UR Book Numbers: Keep Palladium Honest

[Thinyser]

Many of us are now receiving their Ultimate Rifts Gold Editions.

They are numbered and Palladium SHOULD ship the lowest numbers to the people who ordered first RIGHT?

So I ask that all of you that have received yours look back in you email log and find the order confirmation....this will have a order number and a date/time stamp as to when you placed your order.

Please list your Order date/time and book number Like I have below



Placed: 04/28/2005 10:36:03 CDT
Book Number: 109

You can post now even if you have not received your copy yet go back and edit it to show the book number once it is actualy received.

Thanks In advance

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Edited to Keep a running tally...and to add in Palladium's quote

04/28/2005 ??: ??: ?? ??? book number 102 The Galactus Kid
04/28/2005 10:47:00 ??? book number 107 Benito Pulatso
04/28/2005 10:36:03 CDT book number 109 Thinyser
04/29/2005 09:17:01 ??? book number 124 Omote
05/02/2005 23:28:05 PDT book number 161 Jesterzzn
07/14/2005 16:10:27 PDT book number 342 Dead Boy
08/09/2005 19:07:43 PDT book number ??? Darksoul

We had planned to print only 600 copies, but the initial outcry of demand from Rifts fans has convinced us to print at least 700, possibly as many as 1000 signed and numbered Rifts® Ultimate Gold. We’ll make the final determination by the end of June based on pre-orders, so order yours today! The limited editions available to the public start with issue #101 (we always keep #1-100 for Palladium staff members, freelancers and special PR) and numbers will be assigned in the order we receive them on a day by day basis. Available strictly on a first come, first served basis – don’t miss out. We expect Rifts® Ultimate Gold to sell out fast.

Bold was added by me.
Looks like its 1400 books (101-1500) available to the public according Omote's post and the fact that palladium keeps 1-100 for the staff.

[Subjugator]

My books are:

148 and 392.

I also have a regular copy.

I'm a happy man and I'm hitting the books to see the changes!

Sub

[Thinyser]

My books are:

148 and 392.

I also have a regular copy.

I'm a happy man and I'm hitting the books to see the changes!

Sub

You kinda missed the point....without your Order Date having the book numbers listed is useless to determine if Palladium is going in the proper order.

PEOPLE
Please Post your order date and corrosponding book number

[Omote]

I ordered my copies

4-29-05 09:17:01
RUGE #124/1500

............................................Omote
FPQ

[Thinyser]

4-29-05 09:17:01
RUGE #124/1500

Perfect

Lets Keep them coming people

[Drakenred®™©]

They already shiped them

so, how is that going to keep them honest?

[Glistam]

It really won't, it'll just give him a reason to complain if his book number isn't lower than 124.

[Thinyser]

They already shiped them

so, how is that going to keep them honest?

True...it wont keep them honest but at least we'll know if they arn't doing it right.

It really won't, it'll just give him a reason to complain if his book number isn't lower than 124.

And Truer

[Jason Richards]

There should be nobody here with the expectation that book number progression will correlate with order date. Now, there should probably be a trend in that direction, but as I doubt they have only one person taking the books in numerical order, stuffing them in the envelope with the next-oldest order, and so on over and over again.

The books come in multiple boxes. They are being worked on by the whole Palladium crew. There are lots of people boxing them up and shipping them out.

Just don't be upset if there isn't an exactly-ordered progression.

[RockJock]

As I recall they were going to try to give early orders a low number, but I don't remember a guarentee or anything like that.

[Subjugator]

You kinda missed the point....without your Order Date having the book numbers listed is useless to determine if Palladium is going in the proper order.

PEOPLE
Please Post your order date and corrosponding book number

THINSYER

I do not HAVE the order date for one of mine, so there's no way I can give it. I can tell you that my second copy was ordered 8/10/05, but the other...no clue as to the date...it got lost with the store update.

