Don't Be A Dummy

[CapnMac]

I'm, like many here, a reader and I tend to deep dive authors I like. I have lists of some of the fiction series that I enjoy so when I go to the LBS (local bookshop) I know what I have and what I don't have. And usually leave the lists home.

Ditto.
Not at all helped if the publisher puts a new cover on an older book, too.
Or if an author changes publishers. Who promote the entire line as "NEW!"

 

[FlSwampRat]

Ditto.
Not at all helped if the publisher puts a new cover on an older book, too.
Or if an author changes publishers. Who promote the entire line as "NEW!"

Not to hijack the thread but I wonder about publishers who have the rights for out of print books that are going for big money on the used markets like ebay.

For example, if people are willing to pony up a yard and a half (That's $150 for you non-pawnbrokers...LOL) for a book of Skeeter Skelton's scribblings in the used market, which nets the original publisher nada, you'd think there'd be a market for a small reprint for the company holding the copyright.
I'd gladly pay $25.00, give or take, for a copy but you get a price up over a Grant for a copy and I'll keep my money where it is. I think there's a lot of firearms enthusiasts who might just agree with me.
Note: this is a completed auction so someone thought it was worth it:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HTF-SKEETE...832274?hash=item46aa3cf4d2:g:8sAAAOSw9fleXDiB

 

[mjsdwash]

not exactly THR, but one day I looked in my garage and found two steering wheel pulling kits. I remember the day I bought the first, and can't remember any detail how the second one got there.

 

[CapnMac]

I wonder about publishers who have the rights for out of print books that are going for big money on the used markets like ebay.

Once it passes out of copyright, it gets gray quickly.
Publishing is not a cheap thing, so, we presume that the people involved ought to know where their bread is buttered.

And, yeah, this is not the best place to chew on this.

 

[unspellable]

Off to the range with a double barreled rifle only to discover I left the forearm at home. Got off two shots, done for the day. (You have to have the forearm on it to cock it.)

Oh well, at least I know how Theodore Roosevelt's rifle turned up sans forearm.

 

[Dibbs]

Yes, it's always annoying to buy something and then discover you have the identical item that you had completely forgotten about. What's worse is when you discover TWO of them.

Yeah, I think it's too late for me...

 

[Coop45]

And the mortar rounds and spare radio batteries...and that spool o' commo wire.

Now you are getting mean. I humped a PRC25 and accessories over some ugly terrain. Everyone had a mortar round except one brilliant guy who carried an empty tube. Just don't make me carry the danged M79.

 

[Poper]

Coop, Semper Fi, and welcome to the dumb ass platoon. We all do it but few admit it.

And SOME of us brag about it.
Hell, I just bought $600 of powder just in time to find the powder I had bought before we moved. Now I have 48lbs of rifle powder that should last me several years or until I join Art Eatman and Old Fuff, which is entirely possible at my age!

 

[Golfanaticshooter]

My name is Coop and I am a dummy. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a holster for my PCR from Allen at High Noon. After I got it I decided it didn't fit my needs. The quality was great, it was just me. After I returned it, I ordered another holster I was sure to work. THEN......One morning looking for something in the safe I found a holster identical to the one I ordered. Yes, I am that dumb. Called Allen, explained my situation, warned him about doing business with dumbasses and cancelled my order. I hope to get smarter, but that is unlikely. Now you realize how smart you really are, go invent something.

You could have bought another pistol to fit that holster. Every holster needs a friend.