The Amazon List!

DeVore · 01-12-2003 04:24PM #1

you can see the provisional list of stuff here.

Comments etc here. Suggestions for additions on the other thread please.

I'm gonna get that checked over by a lady I know in the business but that should do fine I think.... (jaysis if we got all that I'd be bleedin' amazed!!)

DeV.

DeVore · 01-12-2003 04:27PM

ALL PRICES SEEM TO BE IN STERLING!!!

Damn, didnt realise that. Please note that you will currently have to do a conversion but I'll try and get it based in Euro somehow (or is that based on user preferences)?

DeV.

ozt9vdujny3srf · 01-12-2003 04:55PM

I like the books, think they are the best of the presents, on a side note soul caliber is rated 16+ so it may not be suitable.

krattapopov · 01-12-2003 05:27PM

yeah books are good presents... and on another side not, get rid of the memory card for the xbox maybe?

krattapopov ( team nerd )

henbane · 01-12-2003 05:38PM

Originally posted by krattapopov
yeah books are good presents... and on another side not, get rid of the memory card for the xbox maybe?

krattapopov ( team nerd )

Suggestions for children's books would be much appreciated in the suggestions thread. As would an alternative to soul caliber - is Marvel vs Capcom 2 any good?

Is the Xbox memory card of any use? I know the f*cker is hdd based but not having one I figured the memory card might be of some relevance if they're selling it?

Probly gonna have to get rid of the halo xbox bundle too, 16 pegi cert too.

Crash · 01-12-2003 06:18PM

As far as i can tell its simply for exchanging data between a number of X-Boxen (wtf is the plural?!) when they're too far away to network em/

Yavvy · 02-12-2003 10:09AM

HI Tom,

Just ordered 3 books ( I know its not much) for the strike force. I would love to know where they ended up

I hope to get some more stuff for the strike force when I clear the old credit card ...;)

Anywho, wonderful idea...best of luck.

Golgotha · 02-12-2003 10:57AM

ok on behalf of Cube 30
GameCube Console & Zelda: Wind Waker Pak
will be purchased, it will delivered at beers if that is ok.

therecklessone · 02-12-2003 11:00AM

Originally posted by DeVore
ALL PRICES SEEM TO BE IN STERLING!!!

Damn, didnt realise that. Please note that you will currently have to do a conversion but I'll try and get it based in Euro somehow (or is that based on user preferences)?

DeV.

Handy conversion:
http://xe.com/

This is such a great idea, top marks to DeV and anyone else who came up with the idea.

Havelock · 02-12-2003 11:39AM

Can we get the Cube From Cube 30 before hand?
The plan is appartently to go on the 20th, before the beers.

DeVore · 02-12-2003 10:43PM

We'll swing by and pick it up on the day perhaps (or before).

Muchos grassias for the donantion.

A big thank you to Cube 30.

DeV.

Zaph · 02-12-2003 10:55PM

I won't be able to help out in person but I'm more than willing to throw a few quid into the pot. What's the story with the Amazon list? Do I just stick items into my basket and lob in my credit card number at the end or is there something else I should do?

mr_angry · 02-12-2003 11:10PM

Might go halfers with someone else on a prezzie, so I'm gonna wait til tomorrow to decide.

Talliesin · 03-12-2003 10:45AM

Originally posted by zaph
I won't be able to help out in person but I'm more than willing to throw a few quid into the pot. What's the story with the Amazon list? Do I just stick items into my basket and lob in my credit card number at the end or is there something else I should do?

Yep, that's pretty much the drill. Amazon has DeVore's address (or whereever it's being delivered to, I hope DeVore has a plan about that bit) and they'll ship it off.

DeVore · 03-12-2003 01:38PM

Yup, thats pretty much it!
I'm hoping the van is big enough at this stage

I think I'll take the TV's off the list as apparently we can get them for far cheaper in Powercity or something.

DeV.

daveirl · 03-12-2003 10:52PM

This post has been deleted.

Puck · 04-12-2003 12:33AM

Things are a bit tight at the mo so I only boght a couple of books. I do hope to buy more or at least send some money though. When's the deadline for this?

DeVore · 04-12-2003 10:53AM

To each according to their needs, from each according to their means, Puck.

