Modernist Cuisine: the hypothetical scalper topic

[MarkIsCooking]

It looks like MC is sold out. Some sellers say no more copies until July. Obviously, the demand has caught people by surprise for this $500 set of books. So, here's the (hypothetical) question. How high would you go to get a copy in your hands in the next few days? THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION people. I don't have any to sell.

How crazy are the foodies here? And, not only do I want to know high high you'd go, but what you'd sacrifice to get one? Sell you car? Sell you iPhone? Sell your mother? Eat Ramen for a year?

[AaronM]

I'd pay the price Amazon is charging and just wait for my copy to ship like a rational human being with dignity and self-respect.

[Chris Hennes]

Hah, that is no fun at all AaronM. How am I supposed to know where to start the bidding?

[Wholemeal Crank]

I paid close to cover price to get mine, that is estimated to arrive on the 29th.

Glad the wisteria is leafing out, so it will be less visible from the street when UPS delivers.

[Jeffery C]

I'm with AaronM. I will patiently wait for my copy. I have enough things to keep me busy until then. The more items I can get in order before it arrives, the more time I will have to focus on the books once in hand! But hypothetically speaking? If I had the means, I would offer to buy the original copy sent to NathanM for $5,000, so long as the proceeds went to the effort to aid Japan!

Edited March 25, 2011 by Jeffery C (log)

[OliverB]

If I could save $100, I'd be happy to wait until July, I'm not quite clear why somebody would pay extra to got it NOW. It's - after all - just books. They don't go bad or depend on the seasons

I have so many books I have not made one dish from, there's really no rush to get more.

But then, I'll never understand the people that camp out in front of the Apple store for a week so they can be among the first to have some gadget I could just pick up a week or two later w/o having to wait a minute.

I don't even care much about 1st edition (particularly if a 2nd edition has typos and other errors fixed) nor the value it may have in 10 years, as I'm very unlikely to ever sell it.

I do like the idea of auctioning off the first copy (or any copy) of the book though! Maybe have it signed by all that worked on it, then e-bay it and send the money to Japan, I think that's really a neat idea.

[baca008]

I am glad I got the low low price at Amazon.ca. But if you look at amazon.com two people are trying to sell over $1k. It's freaking ridiculous.