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03-30-2014, 08:55 AM | #1 |
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joe abbin's blown flathead book
i am not complaining or knocking anyone but i am amazed at some prices for joe's great little book which i have read over and over. on ebay starting at over 700.00 and on amazon for 700+ up to 5k+???? i guess i should get my copy and put it in the safe?
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03-30-2014, 09:40 AM | #2 |
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Wow!! Just put my first edition (small ) copy into a plastic bag.
Just might put it in a safe
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03-30-2014, 09:41 AM | #3 |
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Holy %^&!! I have two copies, one signed by Joe! How can this be???
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03-30-2014, 10:15 AM | #4 |
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Woo hoo! I have a copy. If someone feels they must have a copy, I would let mine go for $5,000 + shipping
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03-30-2014, 10:47 AM | #5 |
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Crap, all I have is a signed copy of the second book!
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03-30-2014, 01:47 PM | #6 |
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03-30-2014, 08:08 PM | #7 |
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Re: joe abbin's blown flathead book
I don't get it. Why are they worth so much? I have the red one, second edition third printing. Any offers?
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03-30-2014, 08:17 PM | #8 |
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just because they are asking does not mean they are selling.
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03-30-2014, 10:07 PM | #9 |
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I think I screwed up 50 years ago by not writing a book.
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03-31-2014, 09:27 AM | #10 |
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Re: joe abbin's blown flathead book
Pete: I think you still have time. I can't think of any thing more I'd like to read than your adventures and exploits over the years. If you write it, I'll be first in line to buy it. (But hurry up-we're both running short of time.)
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Wait, what? Really? What is a signed copy of an 1st edition of Old Ron's book worth then? I got one of those too! |
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03-31-2014, 03:30 PM | #12 |
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item #141235774588 on taht big auction site in the sky. also check out amazon.com for it (from 723 to 5,200) no kidding.
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03-31-2014, 03:36 PM | #13 |
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Unbelievable! I found it on eBay, which lead me to this site:
http://product.half.ebay.com/Blown-F...m=343690077252 $5200 ??? What is going on?! Mine's for sale at half that!
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03-31-2014, 11:59 PM | #15 |
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Re: joe abbin's blown flathead book
wow ive got one of those books, must be a miss print ???
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04-01-2014, 05:00 AM | #16 |
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I've got one of Joe's books some place. I'm locking all the doors so no body can get out until I find it. Geeeeees Walt
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04-01-2014, 04:40 PM | #17 |
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Re: joe abbin's blown flathead book
I have the second edition third printing, think I paid 12 bucks or something for it. Is Joe Abbin still around? total nonsense...
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04-01-2014, 04:43 PM | #18 |
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I emailed Joe, no response yet. Maybe he's cashing out?!
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04-01-2014, 04:58 PM | #19 |
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Total nonsense is right. I buy a lot of out of print hard cover books and I can tell you that many sellers have absolutely no knowledge of the content in the publications they market. There may be a computer program that searches for books and their sale price and other sellers might establish their price based on that, I don't know. But, I can tell you that if there is such a program it is only as good as the information entered in the data base. Old computer acronym from the early '60's says this- GIGO, Garbage In, Garbage Out.
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04-01-2014, 07:12 PM | #20 |
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I got an email from Joe last week, so I think he's still around. He's been threatening to get out of the blower business for several years, so I don't know if he's still selling kits or not...
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