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Out of Whack Books

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  1. Because there are so many out of whack prices on books I'm consolidating a list as I find them. The two main reasons for this are Tarla (she causes DRASTIC reductions in prices...long term I still believe they should go back up) and cheating Neo people (who buy up all the copies to artificially raise the price...theys ALWAYS come back down.

    GOOD BUYS (priced lower than usual)
    - Enchanted Butterfly Book - Was 30,000 nps...now 2500 nps
    - Caring For Shoyrus - Was 35,000 nps...now 1400 nps
    - The JubJubs Secret - Was 25-30,000 nps...now 15,000 nps
    - Repairing Your Petpets - was 20,000 nps...now 10,000 nps
    - Daring Draiks - Was 18,000 nps...now 8,500 nps
    - Buzz Guide to Magics - Was 15,000...now 1,100 nps
    - Baby Mynci Book - Was 15,000 nps...now 1,000 nps
    - Darigan Skeith Adventures - Was 15,000 nps...now 1,400 nps
    - Viras Revenge - Was 15,000 nps, now 2,000 nps
    - Roars and Grrrs - Was 14,500 nps, now 1,200 nps
    - First Flight - Was 13,000 nps, now 1,600 nps
    - Attack Of The Meercabots - Was 10,000 nps, now 1,800 nps
    - Hatching A Draik Egg - Was 10,000 nps, now 2,500 nps

    FAIRLY NEW BUT RECENTLY HUGE DROPS IN PRICE
    - Dark Kyrii Tales at about 1,600 nps
    - Red Usuki Pictures - Now 1,000 nps
    - The Mystery Of The Shy Shoyru - Now 1,800 nps
    - The Armoury - Now 1,000 nps

    GOOD PRICES FOR HIGH RARITY BOOKS
    - Usuki Doll Disco 15 at around 1500 nps (r93)
    - Concert Hall Pictures at around 1000 nps (r90)

    (NOTE: Out of time now...I have a whole list that I'll add later...please post any you have noticed)

    NEW UNBUYABLES (r99's, special and retired books that finally became UB)
    - All About Dark Faeries
    - All About Fire Faeries
    - Ancient Book
    - Book of Bones
    - Chained Book
    - Do The Moon Bounce
    - Draik Tales
    - Kickin Kikos
    - Bound Magic Book
    - Locked Book
    - My Zafara and Me
    - Ooga Book
    - Poogle Pages (this one goes back and forth between buyable and unbuyable)
    - Scaled Magic Book
    - Spotting Seaweed
    - Warped Book

    Posted 1 year ago #
  2. Nice idea Robinny! Thanks :D

    Posted 1 year ago #
  3. wow! this list is great! thanks! ^-^

    Posted 1 year ago #
  4. Great idea Robin! I'll add: Acara Algebra R90 was 20-30k now 7.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  5. Let's see. Here are a few:

    Tonu Battle Tips - This has always bugged me. r82 but usually goes
    for around 200K. Why? If you need this, there is
    one buyable right now. Still way to high.

    Faerie Books and Sutek Scrolls - For the rarity these are almost
    always much cheaper than those from the main shop. Why?
    Are they just easier to RS, or do more show up?

    Neopias Past - There 9 in the TP for this r97, and everyone wants
    2 million.

    The Qasalan Royal History - Comes up last in the Book DB when you
    sort by rarity, yet goes for only 1,100 nps. :)

    That's all for now.

    Joel

    Posted 1 year ago #
  6. "Faerie Books and Sutek Scrolls - For the rarity these are almost always much cheaper than those from the main shop. Why? Are they just easier to RS, or do more show up?"

    They are easier to RS, more show up, and more people have already read them.

    How many r99 "regular" books are there? Fifty? Seventy? Sutek has maybe eight and that cute & nerdy faerie librarian has...one? Desert Scrolls and Faerieland Books have only about 20 titles each in total. This works in reverse for Kreludor Books because it has its own list and the competition to get to the top there is crazy. Desert and Faerie books just get "diluted" into the main population. If they ever split those off into their own awards, you would see those go up in demand and price in a hurry. Plus, they would suddenly be harder to RS...just like moon books. :P

    OK, I talk too much.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  7. Thanks. And, um, if you talk to much, where does that leave me?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  8. The Plushie Skeith r90

    Tarla just gave a lot of these out.

