I ran a successful business selling items for Asheron's Call for about 2
years; had a webstore and all. I actually quit my job to do it, and I
subtracted several people to help make a great selection available at all
times.. it was fun while it lasted. But of course, as with any online rpg,
the
Jim Leonard schrieb:
Sorry this is a bit off-topic, but it's been bugging me: Can someone
explain to me the reasoning behind selling online stuff? No, wait --
what I really mean is, can someone explain the rationale behind *buying*
online accounts/items? According to my research,
Welcome aboard, you came at a good time, it's
been very active lately!
Brad
- Original Message -
From:
Per-Olof Karlsson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:11
AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Another
visitor..
Hi everybody! J
Im a
I was like... what? Never gotten anything like
that before in 4 years of trading. Was not sure how to reply but after a while I
started writing. Both professionally and pretty personal as well, and
since he was so paranoid I just felt I had to annoy him.. just a little. So I
included this
an impossible rating, becuase NM implies no wrap.
- Original Message -
From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase
BL wrote:
Is there an auction link you can
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase
BL wrote:
My bad Jim, I'm actually a little rusty! :) That descrepency with Near
Mint's definition that we had a conversation about last year was never
BL wrote:
I understand the scale, there is just the point with Mint Sealed and
Near
Mint implying the state of the shrink on the product while there's also
a
modifier for Sealed.. It just seems redundant to me. In essense MS and
NM
are the same thing, except for the wrap. So why not M
Ed said:
Leaving a game in
the shrinkwrap is like buying a valuable painting and then locking it
away never to look at it or like having a girlfriend and never kissing
her. ;-)
Well unlike vintage sealed computer games, you can unwrap a chick
over and over again. There's no comparison
them - you're just opening
yourself wide to scammers (not that I'd ever do that.. dum-de-dum..)
Anyhow, when I get a shrinkwrapped game (rarely) the shrinkwrap is the
first thing to go (unless I'm reselling it of course).
BL wrote:
Well, I kinda see it as preserving a legacy. How many
But I agree that for very rare items the data should be preserved as
well, if a game would otherwise be lost, once the original medium is
deteriorated.
As long as 1 person perserves the data, it can be copied. An original
shrinkwrapped box can't be copied. :)
Well, I've thought of that, but there's a lot of factors involved, like
condition etc that will effect prices. If we pioneered an ebay title
posting format, then well, it would be pretty easy. Or alternatively, we
could only use those entries that have certain information in the title, or
yet
details.
I'd be more than willing to work on it.
Hugh
-Original Message-
From: BL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Rarity Scale
Well, I've thought of that, but there's a lot
Whos this guy? He won an auction of mine, and left this for feedback - he
as well as sniped me a couple of times, grr! :) Wondering if he is on this
list..
Feedback:
I belong to a very elite group of gamers and we all trade on Ebay! OH YES
WE DO! Buyer eriqchang( 219)
Brad
-
eriq...
He buys tons of stuff from me, he is actually a pretty good guy. Has
more money than I think he knows what to do with though.
Josh
-Original Message-
From: BL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 8:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect
I use AuctionChief, which works well enough; I have some 20 different
automated searches on an hourly interval, and it works quite well. You can
even export it to Excel; perhaps something like that could be considered.
- Original Message -
From: C.E. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
A+++ :)
Brad
- Original Message -
From: Marco Thorek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Talking about rarity/value
BL schrieb:
Whos this guy? He won an auction of mine, and left this for feedback -
he
as well
I wonder what the most valuable game of all time is with this new perfect
system? :)
Brad
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Oh my G*d
Lee,
Thanks for pointing out a couple of
Spyware is really common now in days - if you've
had an active PC for a while, then suddenly decide to run these programs, yes,
you are absolutely going to find a lot of stuff, from tracking cookies and
dialers to memory resident programs hijacksyou didnt even know were
starting at
Great job man, looks awesome. If your ultimate plan is to have the entire
mags scanned, I can't wait!
Brad
- Original Message -
From: Stephane Racle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: swcollect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:01 AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW Museum
-
*From:* Stephane Racle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:49 AM
*To:* swcollect
*Subject:* Re: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW Museum
Doubtful I could do that without incurring the wrath of ZD...
