Addicted to buying 1e AD&D Player's Handbooks!

[teitan]

Speaking of selling, I got my copies of the five core books for a penny a piece and the guy refused to use flat rate shipping and charged me 30 and when the package got to me he used flat rate shipping!!!

 

[Darklone]

I'm not sure why you think he'd be interested in this newfangled glitter .

Dang yeah. I always confuse 0st and 1st edition. Not when I'm playing it though.

 

[JustKim]

Try Half Price Books. There are at least two or three of them at just the Mason, OH, location. They sell for around $10 each.

I haven't bought any because I have no use for them. I only ever played Basic D&D during that time period, so that's where my nostalgial lies. I would definitely like to find a Rules Cyclopedia, but I never see those in used bookstores, and the ones on Ebay are just too expensive for a nostalgia-only purchase.

I think your local store takes some liberties with the name "Half Price". I've replaced my entire weathered collection of 1E books at Half Price Books and most of them were $5-7 each. I got duplicates of Fiend Folio because it was a favorite and half its original retail price is only $6 (or something). I also picked up a Rules Cyclopedia for $12.50 to replace my copy with the spine coming off.

 

[MerricB]

Heh. I have three AD&D PHBs for the same reason: for my friends to use when I can talk them into a game. It's happened a couple of times in the past two years.

Might have a game this Friday, actually.

Cheers!

 

[Silver Moon]

Speaking of selling, I got my copies of the five core books for a penny a piece and the guy refused to use flat rate shipping and charged me 30 and when the package got to me he used flat rate shipping!!!

You run into that from time to time. I recently bought on EBay a group of two-dozen Silver Age omics for a buck-each, a great bargain, but had to dish out $ 29 in shipping ($ 6 for the first book and $ 1 for each book afterwards) and then he spend all of $ 6.30 to ship them to me and refused to give any sort of refund.

 

[teitan]

You run into that from time to time. I recently bought on EBay a group of two-dozen Silver Age omics for a buck-each, a great bargain, but had to dish out $ 29 in shipping ($ 6 for the first book and $ 1 for each book afterwards) and then he spend all of $ 6.30 to ship them to me and refused to give any sort of refund.

I think Ebay ought to look into that stuff and see what is going on. I mean if I pay 10 bucks and he used flat rate, that doesn't bother me but when a seller charges more than an arm and a leg for shipping just to recoup his losses, it kind of ruins the point of Ebay for buyers. In my case the guy originally said "sure, I'll look into it" and came back and told me the USPS wouldn't let him ship that weight in books for flat rate... what a crock.

 

[interwyrm]

Corner the market! Buy ALL of them.

 

[BroccoliRage]

This isn't a problem, man. It shows you have TASTE!



If you're in Cleveland, look up a store called the Warzone. Hands down, the BEST gaming shop.

 

[Crysmalon]

It's a serious problem...kidding, of course. It is a good thing you're not in Denver, CO. I think Black & Read has about 60 copies of this. Even at $5 each that's a load of PHB.

 

[thedungeondelver]

I have the same disorder. Only I've got about a dozen.

Also, older Dungeon Master's Guides. Those with the K.Bell "Demon Summoning" illo on pp 40 instead of the Erol Otus "Mage v. Undead Mage"