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Re: Fwd: Rare "Secret Arts" book

Fire and Steel still has copies to sell, but I have yet to recieve any
orders for it.

SuSvaj



At 10:04 PM 01/29/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I've just won an auction at eBay for "Secret Fighting Arts of the
>Warrior Race". I will be getting it in the mail soon. It is a book about
>"proper" use of the bat'leth. Apparently, there are quite a few sayings
>in it that have been translated into tlhIngan Hol (approved by MO I
>think). Does anyone have this book, and if so, what do you think of it?
>Also, I hope I'm not spamming, but I've attached an email that was sent
>to me about this book. This guy seems to have a few copies to sell. (I
>already paid for mine through eBay, so I won't be buying anything from
>this guy)
>
>
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>reH taHjaj tlhIngan Hol...
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>Qapla'
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>qenobIywan
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>Subject: Rare "Secret Arts" book
>Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 01:16:48 -0400
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>Stardate: 2000.01.28
>Klingon Imperial Embassy, Montreal Sector
>Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps
>
>Greetings!
>
>     We have been informed that you are interested in obtaining a copy of 
>the extremely rare Paramount-banned book called "Secret Fighting Arts of 
>the Warrior Race" book; we still have a few available as we obtained our 
>supply *before* the ban. Also, as we are offering them out of Canada and 
>the ban was made in the US; that may keep us out of trouble for now... at 
>least until we can make sure the books are all distributed to good 
>Klingon homes who will truly appreciate them!
>
>     The book measures 6" x 9", has 176 pages and 250 B&W photos of the 
>author in traditional Klingon clothing performing the maneuvers. There 
>are also detailed foot placement charts and numerous Klingon language 
>proverbs throughout the book.
>
>     We have been told by several people that there are a few copies of 
>the book circulating at conventions that have been selling for upwards of 
>$150 to $200, and a copy recently sold on Ebay for over $135. For now, 
>the price that we are selling our remaining copies for is $40.00 US each; 
>a bubble pack envelope is an extra $1.00 and shipping to the United 
>States or overseas will be about $5.00 according to the Post Office, who 
>weighed the book at around 400 grams. So that comes to a total of $46.00 
>in US currency.
>
>     Payment can be made either by money order or by personal check made 
>payable to "Capucine Plourde". If you send a money order, the bank 
>considers that as the same as cash and I can therefore send out your book 
>within a day or two of receiving your order. If you send a personal 
>check; I have to wait for it to clear through the bank, which could take 
>considerable time. Once it clears, I will send out your book. The third 
>alternative is to send cash through the mail; we don't generally 
>recommend this method, but if you do, remember to wrap it up securely in 
>several sheets of paper in order to "disguise" it and hopefully keep it 
>safe during its trip through the Postal System. If you are really eager 
>to receive your book; we recommend sending a US $ money order for the 
>quickest processing!
>
>     In order to save you the possibility of being charged any Customs or 
>Duty fees, I will be listing your package as a ³gift² on the small green 
>Customs form/sticker and write "Happy Birthday!" on the outside of the 
>package; so donıt be surprised by that aspect of the package. The main 
>benefit means that it will most likely go through Customs (and into your 
>hands) much faster and you should end up not paying any Customs or duty 
>fees, such as we ended up having to do when we received our order of 
>books here in Montreal! 
>
>You should send your order (name, address, check/money order made payable 
>to "Capucine Plourde") to:
>
>Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps
>205 Vinet Avenue,
>Dorval, Quebec
>Canada  H9S 2M5
>
>     I hope that answers all your questions but should you need to ask 
>anything else, please feel free to drop me an e-mail, just make sure that 
>³Secret Fighting Arts² is in the subject heading so that I can make sure 
>to look at it right away. If you do plan on ordering a book; please drop 
>us an e-mail <[email protected]> so that we can reserve one for you. 
>Also, feel free to pass on a copy of this message to any Klingon friends 
>or fellow club members who may also be interested in ordering a copy 
>before they are all gone.
>
>
>Klingon Imperial Embassy
>Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps
>The world's largest and most popular Klingon website!
>
>http://www.klingon.org
>http://www.delphi.com/KIDC
>
>

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