Also, I didn't notice that part of your post, and thought you were just looking to see who got what number. Cry me a river that I made a mistake. Chill out and realize that the fate of the world does not ride on the order fulfillment process of this book.

Jason: I bet they have a stack of order sheets and a stack of books, and they're grabbing them in order. KS said that they'd be shipped in the order of purchase.

Sub

P.S. Edited so I spelled Thinsyer's name right...sorry for that!

[Benito Pulatso]

All I can add it that shortly after I ordered, I e-mailed Palladium to inquire when my card was going to be charged. I was told that the cards were charged at the time of order (not the time of shipment) because they were lining book numbers up by order date/time and I was told at that time that my book was #107 (the actual number I received). I show my card was charged on 05/02/05 and was effective for 04/29/05, but I remember the charge not showing up for a few days at the time, so I would have ordered my book in the last week of April.

[MADMANMIKE]

..Thinsayer, keep in mind that the postal service isn't going to keep them in any order, so you aren't necessarily going to get yours before people with more recent orders than yours.

..There's no reason to believe however that they aren't going to hold to the lowest numbers to the earliest orders bit. Other than general pessimism I suppose...

-Mike >8]

[Jesterzzn]

I really don't remember any guarantee of a low number. I would also imagine that if they all shipped out on the same day, the delivery date would depend on your location.

Here is my info, just so you can compile your data.

05/02/2005 23:28:05 PDT book number 161

[Mack]

Why is a low number better than a high one? They are all equal.

[Benito Pulatso]

I just confirmed, I ordered it at 10:47 in the morning of April 28th.

[Dead Boy]

Order Placed: 07/14/2005 16:10:27 PDT

Rceived: Not in yet.

Book Number: ??? (don't see it on the e-mail confirmation)

Why is a low number better than a high one? They are all equal.

Not true. The lower the number the more enviable it is to the other geeks who care about these things. For example I have a Star Trek Micro Machines set 2 numbered 000008. It's just like all the others, but mine's the 8th lowers numbered ANYWHERE. There's a certain something special about that, even though it really isn't all that important.

[RockJock]

Mail can be a fickled thing. It takes 3 days to overnight something from my girlfriend's home town to where we go to school, and they are in the same state, while my grandparents can overnight something here from Kentucky.

What was promised my Palladium? As I said, I remember it being more like we'll try to get orders out on a first come first serve basis, but I didn't take it as a promise.

I've never been the collector type. Packrat yes, but not a collector who has to have every one of something. That being said I have enough Battletech Mechs to field at least a battlion per faction.

[Thinyser]

You kinda missed the point....without your Order Date having the book numbers listed is useless to determine if Palladium is going in the proper order.

PEOPLE
Please Post your order date and corrosponding book number

THINSAYER

I do not HAVE the order date for one of mine, so there's no way I can give it. I can tell you that my second copy was ordered 8/10/05, but the other...no clue as to the date...it got lost with the store update.

Also, I didn't notice that part of your post, and thought you were just looking to see who got what number. Cry me a river that I made a mistake. Chill out and realize that the fate of the world does not ride on the order fulfillment process of this book.

Jason: I bet they have a stack of order sheets and a stack of books, and they're grabbing them in order. KS said that they'd be shipped in the order of purchase.

Sub

If you are gonna chastise me for chastising you PLEASE have the courtesy to spell my name correctly

Its T-H-I-N-Y-S-E-R
Prounounced thin-eye-sir

I don't see how you could miss that request... the post was pretty short and well spaced out... but hey maybe you were in a hurry.

I only made the type large so that others would see what I truly wanted....little good it did.

[Thinyser]

Were not talking (at least should not be) about how long it take to get the book to us.

We are talking about the time we placed the order versus the number on the book.

I don't care if it comes in November so long as it is a lower number than the people that ordered after I did and higher than the people that ordered before me...

If it is a limited edition and the numbers are finite the lowes numbers are most valuable and as such the people that ordered first should get the more valuable lower numbers...its only fair.

