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taotrooper) wrote2005-09-24 08:31 pm
taotrooper) wrote2005-09-24 08:31 pm
Me + money = artbook of doooom
I went downtown today, because I wanted to do something meaningful on my last vacation weekend, and in order to see if they had some Discworld book I could buy at the bookstore I go to. By the way, I couldn't see any Pratchett but I saw the first two Earthsea novels in one book, so I got that one instead. But that's not my point.
An hour or something like that before I went to the bookstore, I took a walk. I need the exercise, I think. I first went to the mall at the docks, because I had never gone there (shameful, yeah). There was a small geeky collectible store there, mostly with American comics and Star Wars related toys. They do have a small section with comics and manga, and I check it out. There were some artbooks on top, and I take a look because I'm curious.
THEY HAD THE X "ZERO" ARTBOOK.
Like I mentioned on a previous entry,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inouekun and I saw an X artbook at the comic fair, but it was 45 euros or something like that. I don't know if that was the exact price, but it was near 50.
But. This one. Was. Twenty-seven. Euros.
An imported CLAMP arbook, with a hardcover. And the price was just 27.
I didn't think twice. And now I own it ^____^
Ah, but something else happened. The other day, I was commentinggingetsu I had seen a RG Veda artbook, also imported, at 27 euros on eBay. And nobody else had bidded on it.
Well, I went to this other second-hand + geeky store on Riego de Agua street that usually has cool anime things, like Final Fantasy, Naruto or Fullmetal Alchemist stuff (expensive like whoa, though). And I go to the second floor, where the comics are. And I find the RG Veda artbook at 24 euros.
Dude!
I check my wallet, and I had 20. Dammit!
I'll need to save some money to get that one. And before you tell me it's only four bucks, remember I bought the Earthsea book. So, uh, I might need at least two weeks. And in two weeks it might be gone. Curses.
An hour or something like that before I went to the bookstore, I took a walk. I need the exercise, I think. I first went to the mall at the docks, because I had never gone there (shameful, yeah). There was a small geeky collectible store there, mostly with American comics and Star Wars related toys. They do have a small section with comics and manga, and I check it out. There were some artbooks on top, and I take a look because I'm curious.
THEY HAD THE X "ZERO" ARTBOOK.
Like I mentioned on a previous entry,
inouekun and I saw an X artbook at the comic fair, but it was 45 euros or something like that. I don't know if that was the exact price, but it was near 50.But. This one. Was. Twenty-seven. Euros.
An imported CLAMP arbook, with a hardcover. And the price was just 27.
I didn't think twice. And now I own it ^____^
Ah, but something else happened. The other day, I was commenting
gingetsu I had seen a RG Veda artbook, also imported, at 27 euros on eBay. And nobody else had bidded on it.Well, I went to this other second-hand + geeky store on Riego de Agua street that usually has cool anime things, like Final Fantasy, Naruto or Fullmetal Alchemist stuff (expensive like whoa, though). And I go to the second floor, where the comics are. And I find the RG Veda artbook at 24 euros.
Dude!
I check my wallet, and I had 20. Dammit!
I'll need to save some money to get that one. And before you tell me it's only four bucks, remember I bought the Earthsea book. So, uh, I might need at least two weeks. And in two weeks it might be gone. Curses.
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Good luck for the economy ^^
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Yikes.