can be
redesigned to do many things badly.
-Paranoia

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