REMEMBER please look in your email for your confirmation and post the date of your order and the book number you received...if not to "keep them honest" then at least to satisfy my (and perhaps other's) curiosity.

Thanks

[Thinyser]

All I can add it that shortly after I ordered, I e-mailed Palladium to inquire when my card was going to be charged. I was told that the cards were charged at the time of order (not the time of shipment) because they were lining book numbers up by order date/time and I was told at that time that my book was #107 (the actual number I received). I show my card was charged on 05/02/05 and was effective for 04/29/05, but I remember the charge not showing up for a few days at the time, so I would have ordered my book in the last week of April.

thanks

[Thinyser]

I really don't remember any guarantee of a low number. I would also imagine that if they all shipped out on the same day, the delivery date would depend on your location.

Here is my info, just so you can compile your data.

05/02/2005 23:28:05 PDT book number 161

Thanks

[Thinyser]

This is somewhat silly. The amount of time it takes for a package to arrive is not 100% based on when it was sent. It can take a day to go from a big city to a small town and four days to go the other way around. Some post offices work faster than others. Some packages have to go to a further destination from the seller. Some go to one distribution center in one city and therefore get out to people in that city sooner than they do to outlaying areas with the same distro-center.

Sometimes things get inexplicably delayed. Maybe your neighbour's book got into a box at 4:59 pm and the worker went home so your doesn't go out until the next day.

So don't be disappointed if there is only a rough trend, but not an exact followable thread.

As I have said in another post this is not a concern of this thread it is not WHEN we receive it...it is what number we receive in comparison to the people that ordered before and after us...thats it.

[Thinyser]

I really don't remember any guarantee of a low number. I would also imagine that if they all shipped out on the same day, the delivery date would depend on your location.

Here is my info, just so you can compile your data.

05/02/2005 23:28:05 PDT book number 161

Hmm... just noticed you say yours and Dead Boy's are stamped Pacific time yet mine is Central time (and the others didn't say) does this mean that they are going by the timezone from where the order was placed...I would have assumed they would all be central time as that is the zone in which Palladium is located.

[cchopps]

Can't help with the date of order, as my girlfriend bought it for me and she doesn't have a clue. We figure it was probably the last week in April, but dunno.

It is #169... oh yeah!!

I think the book looks great. It has a nice weight to it and I love the inside the cover art in both the front and the back. The color ad in the middle of the book is kinda lame (should have been in the back), but I don't really care. I haven't really had a chance to do any more than skim, but I'm happy.

Good job, guys!

[Thinyser]

Can't help with the date of order, as my girlfriend bought it for me and she doesn't have a clue. We figure it was probably the last week in April, but dunno.

It is #169... oh yeah!!

I think the book looks great. It has a nice weight to it and I love the inside the cover art in both the front and the back. The color ad in the middle of the book is kinda lame (should have been in the back), but I don't really care. I haven't really had a chance to do any more than skim, but I'm happy.

Good job, guys!

OMG a girl bough you a RP book!?!?! I bow to you!

Oh an first post I'm honered you gave me your virginity

Did she delete the email confirmation? If not its in there....[/cross fingers]

[Thinyser]

It was in my front door the whole night and I didnt even know!

109

[Thinyser]

Benito Pulatso

What is the timezone yours is in? because if it is central, mountain, or pacific, then palladium dropped the ball as mine would be 10 minutes to 2 hours and 10 minutes before yours....just curious.

[Thinyser]

I KNOW there are more of you out there that have ordered this so keep um coming.

[Vinny]

Why is a low number better than a high one? They are all equal.

I was thinking the same thing. At least you could afford one.

[Subjugator]

You kinda missed the point....without your Order Date having the book numbers listed is useless to determine if Palladium is going in the proper order.