BL wrote:
Great job man, looks
On MMOLRPG's -- once you get roped into one for a while, and come out of the
other side, it's not easy to let yourself get into another. You don't want
to - too much time. Same for RPG's in general I guess. For me, I just
raise the bar - the game has to completely blow me away for me to justify
Hah, not true - did you look at his other
items? He has about 10 of those auctions going at once, andsome are
as high as $10 bucks.
- Original Message -
From:
C.E.
Forman
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:41
AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Chris?
It bothers me too, it's horrible. I'm certain
that he must be breaking at least a handfull of copyright laws, but as far as
the item he is selling, as far as being legal auctions on ebay, the loop hole is
that it has his "front end" which he can claim as what is actually for sale, and
the
Not a bad idea (was considering it myself), find out what is going on
"after the sale". But is it really "legal" to sell a game even if it IS
abandonware? I thought ebay did not allow ANY sort of CDR? Maybe he gets
around it with the GRTech Software "Label"?
Well, that's
the
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3090926630
I don't know about that, I can get 5 frisbees for a buck at my local outlet
store, not $100.. :)
Brad
- Original Message -
From: Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 6:00 PM
Yeah, nobody wants to bid on something starting at
99, because that will unnec. drive up the price.
Brad
- Original Message -
From:
Stuart
Feldhamer
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Personal
Software Zork on ebay
Omg.. from the auction..
" Classic Video games are becoming the "baseball cards" of the new
millenium, so if you are considering making an investment in something rare and
valuable, look no further than the holy grail of lost video games.
"
LOL, what, did he hire a cheesy writer to do the
Surely hope this will fade away back to normal soon.
Any predictions what will happen?
Is this temporary or will the prices continue to go
even more insane or stay where they are?
Why would you hope it fades back to normal? I think it's great - if I
thought that 50 years from now all the
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4130364298
from the auction:
Note: Brand new with all the original manuals/disks/box, etc. Only came
out of the shrink wrap to be photographed. According to the box it works on
any Apple II or III.
Doh! Not the sharpest tool in the shed...
I understand your point Steph completely - but
that's the nature of collecting, isn't it? I'm not sure what you percieve
my perspective to be, but I started collecting just because I thought it would
be really cool to have sealed copies of all the games I played growing up.
I still only
: RE: [SWCollect] Ouch
Sorry to be anal, but that's one of my specialties :-) --
Mint sealed is MS not M(S).
Hugh
-Original Message-
From: Alexander Zöller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 6:34 AM
To: BL; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ouch
Mint is only possible with S? My old arguement
was that M
should be a grade alone, while S a modifier; applyable to any grade.
Brad
- Original Message -
From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ouch
BL wrote
Like I said; I gave up on this - there's an anomoly with the scale, and it's
not going to change ;)
Brad
- Original Message -
From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ouch
BL wrote:
Jim, we've been over
That's been my exact gripe with the scale since the first day I discovered
it.
Brad
- Original Message -
From: Freddie Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Ouch
I still maintain the guide is confusing since you
Fred, I think we're talking about pieces here that arn't ASSUMED to be
re-shrinkwrapped.
Someone can fake a whole box release if the wanted to, including components
and stuff, but
it doesn't mean the other grades are invalid.
- Original Message -
From: Freddie Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wee-wee. Lol.
- Original Message -
From:
Stephane Racle
To: swcollect
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect]
YEAH-HA-HA!
The corner of the picture has a French flag and something that
almost looks like "Version Française"... Hmmm...
Hmp, so you actually caused the other guy to pay 100 and not 10. Hehe.
- Original Message -
From: Josh Lulewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'C.E. Forman' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:47 AM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Talk about boneheads...
Heh actually
What could he possibly have in mind?
- Original Message -
From: Howard Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:00 PM
Subject: [SWCollect] recent crazy prices
As has been mentioned, there have been some pretty crazy selling prices
on ebay
I'd assumed was the case with all this guys auctions. I didn't assume there
would be another possibility in most cases of these.
Brad
- Original Message -
From: C.E. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Software Collectibles Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:13 PM
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 value
I doubt very seriously it will affect the value -
I think anyone will agree that the rising rate in which the desirability of
collecting classic computer games far exceeds Drashs that will ever come
out of the woordwork
Brad
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From: C.E. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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