Has anyone heard of Professor AJ Copperthwaite?

[Red Orc]

You'd think, wouldn't you?

"12 copies available... oh, good, I'll buy it then... Sorry this item was not found..."

It makes me mad, it really does. Don't tell me there are copies if you haven't got them! If you've got one, sell me it!

[Lupus]

You'd think, wouldn't you?

"12 copies available... oh, good, I'll buy it then... Sorry this item was not found..."

It makes me mad, it really does. Don't tell me there are copies if you haven't got them! If you've got one, sell me it!

Yeah i tend to never reply to emails when stuff is cancelled i leave it let it lie but i did have to respond to them and say but if you don't have it why are you listing it??

[Jonas]

I think they do it to drag in customers, thinking that some might buy something else...

[chantyam]

Lupus just bought it off an Amazon seller yesterday just ordered a used copy for 1p plus the £2.75 p+p and got the "order dispatched" e-mail few hours later. The main bugs to me are again the lack of updates to stock availabilty with the seller somtimes canceling the order & the £2.75 appailed to every book order as a seperate item regardless of the number of books you order from the seller -does it really cost £2.75 to post a post within the UK?

[Lupus]

Lupus just bought it off an Amazon seller yesterday just ordered a used copy for 1p plus the £2.75 p+p and got the "order dispatched" e-mail few hours later. The main bugs to me are again the lack of updates to stock availabilty with the seller somtimes canceling the order & the £2.75 appailed to every book order as a seperate item regardless of the number of books you order from the seller -does it really cost £2.75 to post a post within the UK?

Yes my plan as well for later

And i agree you can be very over charged for P&P by some people.

[Red Orc]

The real question is what mini would be best for Professor AJ Copperthwaite, and what kind of expeditions will he (or she...?)  end up on?

Copperthwaite is depicted as a slightly stout gentleman with a big Victorian beard, little round glasses, frock-coat and fez-type hat. Obviously, that's while at ease in his parlour. In another shot he's wearing a top-hat (stovepipe hat). There should be several suitable 'Darkest Africa'-type minis that would be suitable I'd think.

I've just done a search for AJ Copperthwaite, and pretty much 3 things come up - this thread, ordering the book from Amazon... and Dampfpanzerwagen's blog (linky), apparently he was on a Copperthwaite kick a couple of months ago... and here I was thinking I discovered an unknown masterpiece 

It does mean that he probably has 1 - a copy of the book, and 2 - a working scanner, so maybe if we asked him very sweetly he'd scan the pic of Copperthwaite in the front... and then at least we'd all be able to see the great man.

[Red Orc]

There are a couple of Foundry's Jack the Ripper minis - http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/FAVS/6/index.asp - that might suit.

Particurly the guy with the fez.

[fastolfrus]

Ours arrived safe and sound - Alasdair has abducted it now.....