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Pages Missing in FR players guide

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#1
eepop
Sep 29, 2008 9:53:07 I bought a FR players guide and some 20-30 pages were missing (end of swordmage to some paragon paths). Has this happened to anyone else?

They weren't like torn out, it was misbound and that whole chunk is just missing.

Anyone have any ideas about possible recourse?

Thanks!
#2
markustay63
Sep 29, 2008 9:58:42 That happened to me once - I had a series of about twenty pages repeat (so twenty were missing, since the page-count was the same).

I returnerd it to the bookstore (Walden's), and they seemed to be familiar with the problem (at least, they didn't think it odd). They let me get a new copy for it.

I suppose if you ordered it online you could return it as well, but that complicates things.
#3
eepop
Sep 29, 2008 10:18:38 Yeah, unfortunately, i bought it from the local gamestore. They've been having some trouble with downturn in the economy so I don't really want to put any more burden on them for something that wasn't even their fault.

I may just have to borrow someone elses and xerox the pages i am missing or something.
#4
markustay63
Sep 29, 2008 10:31:10 Why don't you try asking in the designer's thread?

And I think the gamestore owner should be able to return a 'damaged' book to the vendor.

The other work-around is to buy another copy from Borders, and then put the Borders price-sticker on your bad copy, and return it.

Its a little on the 'evil' side, but having a large corporation take the loss rather then the little guy is acceptable, as far as I'm concerned. ;)
#5
lord_karsus
Sep 29, 2008 12:20:38 -I purchased a novel that was missing the entire first chapter. Daughter of the Drow, I believe it was.

-Go to where ever it was that you bought it from, and exchange it for one that isn't defective. Defective products, that's something that the purchaser deals with (in this case, the store), and not you.
#6
mourn_dup
Sep 30, 2008 12:06:13
Yeah, unfortunately, i bought it from the local gamestore. They've been having some trouble with downturn in the economy so I don't really want to put any more burden on them for something that wasn't even their fault.

Return it to your gamestore. They should be able to return it to the distributor because it's a manufacturing error. Don't eat the cost of a badly printed book because you feel bad about the possibility of your local gamestore not getting a few bucks. It's not your fault you didn't get a complete product.
#7
Bluenose
Oct 01, 2008 3:05:03 As others have advised, I suggest you return it to your gamestore and exchange it for a good copy. It's highly unlikely that they'll be charged for returning defective product, certainly in the UK it would be illegal to do so. The library I work for has this problem occasionally and some of our suppliers even give credit for defective books when you have to return them.
#8
philnicau
Oct 01, 2008 4:47:22
The other work-around is to buy another copy from Borders, and then put the Borders price-sticker on your bad copy, and return it.

Its a little on the 'evil' side, but having a large corporation take the loss rather then the little guy is acceptable, as far as I'm concerned. ;)

There's an ugly word for this its called Fraud, and its a criminal act.
#9
lord_karsus
Oct 01, 2008 9:54:39
As others have advised, I suggest you return it to your gamestore and exchange it for a good copy. It's highly unlikely that they'll be charged for returning defective product, certainly in the UK it would be illegal to do so. The library I work for has this problem occasionally and some of our suppliers even give credit for defective books when you have to return them.

-Here, I know that the seller cannot legally sell a book with a cover that is defaced. I am not sure that the insides of the novel are subject to anything, however.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 eepop Sep 29, 2008 9:53:07	I bought a FR players guide and some 20-30 pages were missing (end of swordmage to some paragon paths). Has this happened to anyone else? They weren't like torn out, it was misbound and that whole chunk is just missing. Anyone have any ideas about possible recourse? Thanks!
#2 markustay63 Sep 29, 2008 9:58:42	That happened to me once - I had a series of about twenty pages repeat (so twenty were missing, since the page-count was the same). I returnerd it to the bookstore (Walden's), and they seemed to be familiar with the problem (at least, they didn't think it odd). They let me get a new copy for it. I suppose if you ordered it online you could return it as well, but that complicates things.
#3 eepop Sep 29, 2008 10:18:38	Yeah, unfortunately, i bought it from the local gamestore. They've been having some trouble with downturn in the economy so I don't really want to put any more burden on them for something that wasn't even their fault. I may just have to borrow someone elses and xerox the pages i am missing or something.
#4 markustay63 Sep 29, 2008 10:31:10	Why don't you try asking in the designer's thread? And I think the gamestore owner should be able to return a 'damaged' book to the vendor. The other work-around is to buy another copy from Borders, and then put the Borders price-sticker on your bad copy, and return it. Its a little on the 'evil' side, but having a large corporation take the loss rather then the little guy is acceptable, as far as I'm concerned. ;)
#5 lord_karsus Sep 29, 2008 12:20:38	-I purchased a novel that was missing the entire first chapter. Daughter of the Drow, I believe it was. -Go to where ever it was that you bought it from, and exchange it for one that isn't defective. Defective products, that's something that the purchaser deals with (in this case, the store), and not you.
#6 mourn_dup Sep 30, 2008 12:06:13	Yeah, unfortunately, i bought it from the local gamestore. They've been having some trouble with downturn in the economy so I don't really want to put any more burden on them for something that wasn't even their fault. Return it to your gamestore. They should be able to return it to the distributor because it's a manufacturing error. Don't eat the cost of a badly printed book because you feel bad about the possibility of your local gamestore not getting a few bucks. It's not your fault you didn't get a complete product.
#7 Bluenose Oct 01, 2008 3:05:03	As others have advised, I suggest you return it to your gamestore and exchange it for a good copy. It's highly unlikely that they'll be charged for returning defective product, certainly in the UK it would be illegal to do so. The library I work for has this problem occasionally and some of our suppliers even give credit for defective books when you have to return them.
#8 philnicau Oct 01, 2008 4:47:22	The other work-around is to buy another copy from Borders, and then put the Borders price-sticker on your bad copy, and return it. Its a little on the 'evil' side, but having a large corporation take the loss rather then the little guy is acceptable, as far as I'm concerned. ;) There's an ugly word for this its called Fraud, and its a criminal act.
#9 lord_karsus Oct 01, 2008 9:54:39	As others have advised, I suggest you return it to your gamestore and exchange it for a good copy. It's highly unlikely that they'll be charged for returning defective product, certainly in the UK it would be illegal to do so. The library I work for has this problem occasionally and some of our suppliers even give credit for defective books when you have to return them. -Here, I know that the seller cannot legally sell a book with a cover that is defaced. I am not sure that the insides of the novel are subject to anything, however.