Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission
Hehehe ;-) Marco Alexander Zoller schrieb: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2045307387 > > "the box you will receive looks almost exactly like this" :D > > /Alexander > > -Original Message- > From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission > > Marco Thorek wrote: > > > > Jim Leonard schrieb: > > > > > > We do this too, albeit a bit more cleverly. Try to embed a > MobyGames.com > > > cover image in your HTML and you'll see what picture you *really* get > ;-) > > > > I just tried it, Jim, very nice! ;-) > > > > But doesn't the replacement image cost you bandwidth, too? > > Yes, but as soon as they see it they stop trying. > -- > Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.oldskool.org/ > Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by > http://www.mobygames.com/ > Or check out some trippy MindCandy at > http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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Heheh... now THAT's how it's supposed to work. Alexander Zoller wrote: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2045307387 > > "the box you will receive looks almost exactly like this" :D > > /Alexander > > -Original Message- > From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission > > Marco Thorek wrote: > > > > Jim Leonard schrieb: > > > > > > We do this too, albeit a bit more cleverly. Try to embed a > MobyGames.com > > > cover image in your HTML and you'll see what picture you *really* get > ;-) > > > > I just tried it, Jim, very nice! ;-) > > > > But doesn't the replacement image cost you bandwidth, too? > > Yes, but as soon as they see it they stop trying. > -- > Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.oldskool.org/ > Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by > http://www.mobygames.com/ > Or check out some trippy MindCandy at > http://www.demodvd.org/ > > -- > 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2045307387 "the box you will receive looks almost exactly like this" :D /Alexander -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission Marco Thorek wrote: > > Jim Leonard schrieb: > > > > We do this too, albeit a bit more cleverly. Try to embed a MobyGames.com > > cover image in your HTML and you'll see what picture you *really* get ;-) > > I just tried it, Jim, very nice! ;-) > > But doesn't the replacement image cost you bandwidth, too? Yes, but as soon as they see it they stop trying. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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Thanks for the explanation Alexander. That's a great idea Jim, it definitely saves your bandwidth! -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division. [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein Para: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission Alexander Zöller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02-08-2002 14:40 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect That image was first saved to disk, then uploaded again using iPix. The MobyGames server will only return the alternate "this-pic-was-lifted" image when you are embedding the original picture link. (e.g. http://uw3.de/test.htm) /Alexander -Original Message- From: MASTER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pedro Quaresma Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission What exactly was supposed to happen Jim? ;) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370668207 -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division. [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01-08-2002 20:32 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Marco Thorek wrote: > > To prevent future incidents like this I now stamped most of my images > with my URL and because of the growing number of people remote linking > my images I started to block hits on them via .htaccess, when the > referring URL does not come from my domain. We do this too, albeit a bit more cleverly. Try to embed a MobyGames.com cover image in your HTML and you'll see what picture you *really* get ;-) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt
Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission
That image was first saved to disk, then uploaded again using iPix. The MobyGames server will only return the alternate "this-pic-was-lifted" image when you are embedding the original picture link. (e.g. http://uw3.de/test.htm) /Alexander -Original Message- From: MASTER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pedro Quaresma Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission What exactly was supposed to happen Jim? ;) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370668207 -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division. [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01-08-2002 20:32 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Marco Thorek wrote: > > To prevent future incidents like this I now stamped most of my images > with my URL and because of the growing number of people remote linking > my images I started to block hits on them via .htaccess, when the > referring URL does not come from my domain. We do this too, albeit a bit more cleverly. Try to embed a MobyGames.com cover image in your HTML and you'll see what picture you *really* get ;-) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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What exactly was supposed to happen Jim? ;) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370668207 -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division. [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01-08-2002 20:32 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Marco Thorek wrote: > > To prevent future incidents like this I now stamped most of my images > with my URL and because of the growing number of people remote linking > my images I started to block hits on them via .htaccess, when the > referring URL does not come from my domain. We do this too, albeit a bit more cleverly. Try to embed a MobyGames.com cover image in your HTML and you'll see what picture you *really* get ;-) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt
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> Now, I don't really have a problem with people using my scans, provided > they a) ask me before they do and b) make the bidders aware the image > does not show the actual item. The latter because most of my images are > heavily retouched to give perfect appearances - it would severely > mislead buyers about the condition of the actual box sold. I'm about the same way. Got no problem with someone using a description if they at least mention it came from my site. However I don't like my pics being used at all. When people see a picture, they tend to assume that's what's being auctioned, and sometimes neglect to even read the text. I've seen people show images of a shrinkwrapped game when selling an open one, and of course you get the "here's what the box looks like even though I'm only selling a loose disk" variety. > Young lady relisted her items with the small addition "item relisted due > to picture copyright issues" and they unfortunately then went unsold. > The previous bidders did not feel inclined to bid again. You got off easy. One of my auction thieves' relist declared, "This auction has been censored by some anonymous coward." B-) It didn't sell either. > Lesson to learn: Ebay is *not* powerless and what holds true for > pictures is also true for text. Both fall under copyright law if they > are your original work. eBay is actually very responsive to incidents like this. In all the cases I've reported they've taken the offending auctions down within a day. > To prevent future incidents like this I now stamped most of my images > with my URL and because of the growing number of people remote linking > my images I started to block hits on them via .htaccess, when the > referring URL does not come from my domain. Right now I've got a query that pulls part of my vault page text, then searches eBay for the exact text. It's a random sample, but as I run it several times a week, it usually catches plagiarists. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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Marco Thorek wrote: > > To prevent future incidents like this I now stamped most of my images > with my URL and because of the growing number of people remote linking > my images I started to block hits on them via .htaccess, when the > referring URL does not come from my domain. We do this too, albeit a bit more cleverly. Try to embed a MobyGames.com cover image in your HTML and you'll see what picture you *really* get ;-) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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> -- it's a compilation CDROM, not the original package, yet he displays the > original packaging) Wow, and he's even leeching bandwidth from The Underdogs in order to show the incorrect box shot and screenshot (does the same for the Loom auction). He's not only being dishonest but inconsiderate of the already hefty bandwidth costs The Underdogs have. -Adam -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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As this is my first post to this list, allow me to say hello. I have been lurking for a few weeks, and while that probably isn't long enough, I had something to add here. If I'm missing some important etiquette, please let me know. Loom CD is a fairly rare game. Admittedly, the boxed version is much more desirable, but the fact that this OEM version is shrinkwrapped makes it still somewhat of interest, if not to collectors, than to the general public. I got an OEM version of Loom with my first CD-ROM drive back in 1992, and loved the game. Somehow my copy got lost though, and I wanted to buy a new one, but I was unable to find a copy. This was before Ebay was big. CD Access found a bunch so I bought one from them for $15 just before their stock ran out. Then, on a trip to Canada, I found a small computer store that had around 15 copies of Loom CD OEM for $2 each. Now, of course, I should have bought all of them, but stupidly, I only bought 5 copies. I ended up selling each copy for $75 each via the 'net. Why? Because the game is excellent, and the CD version is hard to find. Also, the boxed version of this game is particularly rare. The list price on it was $79.95 when it was released, more than most people were willing to pay, and I believe it was distributed by the Software Toolworks rather than Lucasarts, and probably had a small print run. So $75 for a new copy of this game, even in OEM, is not outside of the realm of sanity. Also, I want to point out that this is a buy it now price, not an opening bid. A buy it now price should be on the high end. It's what the seller will happily take to end the auction immediately. So I personally don't see anything wrong with this auction listing. Stuart "Hi my name is Stuart and I'm a softwareaholic" Feldhamer On Thu, 01 Aug 2002 04:03:43 -0500 Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ..is to help educate people like this: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370275065 > > He admits there is no box and the contents are > incomplete, yet he asks a Buy > It Now price of $70. > > I look forward to the day -- probably about 2 > years from now -- when > collectors all over the world are: > > 1. Unified in their usage of grading terms > 2. Within reasonable estimates of the value of > an item > 3. Don't try to pawn off garbage with punk-ass > wack auction listings like this > (or this: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370272675&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 > > -- it's a compilation CDROM, not the original > package, yet he displays the > original packaging) > > Then again, I am probably dreaming. In fact, I > know I am. > -- > Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.oldskool.org/ > Want to help an ambitious PC games project? > Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ > Or check out some trippy MindCandy at >http://www.demodvd.org/ > > -- > 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ > > -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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Marco Thorek spake thusly into the ether: > >I once had this case where a young lady from England tried to sell