PEOPLE
Please Post your order date and corrosponding book number

THINSAYER

I do not HAVE the order date for one of mine, so there's no way I can give it. I can tell you that my second copy was ordered 8/10/05, but the other...no clue as to the date...it got lost with the store update.

Also, I didn't notice that part of your post, and thought you were just looking to see who got what number. Cry me a river that I made a mistake. Chill out and realize that the fate of the world does not ride on the order fulfillment process of this book.

Jason: I bet they have a stack of order sheets and a stack of books, and they're grabbing them in order. KS said that they'd be shipped in the order of purchase.

Sub

If you are gonna chastise me for chastising you PLEASE have the courtesy to spell my name correctly

Its T-H-I-N-Y-S-E-R
Prounounced thin-eye-sir

I don't see how you could miss that request... the post was pretty short and well spaced out... but hey maybe you were in a hurry.

I only made the type large so that others would see what I truly wanted....little good it did.

Ahh...I actually fixed your name before I saw this (I noticed it in another post and felt like an idiot - I hate when people do that to me and this time I did it to someone else...ugh...).

[Jesterzzn]

Benito Pulatso

What is the timezone yours is in? because if it is central, mountain, or pacific, then palladium dropped the ball as mine would be 10 minutes to 2 hours and 10 minutes before yours....just curious.

Unless his was stamped Eastern.

[Thinyser]

Benito Pulatso

What is the timezone yours is in? because if it is central, mountain, or pacific, then palladium dropped the ball as mine would be 10 minutes to 2 hours and 10 minutes before yours....just curious.

Unless his was stamped Eastern.

Yep I was assuming it must be for so far the numbers to match up and hey I still was one of the first ten (109) non employees to get one

[Darksoul]

Order date: 08/09/2005 19:07:43 PDT

Book Number: I've got 391

[The Galactus Kid]

4/28/05

102

[Thinyser]

04/28/05

102

oops you forgot the time and the time zone please update that when you get a chance...you can simply copy and paste from your order confirmation E-mail.
Thanks


Keep em coming people I know more of you bought them.

[Thinyser]

You kinda missed the point....without your Order Date having the book numbers listed is useless to determine if Palladium is going in the proper order.

PEOPLE
Please Post your order date and corrosponding book number

THINSAYER

I do not HAVE the order date for one of mine, so there's no way I can give it. I can tell you that my second copy was ordered 8/10/05, but the other...no clue as to the date...it got lost with the store update.

Also, I didn't notice that part of your post, and thought you were just looking to see who got what number. Cry me a river that I made a mistake. Chill out and realize that the fate of the world does not ride on the order fulfillment process of this book.

Jason: I bet they have a stack of order sheets and a stack of books, and they're grabbing them in order. KS said that they'd be shipped in the order of purchase.

Sub

If you are gonna chastise me for chastising you PLEASE have the courtesy to spell my name correctly

Its T-H-I-N-Y-S-E-R
Pronounced thin-eye-sir

I don't see how you could miss that request... the post was pretty short and well spaced out... but hey maybe you were in a hurry.

I only made the type large so that others would see what I truly wanted....little good it did.

Ahh...I actually fixed your name before I saw this (I noticed it in another post and felt like an idiot - I hate when people do that to me and this time I did it to someone else...ugh...).

You kinda missed the point....without your Order Date having the book numbers listed is useless to determine if Palladium is going in the proper order.

PEOPLE
Please Post your order date and corrosponding book number

THINSYER

I do not HAVE the order date for one of mine, so there's no way I can give it. I can tell you that my second copy was ordered 8/10/05, but the other...no clue as to the date...it got lost with the store update.

Also, I didn't notice that part of your post, and thought you were just looking to see who got what number. Cry me a river that I made a mistake. Chill out and realize that the fate of the world does not ride on the order fulfillment process of this book.

Jason: I bet they have a stack of order sheets and a stack of books, and they're grabbing them in order. KS said that they'd be shipped in the order of purchase.

Sub

P.S. Edited so I spelled Thinsyer's name right...sorry for that!

