A Mini Review of a "Book of Horrors"...is this thing for real???

Ian · 9th November 2006, 02:45 PM

Hi Chuck:

Vandoo had similar comments a few weeks ago.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3423

Ian.

CharlesS · 9th November 2006, 02:57 PM

Thanks Ian. Somehow I missed that thread....sure do regret missing it!!

That miss cost me about $80!!!

Ian · 9th November 2006, 03:05 PM

Commiserations. Could have been worse, Charles. When I think of a couple of the terrible mistakes I've made in the past whenh buying swords, $80 doesn't seem too bad for a lesson learned.

Every now and again I have to visit my "drawer of shame" to realise how dumb I can be sometimes. Very humbling

Ian.

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

Thanks Ian. Somehow I missed that thread....sure do regret missing it!!

That miss cost me about $80!!!

VANDOO · 9th November 2006, 04:32 PM

I AM SURE SORRY YOU WASTED GOOD MONEY ON THE BOOK ALSO

I HOPE THIS BOOK AND ANY OTHER POORLY DONE MISLEADING BOOKS BY THIS PUBLISHER AUTHOR DO NOT SELL. THAT MAY KEEP THEM FROM CRANKING OUT LOTS OF SIMULAR TRASH IN OTHER FIELDS OF COLLECTING I UNDERSTAND HE HAS ONE OUT ON JADE AS WELL I WONDER HOW MUCH WRONG AND MISLEADING INFORMATION IS IN IT. I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO GO THRU AND TALLEY WHAT PERCENT OF THE INFORMATION IS GOOD IN THE BOOK BUT CAN SAY THAT THE PRICES ARE WRONG ABOUT 100 % OF THE TIME THAT I CAN LIVE WITH BUT INCORRECT REFRENCE INFORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION I CAN'T

IN FUTURE PERHAPS ALL MEMBERS CAN LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUM FROM THE LEFT BY THE POSTS IT USUALLY HAS A GREEN ARROW OR SOMETHING ON MY POST THERE IS A RED THUMBS DOWN. I WOULD SUGGEST IT ONLY BE USED AS A WARNEING OF SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO KNOW AND THAT EVERYONE SHOULD ALWAYS READ SUCH A POST.

NOT ONLY HAVE I WASTED $80.00 AND FEEL LIKE A SUCKER I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH MY FRIENDS HERE RAGGING ME ABOUT THE BOOK. OH WELL AT LEAST WE GET A LOT OF LAUGHS DOING THAT

DaveS · 10th November 2006, 05:12 AM

I bought this book at a show i was at last week. I sat down at my table and started to read, and i'm glad i was sitting down because i probably would have a heart attack. Within a few minutes i had seen at least a dozen tourist pieces with huge prices on them. Several of my collector friends saw the book and we were all laughing so hard the tears were falling everywhere. Bottom line is they all paid the $80.00 to get a copy. This guy is supposed to have been collecting for almost forty years. I just wonder where all his "collecting" was done. Must have been done in his dreams.......Dave

Ann Feuerbach · 10th November 2006, 02:27 PM

Thanks for the heads-up. A sad reminder that just because it is in print does not make it true!

Lee · 10th November 2006, 02:59 PM

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...just because it is in print does not make it true

So very true. The emergence of the PC as a tool for inexpensive book pre-press production in the last decade has been both a boon and a curse. Even I have done a project on the same equipment used to generate much of this website. Many very worthwhile projects have been made possible in the last decade by these new processes (with incredibly more affordable color as well). However, with a much smaller financial commitment and risk being made by the publisher, there is less diligence by publishers in sorting out the chaff.

All in all, though, this new technology has benefitted us greatly, and even in the old days with higher barriers to entry in publishing, horrible trash did occasionally get past peer review and or publisher's cautions.

9th November 2006, 02:45 PM	#1
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,521	Definitely misleading ... Hi Chuck: Vandoo had similar comments a few weeks ago. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3423 Ian.

10th November 2006, 05:12 AM	#5
DaveS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 327	Laughable, but sad. I bought this book at a show i was at last week. I sat down at my table and started to read, and i'm glad i was sitting down because i probably would have a heart attack. Within a few minutes i had seen at least a dozen tourist pieces with huge prices on them. Several of my collector friends saw the book and we were all laughing so hard the tears were falling everywhere. Bottom line is they all paid the $80.00 to get a copy. This guy is supposed to have been collecting for almost forty years. I just wonder where all his "collecting" was done. Must have been done in his dreams.......Dave

9th November 2006, 02:57 PM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Thanks Ian. Somehow I missed that thread....sure do regret missing it!! That miss cost me about $80!!!

9th November 2006, 04:32 PM	#4
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I AM SURE SORRY YOU WASTED GOOD MONEY ON THE BOOK ALSO I HOPE THIS BOOK AND ANY OTHER POORLY DONE MISLEADING BOOKS BY THIS PUBLISHER AUTHOR DO NOT SELL. THAT MAY KEEP THEM FROM CRANKING OUT LOTS OF SIMULAR TRASH IN OTHER FIELDS OF COLLECTING I UNDERSTAND HE HAS ONE OUT ON JADE AS WELL I WONDER HOW MUCH WRONG AND MISLEADING INFORMATION IS IN IT. I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO GO THRU AND TALLEY WHAT PERCENT OF THE INFORMATION IS GOOD IN THE BOOK BUT CAN SAY THAT THE PRICES ARE WRONG ABOUT 100 % OF THE TIME THAT I CAN LIVE WITH BUT INCORRECT REFRENCE INFORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION I CAN'T IN FUTURE PERHAPS ALL MEMBERS CAN LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUM FROM THE LEFT BY THE POSTS IT USUALLY HAS A GREEN ARROW OR SOMETHING ON MY POST THERE IS A RED THUMBS DOWN. I WOULD SUGGEST IT ONLY BE USED AS A WARNEING OF SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO KNOW AND THAT EVERYONE SHOULD ALWAYS READ SUCH A POST. NOT ONLY HAVE I WASTED $80.00 AND FEEL LIKE A SUCKER I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH MY FRIENDS HERE RAGGING ME ABOUT THE BOOK. OH WELL AT LEAST WE GET A LOT OF LAUGHS DOING THAT

10th November 2006, 02:27 PM	#6
Ann Feuerbach Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 133	Thanks for the heads-up. A sad reminder that just because it is in print does not make it true!