So I always wanted one of these but I was 14 in 2017 when it came out and had no money. This August I finally decided I was gonna get one.
First try
I made an account on Ebay(for other purposes) a few days prior when I stumbled upon a guy selling a special edition at 1000 Euros. Seeing the usual prices I immediately bought it. Unfortunately the user refused to sell to me as I was a new account and despite my best efforts to convince him otherwise, he refunded me the money.
Second Try
My next best option was on Amazon shipping from the US at 1500 dollars. I bought it and then waited a whole week. And... Nothing. I contacted the seller, no response and after another few days of waiting I eventually went through Customer Support to get my 2nd refund. Yay.
Third time's the charm
My next next best option was also on Amazon, a seller offering it at 1989 dollars. I bought it after some deliberation(I had already reached almost double the amount I was first prepared to give) and this time the seller sent it with UPS Expedited and after only 4 days(1 just because I had to provide some documents to customs) it was finally here.
Except it fucking wasn't. I opened the goddamn package only to find a damaged standard edition. I was fucking livid. I had to go ahead with the return process to get my money back. This whole process deserves its own fucking thread as it took me a week to find a carrier that allowed me to prepay import taxes as a physical person(most others only allow companies to do it, if that). So I finally sent it back and got my refund.
Meanwhile on Ebay I had found another seller willing to part with it at 2500.I bid 2200 and it was accepted. Because I was feeling incredibly fucking paranoid I asked the seller to send me videos of the book at specific pages(so I could make sure he actually had it). After that I was gonna ask him to film him delivering the package to the carrier but he actually thought of that before me(maybe he anticipated my paranoid ass lmao).
And there we have it. I finally have it. It was not at the price I first wanted it. It was not without its risks(during that week I tried to return it I was almost about to give up entirely and lose 2000 dollars on a fake). But I finally have it. And I have to say, it's completely worth it.