Telltale Games

Emily · 06/27/2008, 06:15 am

I placed three test orders before the book was even added to the store, meaning mine were the first three orders placed, and I got two books in the 600s and one in the 900s, if that makes you feel any better. I promise you, it's random.

Morden · 06/27/2008, 06:35 am

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Originally Posted by Emily

I promise you, it's random.

Oh well ... as long as you promise

Ok ... Now that I complained a bit, I can finally start convincing myself it really is special. If I was ever to sell it on eBay [which is HIGHLY unlikely] I would add something like this in description:

"Before you buy, you should know that the number is random and yet still special. Emily from Telltale team told me that herself" *screenshot from the forums here*

Ok, I'm off to enjoy my expensive book now. No matter what number you get, the pages are still the same, and everybody knows that what really matters is on the inside, right?

P.S. - The overall quality is SUPERB. The book looks, feels and smells nice. I'm really pleased with the quality of both paper and print. If I could wish for something more I would wish for a dust cover.

patters · 06/27/2008, 07:52 am

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Originally Posted by Morden

Oh well ... as long as you promise

Ok ... Now that I complained a bit, I can finally start convincing myself it really is special. If I was ever to sell it on eBay [which is HIGHLY unlikely] I would add something like this in description:

"Before you buy, you should know that the number is random and yet still special. Emily from Telltale team told me that herself" *screenshot from the forums here*

Ok, I'm off to enjoy my expensive book now. No matter what number you get, the pages are still the same, and everybody knows that what really matters is on the inside, right?

P.S. - The overall quality is SUPERB. The book looks, feels and smells nice. I'm really pleased with the quality of both paper and print. If I could wish for something more I would wish for a dust cover.

you got the exact middle book that in its self is pretty cool

Zaarin · 06/27/2008, 08:50 am

I got mine today and it's number 781!

purple_monkfish · 06/27/2008, 09:00 am

Uk books are arriving!? I feel so cheated.. I want my book damnit! *sadness*
It should arrive in the next week then i'm assuming.. i'll let you guys know when I get it. We tend to get shafted here in the north as stuff arrives in London and just.. sits there... for weeks. I have no idea what the hell the london sorting office and customs do with it. Maybe they're s&m fans lol.

I note the earliest numbers so far are mid 200s.. interesting.

xChri5x · 06/27/2008, 09:09 am

I ordered another book and got #1 suckas. Boo hoo!

I'm appauled at the bitching in this thread.

Morden · 06/27/2008, 09:20 am

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Originally Posted by patters

you got the exact middle book that in its self is pretty cool

Last time I checked, 1225 x 2 was 2450, not 2500. It's not the "exact middle book" now is it? I even mentioned before that if I got the 1250 book, I'd be pleased.

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Originally Posted by xChri5x

I ordered another book and got #1 suckas. Boo hoo! I'm appauled at the bitching in this thread.

First off, I didn't get the #1 book and if I did, you wouldn't hear a word of complaint. Second, if you're "appauled" by all the bitching, you're out of luck. It's my book, I bought it, I ordered it ages ago, it was NOT cheap and I got a number I'm not pleased with. If this somehow bothers you, I could not care less.

patters · 06/27/2008, 09:45 am

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Originally Posted by Morden

Last time I checked, 1225 x 2 was 2450, not 2500. It's not the "exact middle book" now is it? I even mentioned before that if I got the 1250 book, I'd be pleased.

sorry hangover equals misreading

Badwolf · 06/27/2008, 10:08 am

I dunno what the big deal is about the number inside the book, to be honest, but if it's any consolation, you're the only person in the world with "1225" written inside their copy. That's got to count for something?

Harley Quinn · 06/27/2008, 12:09 pm

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Originally Posted by Morden

But noooo ... I had to get the special number of 1225.

Oh, boo hoo.

buemba · 06/27/2008, 01:07 pm

844.

