THE TAPROOM 2

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February 7, 2012 at 5:52 pm #23049
Barliman
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Perhaps someone in your local mail sorting office is also a Mithril collector – something similar happened with my mail once.
February 7, 2012 at 6:48 pm #23050
shadyt
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I still have not recieved the first 5 of the HD2 set. Has anyone in the USA recieved them yet?
February 8, 2012 at 4:54 pm #23051
Thingol
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Barliman wrote:

Perhaps someone in your local mail sorting office is also a Mithril collector – something similar happened with my mail once.

!?!?!
February 8, 2012 at 8:45 pm #23053
Gildor
MMP Elder
I doubt so and Joan already suggested to send them back to me without me asking for it.. this is odd….. but most of all… the first casting of Sauron… is lost

I’m fed up of all of this… I asked them to register the mail they did not… I received the HD2.. registered, but not the Sauron which should have arrived before HD2…

I wrote to Chris about it I’m really fed up with all these problems…. it’s been almost one year I have problems with mithril shippings…
February 8, 2012 at 10:39 pm #23055
Turambar
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But what should the Man do in this case?
February 9, 2012 at 4:39 pm #23063
Theobald
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Huoommm … well, what could be said … rhuoommm … so far I have not received any single figure of the latest releases … huomm … at least they tried to send you some, Master Gildor … huoomm … if the 1st of Sauron went lost because of some you-know-what by the company it means more than just a shame … rhuoommm … I do refrain using better words for that at the moment … huoom … just being polite, you know … rhuoommm …
February 9, 2012 at 10:45 pm #23067
cameosis
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with the history the company has, it might not be a bad idea to let them collect orders and then pick them up in person over a weekend? sounds maybe a bit odd, but buying a cheap ryanair ticket would then make the difference between having this casting and losing it.
February 9, 2012 at 10:50 pm #23068
Barliman
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Always nice to have a wealthy customer in the Pony! I’ll get Nob to find that old bottle of ’22 we’ve had out the back for a decade or two and suggest a resonably high price for it. Not too high, of course – I wouldn’t want to seem greedy!
February 10, 2012 at 1:35 am #23069
cameosis
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Barliman wrote:

Always nice to have a wealthy customer in the Pony! I’ll get Nob to find that old bottle of ’22 we’ve had out the back for a decade or two and suggest a resonably high price for it. Not too high, of course – I wouldn’t want to seem greedy!

well, two or three ms miniatures basically buy you a ticket nowadays.

i’m open to price negotiations regarding the wine, but will have to insist on a try-before-you-buy clause.
February 10, 2012 at 7:56 am #23070
Barliman
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If you can afford such a trip on top of the price of the minis then you’re rich in my book! And a trip to Ireland from France or Spain or Germany and back probably wouldn’t end up being cheap once you’ve added in the taxi fares and the other incidentals. Not to mention the inconvenience of it all. So I guess the practicality of such a venture would have to be measured in terms of just how valuable and/or valued the figures were considered to be.

Hadn’t thought of comparing the price of an MS Mithril to an air fare before. The fact that they can be mentioned in the same breath shows just how expensive Mithrils have become.

As for the wine, sorry, there’s no sampling. You have to pay first – though I guarantee a 10% refund if you throw-up afterwards.
February 10, 2012 at 1:10 pm #23071
cameosis
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Barliman wrote:

If you can afford such a trip on top of the price of the minis then you’re rich in my book!

you need to lend me that book of yours to have a read sometime!

anyway, gildor has probably posted for the tenth time that they messed up his orders, and now his first casting has disappeared as well … that’s a lot of time and money gone … putting up with the continous risk of missing/losing his orders would justify telling them to, say, store 10 orders and then pick them up in person. i’ve done such things in the past with items where i wanted to be sure they wouldn’t go missing (not mithril, i’m not a fellow “shipper”) — it was a suggestion, after all.

as to the wine … nob was kind enough to provide me with the necessary bottle after we had a chat — ver nice fellow, he is.
i ultimately decided against buying it, ’twas a bit too dry and dusty for my taste. but thanks for the offer, much appreciated!
February 10, 2012 at 2:12 pm #23072
Barliman
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A rich man like you wouldn’t understand the book—it’s my bank account passbook, and there’s nothing in it.
February 10, 2012 at 2:46 pm #23073
Theobald
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Huuooommmm … strange that is, Master Barliman … huomm … so on what do you spend all them coiny-things? … rhuooom?m
February 10, 2012 at 2:53 pm #23074
Barliman
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It’s not so much of a mystery when you consider how few of my patrons ever actually pay for their provender or drinks.
February 10, 2012 at 5:42 pm #23075
Theobald
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Huooommm … right you are again, Master Barliman, right indeed … huom … hard job that is … rrhuûoomm … but let’s hope that the roof stays on, or whatever it is you say in Bree … hooomm … it nearly seems as if you’re working for free … alas …
February 10, 2012 at 8:02 pm #23076
cameosis
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Barliman wrote:

A rich man like you wouldn’t understand the book—it’s my bank account passbook, and there’s nothing in it.

try picking a naked man’s (or troll’s) pocket, is all i can say. so much about richful thinking.
February 10, 2012 at 9:00 pm #23077
Barliman
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I’m not sure I understand what you mean (sorry, but my grasp of Troll isn’t very good, so I’m not sure how trying to pick a non-existent pocket would help solve my lack of funds); but “richful” is cetainly an interesting word. I assume it’s Troll dialect.
February 11, 2012 at 2:48 am #23078
cameosis
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Barliman wrote:

I’m not sure I understand what you mean (sorry, but my grasp of Troll isn’t very good, so I’m not sure how trying to pick a non-existent pocket would help solve my lack of funds)

i just countered your assumption that i’m rich with a turkish proverb — meaning there are no funds, basically.

Barliman wrote:

but “richful” is cetainly an interesting word. I assume it’s Troll dialect.

troll lawyer slang, in fact.
February 11, 2012 at 8:17 am #23079
Barliman
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If there’s sufficient money around to fly to Ireland to collect a handful of toy soldiers then there must be funds somewhere (that’s an old Bree proverb). The problem is that said funds aren’t in the Pony’s cash register.
February 11, 2012 at 10:13 pm #23080
cameosis
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Barliman wrote:

If there’s sufficient money around to fly to Ireland to collect a handful of toy soldiers then there must be funds somewhere (that’s an old Bree proverb). The problem is that said funds aren’t in the Pony’s cash register.

i am afraid that you had one pint of scrumpy too many yourself, dear innkeeper—i never flew to ireland and never wrote i did (old troll proverb).
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