That was it for me.
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From: Jim Leonard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 8:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] MobyScale 0.3.0 -- please review
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
>
> Jim Leonard boldly stated:
> >
>
> >Each grade can also have a modifier associated with it:
> >
> >- Sealed (S): Sealed with original factory (or store) shrinkwrap or sticker.
>
> >- Compressed (C): Package has been crushed or compressed.
> >
> >- Torn Wrap (T): Sealed package has tears in the shrinkwrap.
> >
> >- Item Missing (IM): Package is incomplete, missing one or more items from the
>
> >- Missing Minor Component (MMC): Package is missing a minor component. Minor
>
> >- Bad Media (BM): Diskette media is known to be bad or defective.
>
> Let me see if I have this straight.
>
> 1. The S and T modifiers are only used for grading an unopened package.
Yes.
> 2. The C modifier is mainly for unopened packages, although you might
> arguably use it when rating a box. (Will this lead to people
> (incorrectly, IMO) rating boxes as "NM, (C)"?)
It would be incorrect to rate something NM (C) since a slightly crushed box
does not qualify as near mint.
> 3. The IM and MMC modifiers are used when grading an entire package,
> although from the examples IM can be used as a separate "grade" when
> there's no item of which to state the condition.
Uh, I don't understand what you mean by "IM can be used as a separate "grade"
when there's no item of which to state the condition", so I guess I'll leave
that alone. ?
> 4. The BM modifier is for whole packages or media. So I could have a
Yep. The package has to have been opened to use BM, of course. MS or any (S)
can't possibly be known to have or not have bad media.
> disk and label that looks Near Mint but doesn't work, so it would be
> "NM, (BM)".
Yep.
> BTW, the description should say "Software media." Not
> all software comes on diskette. There's also tapes, cartridges,
> CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, etc.
Good point; I've made that change.
Hugh, anything else to add?
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