As far as deadlines go, I'll deliver right up to Xmas day and beyond. I cant deliver on Xmas day itself as I'll be with my family and I don't drive and my father cant given his recent operation. If there is anything left on Xmas Eve I'll deliver all of it, that means there'll be nothing sitting waiting over xmas.

However, as someone else said here, why is this only ever done at xmas.... the way I see it, xmas isnt really a deadline as much as a milestone. I'd like to get the bulk of this drive into the hospitals etc by the 24th but if it has to be delivered in Jan, hey... santa got stuck in traffic kid, so f**kin' sue yeah??!

DeV.

lazygit · 04-12-2003 11:10AM

Hi Tom,

Just orderd six books from amazon..

Will ya take second hand books? i have a box of about 30 books at home your welcome to. was going to give them to the library.

There Stephen King, David Eddings, Raymond E Fiest etc... suitable for teenagers!

Also have a Dreamcast and about 4 games you can have aswell... will pick them up from home at the weekend and bring them back to dublin.

Beruthiel · 04-12-2003 11:36AM

Originally posted by lazygit
Will ya take second hand books

yup
if they are in good condition, he will take them

Borzoi · 04-12-2003 05:19PM

Originally posted by DeVore
Yup, thats pretty much it!
I'm hoping the van is big enough at this stage

Drop me a word if you need more - I've two big ass Transit vans should they be needed.

loup · 05-12-2003 11:35AM

Hi there, cc taken a bit of a battering but have some great new childrens books I can send, is there anywhere I can post them to??

Beruthiel · 05-12-2003 03:14PM

Originally posted by loup
Hi there, cc taken a bit of a battering but have some great new childrens books I can send, is there anywhere I can post them to??

send Dev a pm and he will sort you with an address
or
if you live in dublin, I believe there are some people willing to collect

Civilian_Target · 05-12-2003 09:07PM

Have you checked with amazon to see if they'll give you a discount if the goods are going to a charitable cause?

Lump · 06-12-2003 12:27AM

Hey did my little bit...... Being a poor-ish student I could only afford a couple of books.... Aprés christmas would have been a better time. I might order more in January..... I assume if they arrive in your house you won't hoard 15 copies of kids books

John

P.S. Great cause, good idea Dev and all concerned..... you're going straight through the pearly gates. (Heaven that is)

DeVore · 06-12-2003 11:34AM

"a couple of books", lump if everyone did that we couldnt possibly distribute them I reckon

. Thanks.

I'll collect in the Dublin area or I'll give people my address if they can deliver.

DeV.

Zaph · 07-12-2003 12:35AM

There's a few more books on the way DeVore, glad I could do my little bit. Keep up the good work.

luckat · 07-12-2003 10:18AM

I had a problem at Amazon: I chose The Wheels on the Bus, and then went and added two favourite books from my own childhood - The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum and Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens. Oh, and I meant to add The Story of Ferdinand (generally known as Ferdinand the Bull), but forgot, but if you fix this up for me I'll add that too.

Anyway, when I clicked through to order them, the page said there was an order, that these items couldn't be delivered to a gift or wish list address.

Is there any way you can fix this up? I assume the problem is that these books are not on your wish list - but they're fabulous books.

henbane · 07-12-2003 01:57PM

Originally posted by luckat
I had a problem at Amazon: I chose The Wheels on the Bus, and then went and added two favourite books from my own childhood - The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum and Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens. Oh, and I meant to add The Story of Ferdinand (generally known as Ferdinand the Bull), but forgot, but if you fix this up for me I'll add that too.

They're up there now

luckat · 07-12-2003 06:28PM

OK, they're got, except for Traditional Irish Fairy Tales, which it wouldn't let me add because it's a "marketplace item", which I think means is because it was secondhand; I'd okayed it because it was sold as perfect condition, unread. Pity - it's a fabulous book, Fianna stories, stories about Finn's dogs, all kinds of good things. Oh well.

Talliesin · 08-12-2003 11:24AM

Originally posted by luckat
Is there any way you can fix this up? I assume the problem is that these books are not on your wish list

Yes, it's a pity you can't just send anything you know is good, but if Amazon let you send anything to a wish list owner someone could abuse it; stalkers sending pornography, neo-nazis sending copies of Mein Kampf or "revisionist" propaganda to Jews, etc.