Pay over the odds today and you guarantee finding a copy for £2 at a boot fair tomorrow. I still believe it'll fall into your lap, just as I will one stay stumble upon Pan Horror 29 and 30 it a table sale for 50p a pop.
I would say "don't worry about the dust jacket," but it *is* very shiny...
Counter offer £150, if and when he balks, increase offer slightly, not beyond £170. When he protests again, send him this screenshot from eBay showing 1st eds with d/j sold for similar prices just last week. He needs to justify 2nd ed being more ££ than 1st, as usually 1st are more collectible
Point out it's a mass produced readers digest book, not a hand written work by Shakespeare, and that the artificially inflated prices he's seeing online are akin to nfts or a pyramid scheme, rewarding rich people wanting to be richer and punishing genuine book lovers.
Long overdue a reprint I think, second hand copies are mad money. I was lucky to grab an extremely battered copy from a charity shop a while back; can't believe how much they go for second hand.
Whoah! I bought a copy 4 years ago for £20 -doesn't have a jacket but conditions pretty good 🤷🏻♂️ Cool that interest in folklore has pushed the cost up I guess.
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I would say "don't worry about the dust jacket," but it *is* very shiny...
No, you’re inflating the price.
As my dad would say, “that boy’s tearing the arse out of if”
Silly bugger.