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”

  9. Please, Mr. Wil Wheaton, consider this comment my application to participate in this, your “A Very Limited (I Mean VERY Limited) Autographed Book Lottery”. I am of calm hands and clean conscience and I consider you a Geek and a Gentleman and also I have a PayPal account that causes me very little trouble and also also I have at least fifty of our United States dollars to spend on your lotterized autographed book.
    I know that I could have written anything here to be included but perhaps this, my comment, has caused someone besides myself to smile a little. It is a little thing and I am glad to have done it.
    Respectfully yours,
    A Fan
    Brian M.

  11. This would be a great addition to the books that I bought that you wrote! ….I also have a couple of audiobooks that you have narrated.. I would love to participate!

  13. Grr. Apparently creating an account and linking to my Google account doesn’t give access to my email. Just to show how much I adore you, Mr. Wheaton, I am actually going to give my address here, to ensure that if am selected that you run into absolutely no problems in contacting me. In an effort to avoid the dirty spammers I will, however, list it backwards and I am confident that a man of your intelligence will be able to figure it out. 🙂 com dot gmail at JociePops
    Either way, I’m sure your books will find an excellent and appreciative home. Merry Christmas, Wil!!

  21. Would it seem greedy if I’m one of the original “Wheaton 300” (was that the number? Mommy brain doesn’t function well at this time of night.), and I would still like to partake in this “contest”? It would make a nice Christmas present for some great friends who are super fans of yours (and who helped a pregnant lady out back at GenCon by getting my “Stand By Me” DVD signed for me, because I couldn’t stand in line that long!).

  22. While the geek in me applauds your choices (random.org is a true random number generator, not a pseudo random number generator) the gamer in me is disappointed.
    Rolling dice is more than generating a number. You have to feel the dice as they bounce into each other, straining to escape your hand. Then you hear the familiar sounds as the dice dance on the table,as you wait with baited breath for them to stop and then quickly tabulate the results. (Yea, it is a gamer thing)
    The DM/GM (Dungeon Master/Game Master) is offering to role the dice on the table where we can see instead of behind a screen. This is rare and to be enjoyed!

  24. Hm, weird. Apparently Google just prompts you to download some weird id file instead of linking to an email. So, just in case, my email is [firstinitial][lastname]at-gmail-dot-com
    No brackets (obviously), no spaces.

  25. I have seen that before, and if I don’t get to spend my $50 on a book, I might end up getting me one of those.
    However, Wil needs one that flashes on a 19 though.
    Aeofel LIVES!


     (WARNING: adult language)

  26. I can I ask, when rolling dice to determine winners, how do you make it fair when you have single, double and triple digit number entries?

  33. Annoyingly, as stated by others, google sign in doesn’t appear to link to email addresses. Unless it does so on a super sekrit level that we don’t see here. Anyway I am mully nex and signed in using twitter “just in cases” don’t roll twice for me ok – this is just so you have a hope of contacting me should the dice fall in my direction!

  34. Argh seems I replied to someone else – anyway this is also mully nex but google sign in seems whacky unless it tells you sekritly that I am me etc

  38. Please include me in the list of people who would love to be entered into the Lottery Of Win.
    Oh, if you do make a video of the dice rolling (and we know that you have enough dice), you know you get a +20 circumstance bonus to your Awesomeness if one of them is The Dragon’s Heart, right?

  49. From the comments I see the G-Mail login doesn’t provide a link to an email so I’ll put in reverse com dot gmail at Arthur40TwoDent

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