> Seriously, my wife has been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. > Barring a miracle, the lung cancer is basically incurable. I feel > awkward bringing it up, but I'm interested in getting all the advice I > can about selling Drash.
Sorry to here that bro. A group of fund-type auctions were surely help. I'm sure. As far as promoting, there are many ways. Eli Thomlinson would gladly put a link on his page, I would put one on CGC, as I'm sure just about anyone else you contact would. Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Greetings > > On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 05:42 PM, C.E. Forman wrote: > > >> I am, unfortunately, in the position of looking at some serious > >> medical bills. At this point if I could sell Drash for enough to make > >> a dent in those bills I would (it wouldn't be worth it for any thing > >> less -- I have enough minor stuff I can sell/auction off). > > > > Aw man, sorry to hear that, Fortran. Nothing terminal, I hope. > > Nothing less than something terminal would get me to part with Drash. > ;-) > > Seriously, my wife has been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. > Barring a miracle, the lung cancer is basically incurable. I feel > awkward bringing it up, but I'm interested in getting all the advice I > can about selling Drash. > > > I agree with Alexander's advice. Sell your lesser stuff first if you > > have > > to. You can always find another big-box Ultima II, but that Drash is > > pretty > > irreplaceable. If you're auctioning stuff, let the other Dragons > > know, and > > mention in your listings that it's for medical expenses: You might be > > surprised by how generous people are. I remember when (the late) > > George > > Alec Effinger when auctioning stuff to pay for his hospital bills, the > > fans > > really came out to help him. > > I've thought about running a reserve price auction on Drash. I know > as a buyer reserves are annoying, but if I can't reach my reserve it > wouldn't be worth selling the game. > > I've also thought about making the auction 'private' in the sense you > wouldn't know who would be bidding on the game. Do you all think that > this would be a good idea or a bad one? > > I thought about posting the auction and the whys of the auction to the > appropriate newsgroups. I could also email some collectors/Ultima > people such as John Romero or even Richard Garriott himself. If I do > this I would want to make a real production of it (for obvious > reasons). Any suggestions are welcome. :) > > -- > > Edward Franks > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
