How did you get your first D&D set?

 I grew up in a small town with 3 good friends, but we went to a big school about 10 miles away. We got our first taste of Dungeon and Dragons when another friend from school got the basic set for his birthday. We played only about 3 times before summer break.

 So after a few weeks with no D&D, what to do? My friend Jim got a new spider-man comic book ( i think ) and low and behold their it was ! All we had to do is sell 25 sets of Holiday cards . No problem, with four of us selling these, we'll be playing in days! Well, that didn't go as planned. After 4 weeks we had managed to sell only 13 sets. That's when our parents stepped up to the plate. My mom took it to her work and sold 4 more sets and my other friends parents did the same. We got our 25 sets sold and were playing  a week later.