So that's my point.Cameraman Jenn wrote:He's entitled to his royalties.
And the Fatal Revenant ARC is here!!
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It's kinda like passing a car wreck on the freeway. I just keep coming back.... 
Seems like Wayfriend and Creator have pretty much moved on from this thread now. Maybe we can all move on?
Seems like Wayfriend and Creator have pretty much moved on from this thread now. Maybe we can all move on?
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Let me see if I get this right: if I didn't try to buy it, I would not have increased the demand for the ARC, and then someone who did buy it (somehow without increasing the demand, I presume?) could have afforded to by a retail copy as well, thereby preventing the author of being deprived of their royalty.Prebe wrote:No matter how many books, tapes etc. you are going to buy, you are still -according to principles of the free market - part of the the 'demand'. This eventually results in person A NOT buying FR in hardback, because he has already been ripped off at e-bay by some "crazy collectors" who jacked the price up. So yes, you ARE costing SRD money, like it or not.
Isn't that a little abstruse? How is it people are buying ARCs in ways that don't drive up the demand? Apparently that's where I went wrong.
And how do I become responsible for other peoples choosing to spend too much?
On the other hand, I took an ARC off the market (at my expense) that no one will ever read. (Honestly, I bought it as a collectable, and I won't even break the binding.) And in doing so hasn't cost the author a dime. (And believe me, if I saw where I was, I wouldn't have in the first place.)
Sorry, prebe, but I have to say that, weighing one against the other, I'm doing SRD a lot more tangible good than harm.
Note: I never intended to announce I ever tried to get one of these damned things. To avoid exactly this kind of specious criticism. So I thank whoever decided to share my e-bay escapades with you all in the first place -- more misery for me, yum.
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danlo wrote:Great first my friends are ready to throw-down and now my fantasy about SRD's house is destoyed. I promised I'd nevtr use this emo again butHe's merely comfortableI hate this tread, hate it, hate it, HATE IT!(
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if you hate it, lock it. simple.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
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cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
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gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Spoke too soon!aliantha wrote:It's kinda like passing a car wreck on the freeway. I just keep coming back....
Seems like Wayfriend and Creator have pretty much moved on from this thread now. Maybe we can all move on?
OUCH!! Think that was aimed at me!Wayfriend wrote: Note: I never intended to announce I ever tried to get one of these damned things. To avoid exactly this kind of specious criticism. So I thank whoever decided to share my e-bay escapades with you all in the first place -- more misery for me, yum.
Come on Wayfriend. You have one (cheaper than mine
); I have one; let's forget it and be friends! 
man-hug!!
You have da POWAH!!danlo wrote:god I'd love to delete this thread...
Or you (or I) could lock it! i say delete it...
and start a new one that says to never ever mention it here if you see somebody from the watch on ebay.
and start a new one that says to never ever mention it here if you see somebody from the watch on ebay.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Seconded.
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