Sadly you didn't fix it at all even after I spelled it out and gave you the pronunciation you still transposed the "Y" and the "S" in both the big letters and the P.S. note...Thanks for the apology...A+ for effort though

THINYSER not THINSYER
Again it helps to remember how its pronounced: thin-eye-sir
not thin-sayer or thin-sire

[Preacher]

numbers 64 & 65 and we ordered them about three weeks before they made any kind of announcement anywhere.

[Thinyser]

numbers 64 & 65 and we ordered them about three weeks before they made any kind of announcement anywhere.

Um sorry but unless you are Palladium staff/freelancer or they are doing something special for you for PR reasons that simply can't be true...unless they broke their tradition of keeping the first 100 for themselves as it states on their website.

We had planned to print only 600 copies, but the initial outcry of demand from Rifts fans has convinced us to print at least 700, possibly as many as 1000 signed and numbered Rifts® Ultimate Gold. We’ll make the final determination by the end of June based on pre-orders, so order yours today! The limited editions available to the public start with issue #101 (we always keep #1-100 for Palladium staff members, freelancers and special PR) and numbers will be assigned in the order we receive them on a day by day basis. Available strictly on a first come, first served basis – don’t miss out. We expect Rifts® Ultimate Gold to sell out fast.

*Red emphasis mine

[Brian Manning]

numbers 64 & 65 and we ordered them about three weeks before they made any kind of announcement anywhere.

Um sorry but unless you are Palladium staff/freelancer or they are doing something special for you for PR reasons that simply can't be true...unless they broke their tradition of keeping the first 100 for themselves as it states on their website.

We had planned to print only 600 copies, but the initial outcry of demand from Rifts fans has convinced us to print at least 700, possibly as many as 1000 signed and numbered Rifts® Ultimate Gold. We’ll make the final determination by the end of June based on pre-orders, so order yours today! The limited editions available to the public start with issue #101 (we always keep #1-100 for Palladium staff members, freelancers and special PR) and numbers will be assigned in the order we receive them on a day by day basis. Available strictly on a first come, first served basis – don’t miss out. We expect Rifts® Ultimate Gold to sell out fast.

*Red emphasis mine

Wasn't Preacher one of the old school moderators or something? I know Maryann mentioned him once or twice in a nice enough manner.

As for mine, I think it's #666 muhwahahahaa!!! (I don't remember, but I do believe it's either 66 or 166. I'll check when I get home tonight).

[Randomfist]

Ordered: 05/02/2005 12:52:50 PDT

I have #153&154

[Drakenred®™©]

numbers 64 & 65 and we ordered them about three weeks before they made any kind of announcement anywhere.

Um sorry but unless you are Palladium staff/freelancer or they are doing something special for you for PR reasons that simply can't be true...unless they broke their tradition of keeping the first 100 for themselves as it states on their website.

We had planned to print only 600 copies, but the initial outcry of demand from Rifts fans has convinced us to print at least 700, possibly as many as 1000 signed and numbered Rifts® Ultimate Gold. We’ll make the final determination by the end of June based on pre-orders, so order yours today! The limited editions available to the public start with issue #101 (we always keep #1-100 for Palladium staff members, freelancers and special PR) and numbers will be assigned in the order we receive them on a day by day basis. Available strictly on a first come, first served basis – don’t miss out. We expect Rifts® Ultimate Gold to sell out fast.

*Red emphasis mine

Wasn't Preacher one of the old school moderators or something? I know Maryann mentioned him once or twice in a nice enough manner.

As for mine, I think it's #666 muhwahahahaa!!! (I don't remember, but I do believe it's either 66 or 166. I'll check when I get home tonight).

Well the Preacher man did marry Maryann, who used to be married to the boss.

and Maryann still pitches in from time to time to help

[The Galactus Kid]

4/28/05

102

well, I looked on my pacling slip and it didn't have time or anything but I can tell you what I remember. Personally, I ordered the first moment I saw it, which would have been 9:01 AM EST. That is when I got to work and palladiumbooks.com is the first place I go.

