4e Hits Half Price Books

[M.L. Martin]

I did the same tour yesterday and saw the same, but I'm pretty sure it's people just junking their collections, even though some of it was still in shrinkwrap. I saw a bunch of late-era 3E material at one of the stores, too.

It may be that 4E just isn't winning the same kind of following here in Minnesota--one of the folks at my FLGS yesterday told me that SWSE is catching up to it for them, at least in terms of in-store games.

 

[Crothian]

Talking to people at the stores it does seem that more people are selling off books and things in general with the down turn in the economy. I'm not saying that's the reason but it is a factor.

 

[DaveMage]

It means that D&D has finally failed for good in the market. It will be discontinued before the end of the year. The long out of print Italian RPG Kata Kumbas will be reprinted in 47 languages (including a deluxe edition in Proto-Akkadian) and it will sell millions of copies. You read it here first.

No way, man - FATAL is coming back!

 

[Crothian]

No way, man - FATAL is coming back!

I think you are on to something. I've never seen FATAL in a Half Priced Book Store

 

[Nikosandros]

I think you are on to something. I've never seen FATAL in a Half Priced Book Store

FATAL or Kata Kumbas? The suspense is killing me...

P.S.
Jokes aside, Kata Kumbas wasn't actually a bad game, I feel somewhat guilty comparing it to FATAL...

 

[Ravellion]

It's also a deep recession now. I'd wager that anyone that buys used items very cheap to resell them cheap, is seeing an increase in both supply and demand.

*oops, missed crothian's post. Oh well, he's got plenty*

 

[DaveMage]

I think you are on to something. I've never seen FATAL in a Half Priced Book Store

Case rested!


As for 4E, some of the books have been on sale for around half price on e-bay for a while now, so I wouldn't read anything into it's appearence at half-price books. I bought a second print 3.0 Player's Handbook at a used book store within a year of release. As with 3.0, some people will regret the purchase and sell 'em off.

Now, if the 4E books were going for a penny on amazon's marketplace, then we'd be having a different conversation.

 

[Silver Moon]

Talking to people at the stores it does seem that more people are selling off books and things in general with the down turn in the economy. I'm not saying that's the reason but it is a factor.

A huge factor, times are tough. My upstairs tenent runs a Comic and Card Shop store, and people have been coming in for a while trying to sell collections (90% of which he can't buy as there is no market for what they're selling).

My wife works part time at her uncle's variety store, and in the last two months people have been bringing in old and collectible coins and bills that they've saved to buy necessities with.

So, yeah, I'm not surprised that some fairly new books are being unloaded. If you need to eat or fill your gas tank that takes priority.

 

[pawsplay]

I saw a PHB at the Half Price books maybe a month after it came out.

 

[JoeGKushner]

NPR had a story about the selling of used goods in terms of CD. Some stores I've seen, like Discgoround, are getting so many sales TO the store that they give less money for what they buy now.