Signed copy of PG's "On Lisp" (out of print) - for charity

For those interested in the text itself, pg hosts a complete version online: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html</a>

Autographed, new condition, from the box PG got when the book was published. The book goes for over $200 without an autograph as its out of print and quite rare. Its being auctioned off for charity by YC-funded startup Listia. If you do buy credits to bid, but do not end up winning, we can refund your purchase in full. enjoy!

I would be so on this if it didn't look shady for me to bid on my own site.

Things look really expensive on Listia, but just because the numbers are so high.<p>I looked at that suit and thought "700! Jeez, who buys clothes that cost 700 bucks?" And then only later did I see, 1 point = 10 cents and your first 500 points are free, so really 700 points = $20.<p>It's silly and psychological but I bet most of your users don't actually figure out what your "points" mean. Why not just make points equal to dollars.

Also, PG's old coat: <a href="http://www.listia.com/auction/198" rel="nofollow">http://www.listia.com/auction/198</a><p>Only 3 hours left!

Some feedback here: <a href="http://www.listia.com/auction/2067" rel="nofollow">http://www.listia.com/auction/2067</a><p>Really crappy that I can't edit this. The title says 512MB chip (which it is), I pasted from the wrong notepad into the description which says 2gb (which its not). But I cant edit it, or delist or anything.. Sorry (2 days ago by suedehed)

Is this the charity? <a href="http://www.pinestreetinn.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pinestreetinn.org/</a> How are you affiliated with this organization? I'm curious as to why you're even doing this, or how the idea even came into fruition.<p>You are like the last person in my mind who would ever consider capitalizing on his/her status as a <i>celebrity</i>, but given it's for charity I guess how you doing it (donating to charity) doesn't really matter.

Am I misunderstanding something? I have to sign up, <i>buy</i> credits, and if I lose an auction, I then have to <i>refund</i> the unused credits? What a waste of time and effort. I'd rather bid in an accepted currency, not some web site's funny money. (Sad, too, because I'd really like to bid on the book, but can't be bothered with all the buy/refund hassle.)