[Jesterzzn]

numbers 64 & 65 and we ordered them about three weeks before they made any kind of announcement anywhere.

Um sorry but unless you are Palladium staff/freelancer or they are doing something special for you for PR reasons that simply can't be true...unless they broke their tradition of keeping the first 100 for themselves as it states on their website.

We had planned to print only 600 copies, but the initial outcry of demand from Rifts fans has convinced us to print at least 700, possibly as many as 1000 signed and numbered Rifts® Ultimate Gold. We’ll make the final determination by the end of June based on pre-orders, so order yours today! The limited editions available to the public start with issue #101 (we always keep #1-100 for Palladium staff members, freelancers and special PR) and numbers will be assigned in the order we receive them on a day by day basis. Available strictly on a first come, first served basis – don’t miss out. We expect Rifts® Ultimate Gold to sell out fast.

*Red emphasis mine

Wasn't Preacher one of the old school moderators or something? I know Maryann mentioned him once or twice in a nice enough manner.

As for mine, I think it's #666 muhwahahahaa!!! (I don't remember, but I do believe it's either 66 or 166. I'll check when I get home tonight).

Well the Preacher man did marry Maryann, who used to be married to the boss.

and Maryann still pitches in from time to time to help

I think family (even x-wives) could be placed under the special PR umbrella.

[Thinyser]

numbers 64 & 65 and we ordered them about three weeks before they made any kind of announcement anywhere.

Um sorry but unless you are Palladium staff/freelancer or they are doing something special for you for PR reasons that simply can't be true...unless they broke their tradition of keeping the first 100 for themselves as it states on their website.

We had planned to print only 600 copies, but the initial outcry of demand from Rifts fans has convinced us to print at least 700, possibly as many as 1000 signed and numbered Rifts® Ultimate Gold. We’ll make the final determination by the end of June based on pre-orders, so order yours today! The limited editions available to the public start with issue #101 (we always keep #1-100 for Palladium staff members, freelancers and special PR) and numbers will be assigned in the order we receive them on a day by day basis. Available strictly on a first come, first served basis – don’t miss out. We expect Rifts® Ultimate Gold to sell out fast.

*Red emphasis mine

Wasn't Preacher one of the old school moderators or something? I know Maryann mentioned him once or twice in a nice enough manner.

As for mine, I think it's #666 muhwahahahaa!!! (I don't remember, but I do believe it's either 66 or 166. I'll check when I get home tonight).

Well the Preacher man did marry Maryann, who used to be married to the boss.

and Maryann still pitches in from time to time to help

I think family (even x-wives) could be placed under the special PR umbrella.

Agreed this probably qualifies as "staff members, freelancers and special PR" or at least an "in" to these coveted low numbers.

[Maryann]

Yes we got the low numbers because of my connection to the company. See all you have to do is invest 20+ years of your life into the company then you can still get special perks when you leave

[Drakenred®™©]

Yes we got the low numbers because of my connection to the company. See all you have to do is invest 20+ years of your life into the company then you can still get special perks when you leave

Especialy since you were mentioned by name in at least one paladium book.

I STILL want to know how many times you used the Cauldron.

[Dead Boy]

In case any one cares, my Gold copy was received last Thrusday (8/18) and my book number is #342.

[Brian Manning]

Agreed this probably qualifies as "staff members, freelancers and special PR" or at least an "in" to these coveted low numbers.

I would say.

Just for the record, though. I checked and mine is #66.

[Thinyser]

I just got mine today via UPS ground. Today is Sept. 9th, and my "Packing Slip" is dated 05/01/05. BUT! mine is #124/1500. I've done a triple take to make sure. It's inside the book written and on the packing slip. Omote claims the same number....doppleganger ed?

Weird! Thanks for the heads up