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Hugh
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What I'd like to
know is how people (the same people all the time
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What I'd like to know is how people (the same
people all the time) are finding the rare items. Granted, I
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From: Stephane Racle
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I was actually thinking along the same lines, and I'm sure I wasn't the only other one. Some
Well, I do several hours of clever manual searches, once a week. I can't tell
you what I search for of course :) It has managed to find me some good bargains
that other people miss (especially when people misspell things..). Lately
though everyone seems to be finding all the good stuff I find
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Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Retro PC
game collecting officially became big business
What I'd like to
know is how people (the same people all the time) are finding the rare
items. Granted, I'm aware of a few sellers putting a ton of stuff up, so
people watch their auctions.
at they've come across? About how
many searches do you do, and how often?
C'mon, don't be shy.
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Stephane Racle
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collecting o
I think it's great, although some of the prices do
seem out of whack. Then again, they're worth what they're worth I
guess. After all, they'll never be another "beginning of computer/video
gaming" in the history of our world. I don't even think we can begin to
understand not only the valu
I should offer him my copy of Muse BLACKJACK. At $450.00 its a steal (I think it cost me $15-20. Not sure. I was on a MUSE kick back then. Then I realized that they had more titles than I previously knew about and calmed down shortly thereafter.)
On Apr 25, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Hugh Falk wrote:
> Hugh Falk schrieb:
>
> In some ways it is really great to see games appreciating in value so
> much. Maybe well remember March and April 2004 as the months that
> Retro PC game collecting officially became big business.
You left open if we'll remember it positively or negatively.
Marco
> Stephane Racle schrieb:
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> While I'm glad my collection is worth more, I wouldn't be overly
> thrilled if this hobby became a business. I'm not exactly sure it
> would be a good thing if every game sold for $100+.
I second that. From a selling point, yeah, I could probably make a good
buck on
I was actually thinking along the same lines, and I'm sure I wasn't the
only other one. Some of the prices make it seem like $100 for a game is
nothing... I don't know, but to me, $100 is a lot of cash! The other
thing I've noticed too is that there's at least a couple of bidders who
seem to be
> I was waiting for things to die down a bit before bringing this topic up, but the
> last few weeks have brought an extraordinary amount of
> activity on eBay
both in the number of good, old PC games for sale and the prices
> being paid. My watch list has never been so full. In
> fact, Id say
officially became big business
Bah…
We all know what idiot
was responsible for that…
>:(
-josh
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From: Hugh Falk
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The economy has been picking up. I am trying to find a new IT position and
things aren't so bleak any more, so I would imagine this translates to software
collecting bidding/selling.
Hugh Falk wrote:
I was waiting for things to die down a bit before bringing this topic
up, but the last few wee
Bah…
We all know what idiot was responsible for
that…
>:(
-josh
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From: Hugh Falk
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Sorry to call out another person (not sure
if he/she is on this list), but one auction in particular that amazed me was:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4315&item=8100294021&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Hugh
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