A bit of a silver lining...

...Someone on the EvaGeeks forum pointed me toward an eBay listing for NGE vols 8 & 9: the dealer wants to unload them stat, so thankfully there's a Buy It Now price. The downside is, he's in England and I'll have to pay extra postage, *if* the dealer is willing to change his standard operating procedure and ship overseas. Wish me luck and put out good vibes (who's the patron saint of bookselling? I want to think it's my crabby, snarky "friend" St. Jerome) that I finally land this (Okay, yes, that means I'll have a duplicate vol 8, but I can probably sell it to Larry the Comics Guy. Maybe not, since it does feature the wintry one's backstory...).

( Cut for work woes )