----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 11:35
AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader
experiences
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 are in spotting differences
in the wrap. Looking to the left of me at my bookshelf however, I do notice
that the wrap on my goldbox games seems to differ from each other. I assume
that is a bad sign. And... the last thing I would do with a game is to unwrap
it. Maybe stupid but..
I am sorry to hear about your bad experiences
with them Tom, had I known about them before this I dont think I would have
bought anything from them. Oh well, at least I know better now and wont trade
with them again. But tell me Tom, I didn't see you among their bad feedbacks,
I checked them before today. I assume you got a refund or something and some
kind of apology from them?
Isnt reshrinking and selling things claiming them
to be new fraud?
They could of course claim they didn't know
anything about it.. but still... sounds like serious fraud to me.
/Stefan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 5:05
PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader
experiences
SW&M 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 from at least one supplier, though I've never gotten
them to divulge any details.
For awhile the biggest problem with them was
the question of whether their shrinked items were original or rewraps.
One of their suppliers put reshrinks on used games, and SW&M at the time
didn't fully understand the collector market. And they were in a
bit of a position, they couldn't just ask their supplier to stop reshrinking
because known originals were more valuable, or they'd get their prices
raised. They weren't always terribly good at identifying
reshrinks and I think disappointed a lot of collectors, though, to be fair,
they did take the reshrinks back and offer refunds. They still use a
system of "rating" the wrap: D=definitely new, P=probably new, something
like that, which I've never understood: If you're not certain, open it and
take the loss if there is one.
I did a column article on them (just explaining
all this so collectors would know, nothing like my counterfeiter
pieces) which got them a bit upset, but I also gave them advice on how to
spot reshrinks, and I still buy from them today occasionally. I've
always had good service, never rude responses from them. I was kind of
surprised to hear they'd been rude to you.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 9:23
AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Ebay trader
experiences
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 are? The
reason I ask.. well, I won a few of their auctions, including a high
prized SSI one. I was outbid on one however, but was approached later by
them asking if I wanted to pay my highest bid for another copy they had.
My highest bid was more than double the listed starting price so I asked
if we could come an agreement with would mean a 7$(from 32$ to
25$) cut in my offer. Listing price was 15$ so I thought that was a
fair offer. No risks for them, no time waiting, and no ebay
fees.
I got a very short and rude
reply.
Surely more than one of you guys have dealt
with them before.. what have your experiences been?
/Stefan, wearing out the hangover in front of
comp
