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"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve) 10/09/2017 at 21:45 • Filed to: None

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I bought Steve Lehto’s Tucker book.

Now I was looking at the other things he’s written and WTF is going on with this title?

It’s a mass-market paperback for fuck sake.

CB > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/09/2017 at 21:51

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Some things just have stupid pricing. The Romance of Helen Trent by The Killing Tree is like that.

Chariotoflove > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/09/2017 at 22:01

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Off my Christmas list then.

Hey, so now we can all borrow your copy of Tucker, right, because, ya know, no one here ever buys new.

XJDano > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/09/2017 at 22:03

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The American Murder Houses was a good one. My wife really liked it.

XJDano > Chariotoflove 10/09/2017 at 22:05

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That’s what the library is for. We had to request Lehto’s book be transferred in though.

Urambo Tauro > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/09/2017 at 22:05

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Must be a syllabus tax.

Chariotoflove > XJDano 10/09/2017 at 22:11

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I was joking, but you’re absolutely right. I’ve been a big library fan ever since grade school, and we are teaching our daughter to be the same.

shop-teacher > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/09/2017 at 22:18

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I’ve heard it’s a glitch in the automated pricing algorithms. When stock of a specific item gets low, they start “bidding” against each other, if you will.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 10/09/2017 at 22:20

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I bought my copy direct from the man himself. You can’t borrow it, because it’s going to be worth a lot of money with that signature, because that’s how these things work.

Right???

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 10/09/2017 at 22:23

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Oh man, you might end up with the only copy without beer and nacho cheese stains.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/09/2017 at 22:30

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even though it’s a mass-market paperback it probably only got one print.

At least the ebook is only $4.50

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 10/09/2017 at 22:48

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I’ll be rich!

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 10/09/2017 at 23:12

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I’ll give you tree fitty and a wad of lightly-used Double Bubble.

WilliamsSW > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/09/2017 at 23:13

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Jeez, you’d think it was a FoRS with that markup.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 10/09/2017 at 23:20

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I’m a Juicy Fruit man.

XJDano > Chariotoflove 10/09/2017 at 23:26

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It’s more about the continuation of how Lehto’s books are in demand and our own library didn’t have a copy. It took about a week to get in.

Everyone should Library.

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 10/09/2017 at 23:26

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Too rich for my blood.

Chariotoflove > XJDano 10/09/2017 at 23:29

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More libraries are having a hard time keeping copies of things at several branches. Our library has been offering an ever increasing catalog of e-books that you can check out with an app for a specific time period. When you’re done, you can “turn it in”, and that copy becomes available for the next person in line.

XJDano > Chariotoflove 10/09/2017 at 23:32

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Hoopla is the app our library is associated with it something.

My wife doesn’t like to e-read though. Books are better she says.

Chariotoflove > XJDano 10/09/2017 at 23:34

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Your wife is correct. However, e-books are good for when I’m traveling or when I can’t get a physical copy.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 10/09/2017 at 23:36

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I am high-falutin’

pip bip - choose Corrour > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/10/2017 at 05:14

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bargains!

:P

Xyl0c41n3 > Chariotoflove 10/10/2017 at 12:01

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You and the missus rock.

Chariotoflove > Xyl0c41n3 10/10/2017 at 12:41

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Thank you! I’ll tell her (again).

SteveLehto > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 02/18/2018 at 18:04

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Sorry about the late reply but I just saw this now. The book went out of print and when that happens, these idiots with copies for sale jack their prices. When THAT happens, algorithms kick in and make them all skyrocket (function = “Make the price +$1 of the competitor’s”). I’ve seen it happen a few times with my books and those of others. NO ONE buys them for that and the prices will come back down again. And, of course, the book is always available as a kindle.

Meanwhile, if ANYONE ever wants a book of mine, shoot me an email (lehto@kennon.com) and I’ll hook you up for less than Amazon (and I’ll sign it for you). I am out of stock on the book in the illustration above unfortunately.