Re: [SWCollect] Latest Shoppe Column Is Up

2003-08-31 Thread Jim Leonard
Actually, I found it quite amusing :-) Feldhamer, Stuart wrote: Well, that was sort of dumb, wasn't it? Now I have to write DON'T RESPOND TO EVERYONE ON THE LIST 10,000 times. : ( Stuart -Original Message- From: Feldhamer, Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27,

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread ceforman
Also, as a psychological matter, when a buyer has indicated how high they would go with a bid it becomes very difficult to retreat from that monetary amount. I've personally only been able to do it once (IIRC) and that was in eBay's early days. The seller has the advantage over the buyer in

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread Marco Thorek
Hm, I remember years back I found SWM through their website and sent them an email because I wanted to buy some of the stuff they had listed. They actually never replied. When I saw them selling via ebay for prices higher than what their website offered I knew why. Eventually I bought one item

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread Edward Franks
On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 09:23 AM, Stefan Lindblom wrote: Ahoy mates!   Just curious about a certain trader on Ebay who seems to be alot into vintage games, with over a 1000 feedbacks. The traders Ebay name and mailadress is [EMAIL PROTECTED]   And I was just wondering if any of you have

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread ceforman
SWM have been around for a long time. They are two people, Tony and Paula. They run a small shop out in CA and apparently have a warehouse of older software. They also get some of it fromat least one supplier, though I've never gotten them to divulge any details. For awhile the biggest

[SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread Stefan Lindblom
Ahoy mates! Just curious about a certain trader on Ebay who seems to be alot into vintage games, with over a 1000 feedbacks. The traders Ebay name and mailadress is [EMAIL PROTECTED] And I was just wondering if any of you have had any experiences with him/her/them.. and if so, what they

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread Stefan Lindblom
Thanks for all the feedback guys, highly appreciated. I guess I was expecting to hear just positive things about them but I guess I feel a bit relieved now that I know they aren't any saints. This whole reshrinking thing is a very nasty business. I mean, I am not as great as some of you

RE: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread Hugh Falk
For what it's worth, I bought a Caverns of Callisto from them. It was not in shrink, but it is truly near mint. If they were in the business of re-shrinking games themselves, they could have easily done this one. Caverns ranks very high on the collectability scale. Hugh -Original

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread Dan Chisarick
I've purchased items directly from their website, and from ebay and have generally been satisfied. My only complaint was that once I tried buying a game from their site (Legend of Blacksilver I believe) and got no response for days. Suddenly I see it listed on ebay a week or two later. I

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread Stephen Emond
I bought from them once (not on eBay but from their website). It was a *supposedly* new shrinkwrapped FM-Towns Ultima VI. I opened it up only to find the CD was missing :( To their credit they offered a refund or to send me another game that I was interested in. Not the worst buying