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).

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

  2. I am interested in this, sign me up! Let’s see how lucky your dice can be for me. Looking at the number of comments, it’s gonna take an unusually numbered die, or multiple rolls. Might be fun to see that as your next stupid cell phone video. =P

  4. How fun, I’d love a chance, and would be glad to send you funds via PayPal or donate them to charity of your choosing (WiggleWaggle 2011?).
    I signed in under my Twitter so hopefully that’ll allow you to connect with me if I win since I don’t see a way to do my e-mail address 🙁

  12. I would like to be in the dice roll too! (I will be in SF this weekend, so if the gods of chance smile upon me, I may be a bit late in responding to email, but I should be back in my apartment Sunday night!)

  13. You have a point there. Looks like the odds of winning a book will be quite slim, but the turnout of fans is AWESOME.
    Wil, you get a +10 to ego checks for at least the next 24 hours.

  34. Wil’s Lottery: I AM IN YOU!
    Hope my facebook/typepad login/registration shows my mail somewhere if you happen to need it *crosses fingers*

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