Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?
> Around here, well, I got word from Ken Love, producer at Activision, > that they are planning a Zork IV. We've had occasional email contact > since then and it looks like it might take off, but it has been awhile. Really? That surprises me. The last I'd heard, Activision had dropped the Zork line of games and hadn't bothered to renew their ownership on the trademark. > I am also starting to sell the dozen or so Space Quest Collector's > Editions I have here via ebay. If any of you are interested, give me a > holler. Which version is this? There are so many Sierra collections out there. B-) -- 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]/
Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?
Yup, this list switches between frantic activity and solemn silence. Around here, well, I got word from Ken Love, producer at Activision, that they are planning a Zork IV. We've had occasional email contact since then and it looks like it might take off, but it has been awhile. I am also starting to sell the dozen or so Space Quest Collector's Editions I have here via ebay. If any of you are interested, give me a holler. Oh, and we have a damn hot heatwave in Germany. Today we had 36°C, that's 97°F for you on the other side of the big pond. They say we are in for a constant climate change in that direction, meaning in 20 years we can have palms instead of oaks lining streets. Marco "C.E. Forman" schrieb: > > Hey gang, > > Been working on a lot lately. > > First off, my BidVille items (for those of you who aren't subscribed to the > YOIS mailing list). > > http://www.bidville.com/search/user_search.asp?user_id=morrodox&shop_type=al > l&sort_by=title+asc > > I think this is going to be my new site for auctions, as I've just about had > it with eBay and their idiotic fascist rules, and the constant outages, and > their cheapskate HALF-PRICE listing days. What the hell happened to the > FREE ones, is that a bad word now? Anyone else who feels the same way, > you're invited to join me, maybe we can start a small vintage software > community on BidVille. Seller registration only costs $5.00 for six months, > there are NO listing fees and NO final value fees, you get almost twice as > long a title for your auction, and you can have auctions up for 30 days with > automatic relists. (Oh, you'll still see me bidding on eBay because of the > vast selection, but I refuse to pay for their seller "services" anymore > until they get their act together.) > > Shoppe: > > I finally got some tall enough shelves for the "library room" that will > house my collection, and am in the process of unpacking and shelving the > Shoppe items. (Did I mention I bought a house and moved into it? Can't > remember.) You should see an updated list in another week or two, keep > watching my news page. You guys've gotta see my library room and my gaming > desk, I promise I'll post pictures once everything gets settled. > > Decided for the time being that I'm going with regular comic-book archival > bags for my own collection items. They make larger ones for action figures > that I think should hold most of my bigger boxes. Anyone else find any > better solutions? I know we were talking about specialized plastic cases > for awhile but that never really got anywhere, my cousin's job isn't in > plastics at the moment and I haven't had time to research other places that > might be willing to make them for us. > > Anybody got a working, top-loader Nintendo NES with all the necessary > cables? I'm looking for one but don't want to pay eBay prices or spend a > ton for shipping. Thinking a trade, if I have some stuff you can use. > > T-Shirt Counterfeiter: > > Still watching this guy. He moved back to Indiana after his girlfriend > dumped his ass. Still selling self-printed shirts on eBay (but no Infocoms > I notice), still being a jerk on newsgroups. Heh, this is great: He's > setting up an online postcards thing on his site, and must have logged my IP > poking around in the various subdirectories because he uploaded a picture of > his wee-wee! Or SOMEONE'S wee-wee, at least. Honest! (Don't worry, I'm > not about to post it here. B-) Still working on the column about him, > aiming for a one-year anniversary kind of thing, but it'll definitely be > guest-pass only, unless he dies in a drunk-driving crash or from a drug > overdose or something. I'll post an abbreviated version just about fake > versus real T-shirts in the public column. (Yeah, in case I never said it > before: Thanks to the people who offerred me advice in how to handle this > guy.) > > Conventions: > > Right now I've got a friend from Germany planning to visit next year. I'm > leaving it up to him as to whether I'll be doing CGE in Vegas or > PhillyClassic, but can probably only afford one. > > Think that's everything for now. How's everybody else? > > -- > 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]/
Re: [SWCollect] Two bad traders, beware!!
Josh Eckenrode has another "main" ebay ID, evileck. Large percentage of neutral and negatives, the guy is a total ripoff artist. One of the other IDs was evilmailcom. Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?
So far I've sold 4 items through their TakeIt feature, though too early to tell if any are deadbeat buyers. I know Harry Brown (zzyzx000) swears by BidVille. Gotta say so far, they're a lot friendlier and put a lot less unfair pressure on the seller than eBay. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 2:42 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It? Hey Chris, let me know how bidville works out, I've never sold anything there although I've tried. If you find top load NES make sure you get the bone handle controllers with it if you want it for value as well as use I got mine from Funco/Gamestop years ago, they price all NES the same (at least they used to), had to keep checking til I got lucky. Nice little system, I've never had to clean it. Only bad thing is it does not have RCA output, only RFU although it can be modded.TomVisit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, http://www.TomMage.com
[SWCollect] Two bad traders, beware!!
