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Autographed, new condition, from the box PG got when the book was published. The book goes for over $200 without an autograph as its out of print and quite rare
by modsearch 17y ago
Autographed, new condition, from the box PG got when the book was published. The book goes for over $200 without an autograph as its out of print and quite rare. Its being auctioned off for charity by YC-funded startup Listia. If you do buy credits to bid, but do not end up winning, we can refund your purchase in full. enjoy!
- pg 17y agoI think a lot of people may not realize how cheap this is. 700 credits is effectively $20, because you get 500 free credits for signing up, and additional credits only cost 10 cents.
- prakash 17y agoDid you wear that Armani coat on sales calls or to raise money?
- jacquesm 17y agohow about a cashmere sweater ? http://www.listia.com/auction/208 http://www.listia.com/auction/208
- slackenerny 17y agoHeh.. How about Dracula cape!? (I saw it in the previous announcement, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=743881 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=743881) Ed: Also PG could clarify what he scribbled on there.. http://c0139491.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/photos/231/large.JPG http://c0139491.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/photos/231... I deciphered only 8 first characters from the first line (Happy ha*); also, G in PG looks exactly like my handwritten &, which is lovely, but nobody will believe me I haven't forged that.
- pg 17y agoHappy hacking!
- pg 17y agoI think I did wear it when we were visiting galleries for Artix, the horrible startup we tried before Viaweb, because I found a couple Artix business cards in the pocket.
- jacquesm 17y agoIt is cheap, on ebay the unsigned version goes for $85. (I checked ;) ).
- mattyb 17y agoI want this, but when I signed up I only got 100 credits. I sent them an email.
- jacquesm 17y agoTo get more credits you're supposed to list stuff and use the site (on the premise that you will use it more in the future if you've used it once before). But don't bother, see above.
- pg 17y agoThat sounds like a bug.
- shawndrost 17y agoIf so, it's an unfortunate one, because it looks identical to a common bait-and-switch. The pre-signup copy reads "Get 500 free credits \n Earn more by referring friends, listing auctions, or buying them ($0.10 each)" After signup, you have 100 credits, and the site copy reads something like "list something to get the rest of your 500 credits". Get on this, guys.
- modsearch 17y agosorry about the wording. It's clear in all the FAQ and about pages, but I guess we ran out of real estate where some of the text is shorter. Will get right on this.
- jacquesm 17y agoDear modsearch, you guys have the right idea but the wrong way of implementing it. My advice would be really short and simple: stop. You can launch exactly once. It doesn't matter if you are feature complete. But it does matter if you're consistent. You are building an e-commerce site of sorts, so reputation is really your only real currency. The site right now is confusing. Fix it! Now. Don't promote it any further than it has gone already, repair those things, make it clear and consistent and then make your push. Also, you should probably yank all the dummy auctions (or at least the stuff that looks like a dummy auction) (a poorly drawn giraffe ? a floppy disk ?) because they degrade the profile of your site. I realize you guys are of good intentions but you are making a poor first impression. You only get one chance at a first impression.
- rms 17y agoI got the HDTV for $80 and some crap that I gave away, which makes Listia my favorite YC startup ever.