Kayaia · 06/27/2008, 01:51 pm

I got 1193

It took 2 weeks to get here, and some weird £12.45 charge(What the?) but its finally here.

patters · 06/27/2008, 02:13 pm

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Originally Posted by Kayaia

I got 1193

It took 2 weeks to get here, and some weird £12.45 charge(What the?) but its finally here.

customs vat and handling

TrogLlama · 06/27/2008, 06:53 pm

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Originally Posted by patters

customs vat and handling

I'm starting to get the feeling that U.K. customs hate people.

dg10050 · 06/27/2008, 07:43 pm

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Originally Posted by Morden

Yea well, as long as the book is selling ... I just feel cheated out of a higher number because of how poorly things were planned. It would be nice to have a list of orders and list of numbers so that people could actually see which number in line they had and what number they eventually got.

I know I wasn't the first one to order the book, but I sure wasn't the 1225th.

I know ... I know ... But then again I see people posting messages "I got mine TODAY! Number 234!". Mine had to travel all the way to Europe, and the number is fairly high. The order was shipped on the 14th so it must have been the first batch out, right? I guess mine just got picked from the wrong box. It is signed, it is special, but 2XX is still more special than 12XX. Heck... If I got the 1250 it would be perfectly fine. Nice and clean, right from the middle. But noooo ... I had to get the special number of 1225.

But look at all the nice things that happened in 1225: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1225

purple_monkfish · 06/28/2008, 12:47 am

I'm gonna go pick up my copy from the post office in a bit, I got slapped with a 16 quid fee which i'm not at all happy about. I'll be more than a little pissed if it's handling fees and customs, VAT pisses me off enough because it just seems so unfair we in the UK get such a massive 17.5% whopper in there (plus customs says that books are charged EITHER 0% or 17.5%.. wth? there's no rhyme or reason or explaination as to what will get stung)

The bitching about numbers, well... I'm not that fussed though I do have to admit, the shambles with the first couple of hundred is a bit of a joke. Not Telltales fault mind, it's the warehouse.
I would have liked to have gotten a lower number because I preordered but that's the way it goes I suppose, seems Telltale don't have much control over their warehouse and the staff who appear to be opening boxes at random and sending them out. Perhaps next time guys, it might be worth the time and effort to send things this important out yourselves like you did with the case files. That way you ensure they get processed the way you intended instead of the random and chaotic shambles.
That said, while people are getting books in the 1000 i'm yet to see any 2000. So it may be random but it seems to be only the boxes they can get to easily (i'm imagining the 2000's are at the bottom of a large stack hahaha)

wisp · 06/28/2008, 03:10 am

i got number 1181...didn't i tell you people to get me number 1??

okay, actually....i didn't.

i like it the way it is..

purple_monkfish · 06/28/2008, 04:18 am

1035 here! I admit, i'm rather happy with that. I didn't want a random number but something that felt more... complete. 1035 is a nice complete number. I like 5's.

The book is beautiful, i'm pleased as punch despite the vat charge

Morden · 06/28/2008, 09:08 am

Oh, and on the topic of customs and tax charges, the packages are labeled "Software made in USA". I don't know if this applies to tax fees by customs aswell but generally the tax for books is lower than tax for software. Not to mention labeling a package containing a book with "Software" is incorrect. It's not software. It's a book!

tabacco · 06/28/2008, 09:13 am

Believe me, as Emily has said several times, we've been on our warehouse's ass about that for almost two years now with no luck.

06/27/2008, 09:00 am	#65
purple_monkfish Dread Pirate Necromancer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 462	Uk books are arriving!? I feel so cheated.. I want my book damnit! sadness It should arrive in the next week then i'm assuming.. i'll let you guys know when I get it. We tend to get shafted here in the north as stuff arrives in London and just.. sits there... for weeks. I have no idea what the hell the london sorting office and customs do with it. Maybe they're s&m fans lol. I note the earliest numbers so far are mid 200s.. interesting. __________________ "you ignorant fools! Do you comprehend what you have done? None of us can pass across this rift your weaver mischief has so blindly created! Your pious meddling has brought the end of my dream! You will hear, for all eternity, the cries of those you have abandoned, Bobbin Threadbare! You will always know that you have left them under my rule!"

