Jurgis Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 it appears you can buy it for 162.44 plus shipping on ebay... http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Berkshire-Hathaway-Letters-to-Shareholders-1965-2014-Warren-Buffett-50-YEARS-/321530319009?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4adcb350a1 55 sold! Looks like a great business! ;D Sorry to Canadians and Europeans and Asians. Amazon does not love you. :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitepost Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I don't believe it is Amazon that refuses to ship to Canada. I believe it is the individual seller that has put these books with Amazon to sell on their behalf. Cheers from Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I don't believe it is Amazon that refuses to ship to Canada. I believe it is the individual seller that has put these books with Amazon to sell on their behalf. Cheers from Canada Actually, you might be right. I seem to remember that as a seller you mark some boxes that allow international shipping or not. This was couple years ago. I don't know if Amazon changed anything since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxprogram Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Both the books and the posters are sold through "Fulfillment by Amazon". I just looked into it and at first glance it seems they ship to U.S. only. I am going to call customer support today to see if there is any way to ship international. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Both the books and the posters are sold through "Fulfillment by Amazon". I just looked into it and at first glance it seems they ship to U.S. only. I am going to call customer support today to see if there is any way to ship international. I have not used "Fulfillment by Amazon" when I sold books/etc. on Amazon. Hope you get some answers from customer support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm located in the Northern part of EU, - a few hundred kms NE of Tom -, and I had no issues while ordering, and got the usual email confirmation of the order from Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLValue Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 got my print, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxprogram Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Just finished talking with someone at Amazon. Apparently, for FBA they will ship to pretty much every country BUT Canada. I don't know why, probably some strange legal agreement. Directly from the FAQ: Can I export my products to Canada? You can ship music, videos, and DVDs to Canada. You cannot ship books or non-media products from the U.S. to Canada. So unfortunately it looks like Canadian buyers are out of luck. Maybe there's some sort of mail forwarding service I'm unaware of that could be used as an intermediary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notorious546 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Just finished talking with someone at Amazon. Apparently, for FBA they will ship to pretty much every country BUT Canada. I don't know why, probably some strange legal agreement. Directly from the FAQ: Can I export my products to Canada? You can ship music, videos, and DVDs to Canada. You cannot ship books or non-media products from the U.S. to Canada. So unfortunately it looks like Canadian buyers are out of luck. Maybe there's some sort of mail forwarding service I'm unaware of that could be used as an intermediary? sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcattlco Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Just got book, kindle version too and wall print. Thanks Max, look great. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxprogram Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 One option for Canadian buyers: https://www.shipito.com/ It seems legit but I haven't used it so I can't vouch for the service. If anyone here has tried this (or something like it) with success please let me know so I can be more comfortable recommending it to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottHall Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I bought the wall print on Amazon. Looks pretty cool. My coworker bought one at the annual meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Couple random thoughts after looking briefly at the print: - How would one hold a stock for 50 years when it's tough to hold stock for 1 year ;) - Smallish outperformance vs S&P500 in last 10 (and 20) years - The annualized returns of Buffett's big stock positions: KO, WPO, AXP - are pretty much in 13-14% annualized range. Considering these are great companies purchased by Buffett cheap, it seems to indicate that it's very hard to expect >15% returns from any company long term. WFC returned 17% and Geico returned more before it was bought out, so it's possible, but hard. (Caveat: the returns are from first batch purchase date; Buffett may have added more at cheaper prices.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkhet Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Over a long enough time, though, the compounding will tend towards the ROE, so even if you buy very cheap, that still washes away over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Over a long enough time, though, the compounding will tend towards the ROE, so even if you buy very cheap, that still washes away over time. I am sorry merkhet, but I disagree. This is a common misconception introduced by "Buffettology" (can I even mention this book on CoBF? ;) :-[ ). The compounding only tends towards ROE if company can reinvest its returns into something producing the same ROE. If you look at KO, the ROE was always in high 20's-30's ( http://www.gurufocus.com/financials.php?symbol=ko ), but the return was only in 13-14% range (if we trust the print). Now, it might be a good study to find out where does the rest of ROE disappear... :) Common suspects are mediocre/bad investments and share repurchases at high premium, but there might be more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkhet Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Ah, yes. I didn't adequately list out my assumptions. You're correct that a company's compounding will only tend towards the ROE if they can earn roughly the ROE on incremental capital deployed in the business. (In my mind, that's companies like AXP or the banks.) The problem Coca-Cola faces is similar to the problem faced by See's Candy. The return on equity is fantastic, but there's little need for incremental capital (pre-ownership of bottling plants, anyway) -- as a result, you'll have to redeploy that capital elsewhere, and the common choices are (A) acquisitions, (B) dividends and © share repurchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orthopa Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Just ordered my book and print. Looking forward to it. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassiusKing1 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Got my print in today. Very nice, and larger than I was expecting. Can't wait to frame it and get it on the wall. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopheles Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 There's someone trying to sell his copy of the poster for $50 on Amazon. Seems he is trying to buy low sell high! Only problem is that everyone else looking at this is a value investor too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 There's someone trying to sell his copy of the poster for $50 on Amazon. Seems he is trying to buy low sell high! Only problem is that everyone else looking at this is a value investor too lol That's why it's so surprising that used copies of Klarman's book are selling for what they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Wiedower Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Finally got my print and it is now framed and hanging on my wall ~8 feet from my desk. Good daily motivation to look at :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTermView Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Finally got my print and it is now framed and hanging on my wall ~8 feet from my desk. Good daily motivation to look at :) I have the same type of setup. The framed print looks awesome on the wall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxprogram Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 Glad you guys like it :) I actually only recently got my own copy framed. If anyone here has bought the poster through Amazon, would appreciate it if you could leave a short review. There are 2 good ones up there at the moment, but a few more couldn't hurt! (http://www.amazon.com/Years-Berkshire-Hathaway-Wall-Print/dp/0692448438) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I ordered a yellow "backup" copy of the BRK Shareholder Letters at lulu.com a few days ago, and yesterday I got shipment confirmation. It will fit well to the blue and black copies that I already have. http://www.lulu.com/shop/warren-buffett/berkshire-hathaway-letters-to-shareholders/hardcover/product-22445483.html Thank you for your work with this, Max! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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