First of all aeromono at ebay, here is what they did to me, FYI all I asked from them was a partial $5-10 refund for damage, this is the fraud statement I filed with ebay. "When I won this game I sent the money via paypal. Since the value is determined by condition (collectable) I nicely asked that they package in an outer box with padding (see paypal statement) and paid for postal insurance. They sent the game in an envelope, it got crushed. Not only that they did not take the postal insurance I paid for, they just kept the money. They did offer a refund if I sent the game back but AT MY EXPENSE, it would have cost me $6-7 to ship it back along with an hour to package up, drive to the PO, wait in line etc etc, UNACCEPTABLE. SInce the item was damaged I ended up using it for parts. Not only that the idiot left me an undeserved negative feedback even though I left them a positive :( Here is bottom line. They got full price of game. They stole the money I paid for insurance. They got a positive feedback from me. I got a crushed game I am out the money I paid for insurance. I got an undeserved negative feedback, I was always polite and understanding in my emails to them. I am out hours of time spent trying to straighten this out. This person is a BAD SELLER, as long as everything goes smoothly I guess they are ok. But when there is a problem they handle it like a jerk, in this case the problems were all caused by errors on their part. If you check their feedback you will notice they have had this problem before." Next is a total asshole scammer ripoff shameless liar named Josh Eckenrode, here is what happened with him: Guy contacts me through ebay asking if I want to buy a game. Sends me his webpage where I see some stuff I can use. I send a list of items he has listed that I would like. He gets back to me in a few days saying this is what he has left. We haggle a bit and finally agree on a deal. I ask if he wants check or paypal, he says check so I mail on the 8th of May (I pay for shipping,insurance and delivery confirmation). Hear nothing from him for a week so I write and ask what is up. He says got check "last nite" (riiight) and would have stuff ready to go in 2-3 days. 4 days go by I hear nothing so I write again. He says stuff will be mailed in two more days. Two days later I write and ask for my tracking number. He tells me some stuff was "missing", 5 manuals then lists six missing. I tell him to cancel the order, I would like my money back. He says it was already mailed. So I ask for tracking number. He says he left on desk at work and would be out of town for a day, would send Saturday nite. He contacts me Sat nite and does not mention track number so I ask for it. He says he got side tracked, here it is. I check number it is not listed at USPS. At this point I check his ebay refs and do a Google search (yeah should have done that before). At least 2 ebay accts, one suspended and both with large percent of neg feedback. And google search of newsgroups show he has been posted as bad trader numerous times. So Sunday morning I stop payment on check and tell him if he actually sent package I will pay him minus the stop payment fees. Package does show up, he did NOT mail when he said (Wed) mailed Sat. (did not want to make refund after he told me items were missing when I asked earlier in week, that is why he lied about mailing date). And package is not only missing the six manuals he listed it is missing 9 more and 10 nintendo sleeves I ordered. He starts threatening me saying his "wife" is a lawyer blah blah. I send him paypal for items recieved minus bank fee. He says I need to send all items back to him. I say fine, first you send me what I have spent so far plus shipping, you send first, MO or cash only. He says keep 'em and calls me an expletive. TOTAL ASSHOLE LIAR SCAMMER, DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS PERSON. If you do, get your items BEFORE YOU PAY, request COD or whatever, if you don't you won't get what you pay for if anything at all. Here is his name, address and email addys I know of. Josh Eckenrode 5694 w tom parham rd oxford nc 27565 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] He has ebay IDs under both email addys listed above. He has HUGE amount of paypal transactions so I'm guessing he contacts a lot of people through their ebay accts and tries to sell them items. Stay away from this liar/cheat, the really funny thing was him threatening ME after he lied and cheated his way through the deal. I HATE scammers/bad traders, feel free to pass on this info. Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
[SWCollect] FS/T Shrinked new Zak McKracken and others
Hi, I have a sealed Zak for sale/trade. It is Amiga version. I also have original IBM disks, manual and copy protection so basically two Zaks Make offer if you like (one or the other or both), you guys know the stuff I am looking for or check the web page (also looking for the Sierra HiRes games although not listed on my page yet). Also have shrinked Legend of Djel and Cruise for a Corpse for Amiga. Thanks, Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?
Hey Chris, let me know how bidville works out, I've never sold anything there although I've tried. If you find top load NES make sure you get the bone handle controllers with it if you want it for value as well as use I got mine from Funco/Gamestop years ago, they price all NES the same (at least they used to), had to keep checking til I got lucky. Nice little system, I've never had to clean it. Only bad thing is it does not have RCA output, only RFU although it can be modded. Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, http://www.TomMage.com