06/28/2008, 12:47 am	#76
purple_monkfish Dread Pirate Necromancer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 462	I'm gonna go pick up my copy from the post office in a bit, I got slapped with a 16 quid fee which i'm not at all happy about. I'll be more than a little pissed if it's handling fees and customs, VAT pisses me off enough because it just seems so unfair we in the UK get such a massive 17.5% whopper in there (plus customs says that books are charged EITHER 0% or 17.5%.. wth? there's no rhyme or reason or explaination as to what will get stung) The bitching about numbers, well... I'm not that fussed though I do have to admit, the shambles with the first couple of hundred is a bit of a joke. Not Telltales fault mind, it's the warehouse. I would have liked to have gotten a lower number because I preordered but that's the way it goes I suppose, seems Telltale don't have much control over their warehouse and the staff who appear to be opening boxes at random and sending them out. Perhaps next time guys, it might be worth the time and effort to send things this important out yourselves like you did with the case files. That way you ensure they get processed the way you intended instead of the random and chaotic shambles. That said, while people are getting books in the 1000 i'm yet to see any 2000. So it may be random but it seems to be only the boxes they can get to easily (i'm imagining the 2000's are at the bottom of a large stack hahaha) __________________ "you ignorant fools! Do you comprehend what you have done? None of us can pass across this rift your weaver mischief has so blindly created! Your pious meddling has brought the end of my dream! You will hear, for all eternity, the cries of those you have abandoned, Bobbin Threadbare! You will always know that you have left them under my rule!"

06/28/2008, 03:10 am	#77
wisp annoying...and ignored Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: somewhere, Germany Posts: 1,142	i got number 1181...didn't i tell you people to get me number 1?? okay, actually....i didn't. i like it the way it is.. __________________ Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!

06/28/2008, 04:18 am	#78
purple_monkfish Dread Pirate Necromancer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 462	1035 here! I admit, i'm rather happy with that. I didn't want a random number but something that felt more... complete. 1035 is a nice complete number. I like 5's. The book is beautiful, i'm pleased as punch despite the vat charge __________________ "you ignorant fools! Do you comprehend what you have done? None of us can pass across this rift your weaver mischief has so blindly created! Your pious meddling has brought the end of my dream! You will hear, for all eternity, the cries of those you have abandoned, Bobbin Threadbare! You will always know that you have left them under my rule!"

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06/27/2008, 06:15 am	#61
Emily Formerly of the Telltale Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,549	I placed three test orders before the book was even added to the store, meaning mine were the first three orders placed, and I got two books in the 600s and one in the 900s, if that makes you feel any better. I promise you, it's random.

06/27/2008, 08:50 am	#64
Zaarin Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12	I got mine today and it's number 781!

06/27/2008, 09:09 am	#66
xChri5x Marketplace Reality Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: GTA, Ontario Posts: 1,629	I ordered another book and got #1 suckas. Boo hoo! I'm appauled at the bitching in this thread.

06/27/2008, 10:08 am	#69
Badwolf cannon restraint rope Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 837	I dunno what the big deal is about the number inside the book, to be honest, but if it's any consolation, you're the only person in the world with "1225" written inside their copy. That's got to count for something?

06/27/2008, 01:07 pm	#71
buemba Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	844.

06/27/2008, 01:51 pm	#72
Kayaia Wish you were here! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4	I got 1193 It took 2 weeks to get here, and some weird £12.45 charge(What the?) but its finally here.

06/28/2008, 09:08 am	#79
Morden Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 90	Oh, and on the topic of customs and tax charges, the packages are labeled "Software made in USA". I don't know if this applies to tax fees by customs aswell but generally the tax for books is lower than tax for software. Not to mention labeling a package containing a book with "Software" is incorrect. It's not software. It's a book!

06/28/2008, 09:13 am	#80
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	Believe me, as Emily has said several times, we've been on our warehouse's ass about that for almost two years now with no luck.