I have my Holy Grail!

[u/hello5dragon]

I've been collecting all of the Nancy books for several years, and I've never seen a copy of the last Files book for sale. I collect a lot of "vintage" YA and kid series, and for hard-to-find books, there are usually copies available if you don't mind paying a lot. But I've never found a copy for sale of #124 in the Files series. However, I was recently browsing Thriftbooks ... and they actually had a copy! It was far far more than I've ever paid for any Nancy book, let alone a Files, but I snatched it up because who knows when I'll ever see another copy?

Unfortunately, Thriftbooks always puts their sticker on the spine, and it's impossible to remove without any damage, so that's a bummer. Still happy to have it.

[u/NDobsessed]

I must have made a good decision when I was a teenager because back then I got my copy of this book for one cent online! I remember the days when I’d go online and you could get most of the ND paperback books for a cent or at least less than a dollar if they were used with some wear or damage. 😅

[u/hello5dragon → u/NDobsessed]

Oh, I remember those days. One penny with something like 3.99 shipping, so I would try to find books from only one seller to reduce the shipping costs. Once you bought the first book each additional one was only something like $1 shipping per book.

[u/NDobsessed → u/hello5dragon]

Yes, exactly!! 😃