a very limited (I mean VERY limited) autographed book lottery

Yesterday, I said:

I found nine hardback copies of The Happiest Days of Our Lives that I must have put there when they first arrived at my house a couple of years ago. They look as perfect as they did the day they were taken out of the box.

So I have this idea to sell them, that goes like this:

I will number these books 1-9, and sign them to whomever the buyer wants, with a dedication of my choosing. I will ship the book USPS Priority mail no later than Monday, which should ensure that it arrives before Christmas, in case that's important to you.

I'll do this for $50 a book, which will include shipping and handling.

I only have 9 of these, but I'm not sure anyone is interested in this, so before I go and set up the ordering and payment information, I need to know if anyone reading this is actually interested.

This would be a first come, first served sort of thing, sold to the first 9 people who leave comments at some time tomorrow (I'll figure that out and update this post later, if it's going to happen). I can ship internationally, but the buyer would have to cover the cost of shipping, because it's damn expensive.

I wasn't sure that anyone would be interested, and I'm delighted to discover that I was wrong about that. Initially, I thought I'd make it first come, first served, but I thought that might be a bummer for anyone who can't be at their computer at, say, noon today or whatever. So I thought that it would be more fair to everyone if it was a lottery.

So here's what I'm going to do: For the next 24 hours (maybe a tiny bit longer, if I sleep late tomorrow), you can leave a comment on this post, if you're interested in buying one of these ultra-limited signed copies of The Happiest Days Of Our Lives. 

Tomorrow, I'll roll dice (you know, like we gaming geeks do) to pick nine people who, uh, get a Golden Ticket, I guess.

I'll contact those people by e-mail, to let them know that they can buy one of these books. When those people respond, I'll get details and give payment instructions.

A couple important notes:

I'm only set up to take payment from PayPal, so if you hate PayPal (and I'm right there with you), don't bother with this.

Please ensure that you have an e-mail address attached to your identity here, so I can find you if you're one of the 9. Do not leave your e-mail address in your comment, because spammerbots will grab it and make your life miserable.

I will ship internationally, but the buyer will be responsible for shipping (express shipping to countries outside of the US can be very expensive, so find out how much that's going to cost ahead of time, so you don't get any unpleasant surprises.)

Please, please, please, don't use multiple accounts to enter this more than once. I can't stop you, but that would be really unfair to other people.

These books will be numbered "2010 Holiday Super Funtimes 1-9".

Yay!

Updated: Wow, 419 entries! That's awesome. I'll roll dice and notify the nine by Monday. (It's a very busy weekend here in Wheatonland).

419 thoughts on “a very limited (I mean VERY limited) autographed book lottery”

  2. I’d be totally down for this. Count me in, Mr. Wheaton.
    (The link doesn’t seem to actually go to me, it pulls a weird file…but I’m the only one on the planet with my name, shouldn’t be hard to find me. Or ask @RyanMacklin to get in touch.)

  15. I would __love__ to get one of these, particularly as you only shipped to the US and Canada before, so if the dice pick me, let me say up front that I will (of course) pay whatever extra postage you deem necessary (within reason 😉 ), and well *fingers crossed*!

  18. I am SO interested in this. Being one of “The Nine” would seriously make my year! 😀 This is my Twitter acct, so it should have my email attached, but if not, it’s apvaughan AT hotmail DOT com.
    PS You’re awesome^10

  30. I’m totally interested.. If the Wootstock in MN wouldn’t have run into the next day, I would have stood inline to have you sign mine, however, having kids. 😉
    “Come’on Daddy need’s a Wil Wheaton signed book” (rolls die)…
    -NFE

  45. Loved seeing you and the rest of the w00tstock gang @ w00tstock pdx, but I’d love an autograph other than the one on my iPhone or hubby’s 1TB hard drive. This is my twitter, but my email is GasStationSushiATcomcastDOTnet.
    Also: I <3 Radio Free Burrito. Much awesomeness.

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