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”

  6. Sign me up, any competition decided by dice rolls is awesome.
    When the winners are selected, do they get to roll on your loot table to see which one they get? Perhaps it’s time to invest in some rarely used d9s. They can go alongside my barely used d30s.
    Wait, if we are all essentially going to be represented by numbers on an ever-increasingly sided die as more people enter, does that mean we are kind of rolling a dWheaton and hoping for a crit?
    Now that makes me want to imagine what happens when you critical fumble on a dWheaton and all my thoughts send my mind screaming into the abyss.
    And I’m rambling…

  9. I recently bemused a work colleague by pointing out that he was 750,000 times more likely to die this week than win the National Lottery this week, according to actuarial tables. The odds in Wil’s lottery make it much less of a mug’s game, especially since I only pay out if I win, so please enter peter.n.green at gmail.com in your Game of Chance.
    (I’m in the UK and just received my copy of Jeph Jacques’ Questionable Content Vol 1, so I am no stranger to the grand larceny that is International shipping).

  32. I think this would be a cool gift, so I’m in.
    Funniest dedication I have ever received (so far, anyway) was from David Sedaris. He wrote “Dear Sara, thank you for making me rich.” This was because the book was a promo copy from when I used to work at a bookstore. Hee.

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