    They are listed as 33,000 np in the database, but because of Tarla they are now selling at 1,200 np. :)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  9. Anonymous
    Unregistered

    Excellent post (I've been making a lot of use of it).

    It does seem like some of the books have been correcting their prices lately -- for example, Attack of the Meercabots has been drifting upwards to around 2,500 np (though I did manage to scoop one at 2,000 np, yay!)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  10. tarla gave out another book yesterday: Faerie Usukis

    it can now be gotten for app. 2K

    Posted 1 year ago #
  11. I'm new to the guild and new to buying books really - so who or what is a Tarla?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  12. when u have the neopets toolbar, there's an alert button on it... When it lights up you go to a girl called 'Tarla' who gives away prizes: books, stamps and other stuff...

    It's worth installing, i got a lot of books for free that way, plus a bunch of extra items to sell for np...

    Posted 1 year ago #
  13. you saw bookastics prices like kreludan crosswords? its 30k and was 150k :(

    Posted 1 year ago #
  14. Tarla gave out 'Dark Faerie Dreams' today,

    It will probably drop to around 2K like it usually does :)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  15. Newly tarla'd book from a couple of days ago:

    Nimmo Pond Guide Book

    can be found for less than 1,5K on the SW

    Posted 1 year ago #
  16. "Crypt Days" is now out of whack, thanks to Tarla: listed at 120,000np on the database, it's now available on SW at about 3,400np.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  17. Daily Puzzle

    That is correct!

    You win 350 NP and King Hagans Biography. Way to go!

    *****
    Not sure what this book was priced at before today, but will obviously be lots less now. :) Too bad I've already read it. lol

    Posted 1 year ago #
  18. Tarla is giving out another book as her main prize today (2nd June).

    You won a prize:
    Cybunny Baby Book

    25,000np in database... but will be a lot less by the end of today. : )

    Posted 1 year ago #
  19. Tarla gave out Crypt Days again today (she gave it out in May too), so it's really really cheap now. :)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  20. kingrex6
    Awaiting Status

    I'm new to this board and have a couple of questions:

    First, who is Tarla?

    ...and second, what are kickin kikos and the abandoned acara worth? I just discovered them in my safety deposit box after a year or to of not signing on.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  21. COMING SOON!! A full (well almost) list of Tarla'd books. These are books that came way down in price because they were given out by Tarla. They will most likely rise again in price so this may be a good time to buy...

    Posted 1 year ago #
  22. Ooh what a great idea, Robin!


    ahh
    ... i founds my tash!
    Posted 1 year ago #
  23. u can always find a list of Tarla giveaways here: http://www.neopets.com/~Xoe676 or here : http://www.neopets.com/~Meerca_1216CL_1216CL

    Might be helpful...

    Posted 1 year ago #
  24. I have spent the last two days buying and reading booktastic books to my pet only to find out that the rest are unbuyables. I only like 2 more to get back on the list with 69. How am I supposed to get the other books?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  25. Scroll of the More Ancient Ancients

    This book was Tarla'd recently. I just bought one for Crystal for 1,500np (I checked the database and it used to be over 30k) : )

    lourae, if you can't get any more booktastics through the shop wizard, you'll have to find them on the trading post/auction house Or you could try restocking at the Booktastic Bookshop on Kreludor. :D

    Posted 1 year ago #
  26. Today Tarla gave out:

    Hunting the Meerca Way

    According to the database it used to be 220,000 NP!

    So go get a copy while it's low - it's bound to rise again...

    Posted 1 year ago #
  27. I need to update this list again...I noticed one more selling for about 1000 nps that are typically much higher:
    - Dark Kyrii Tales

    Posted 1 year ago #
  28. Absolutely brilliant, thanks Robin!!

    Posted 1 year ago #
  29. The latest victim of tarlas evil scheme is

    'Your Semidemiquaver & You'

    according to db 12,700 now much less - get it while the price is down!

    Posted 11 months ago #
  30. I was just really lucky, while trying to restock and snagged "Tablet of Jazan".

    Right now I am really torn between reading it to my pet, because what are my chances of snagging it again... or trying to trade it for the rarer booktastic books I need. I am at 71 and still have 14 more to go, but most the books I am looking for are over a million NP.

    What are the chances of the Booktastics prices going down? Is it a pretty steady thing or should I be patient and wait. I have months go by between rare book snags, but then again I have only been playing for just under 6 months. :? :

    Any advice? :? :

    Posted 11 months ago #

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