a >couple of Infocom games via ebay.com. I stumbled across them and lo and >behold, the pictures she used were taken from my Infocom site. >Trying to play nice I got in contact with the young lady first, and made >her aware that I'm aware. I've had something similar happen. Someone was auctioning off a Rom action figure using a picture from my site (http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/comics/Rom/). I contacted the seller and he added text to his auction stating that the image was not the actual figure he was selling and, I believe, included the URL of my page. So not everyone on eBay is unreasonable. OTOH, I stamp all scans I make specifically for eBay with "lkseitz" (my eBay i.d.) so others can't use them. Or at least not claim that they are theirs. -- Lee K. Seitz * [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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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I once had this case where a young lady from England tried to sell a couple of Infocom games via ebay.com. I stumbled across them and lo and behold, the pictures she used were taken from my Infocom site. Now, I don't really have a problem with people using my scans, provided they a) ask me before they do and b) make the bidders aware the image does not show the actual item. The latter because most of my images are heavily retouched to give perfect appearances - it would severely mislead buyers about the condition of the actual box sold. Trying to play nice I got in contact with the young lady first, and made her aware that I'm aware. She denied using my images. So I filed a complaint with ebay and after some forth and back and finally having me swear that the images are indeed mine and that in the case I lie devastating punishments would fall upon me, ebay removed the auctions. Young lady relisted her items with the small addition "item relisted due to picture copyright issues" and they unfortunately then went unsold. The previous bidders did not feel inclined to bid again. Lesson to learn: Ebay is *not* powerless and what holds true for pictures is also true for text. Both fall under copyright law if they are your original work. To prevent future incidents like this I now stamped most of my images with my URL and because of the growing number of people remote linking my images I started to block hits on them via .htaccess, when the referring URL does not come from my domain. Marco Chris Newman schrieb: > > That brings up a good question. How do you prevent someone from listing > auctions whose sellers have stolen your write-up? That drives me nuts -- > I invest so much time and effort to compile a detailed, and descriptive > ad, often with my personal experiences of the game in question. For > someone to come along and, for example, use my description of why King's > Quest IV SCI was both visually stunning, and a quantum leap in the > vibrance of animated adeventures in my gaming life makes me feel used. > I've had characters not only lift my ads but actually link to my > webhosted site to use my box scans and screenshots! G! > > What can you do to stop this? Ebay says its powerless but that's NO > surprise. > -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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Hello, Jim, your dream is very nice, I thought of similar ones several times but it's probably more unpractical than imagining a perfect country follwowing Plato's or Thomas More's ideology... I try to bring more and more collectors to our mailing list, so we can at least share our education with them. Maybe it won't work on some, but it will definitely be useful for a good % of them. Just to be the Devil's advocate as usual... about Mayor's "Loom" auction, from the description I can tell it _is_ a brand new item, complete: it's the OEM version, shrinkwrapped, hence no box. On the Martian Memorandum one, at least he mentions that it's a compilation... you wouldn't dream the amount of sellers on the biggest portuguese auction site (www.miau.pt) auctioning pirated copies and saying they're originals... All the best to all of you, Pedro -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division. [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: [SWCollect] Our Mission Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01-08-2002 10:03 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect ..is to help educate people like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370275065 He admits there is no box and the contents are incomplete, yet he asks a Buy It Now price of $70. I look forward to the day -- probably about 2 years from now -- when collectors all over the world are: 1. Unified in their usage of grading terms 2. Within reasonable estimates of the value of an item 3. Don't try to pawn off garbage with punk-ass wack auction listings like this (or this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370272675&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 -- it's a compilation CDROM, not the original package, yet he displays the original packaging) Then again, I am probably dreaming. In fact, I know I am. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt
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That brings up a good question. How do you prevent someone from listing auctions whose sellers have stolen your write-up? That drives me nuts -- I invest so much time and effort to compile a detailed, and descriptive ad, often with my personal experiences of the game in question. For someone to come along and, for example, use my description of why King's Quest IV SCI was both visually stunning, and a quantum leap in the vibrance of animated adeventures in my gaming life makes me feel used. I've had characters not only lift my ads but actually link to my webhosted site to use my box scans and screenshots! G! What can you do to stop this? Ebay says its powerless but that's NO surprise. "C.E. Forman" wrote: > > I know this guy. He's one whose auctions I've canned for swiping YOIS text > word-for-word. It's amazing how someone can be a power seller yet also be > so thoroughly ignorant. (Notice too, that everything is Ultra-RARE, > including Zork I, one of the bestselling games of all time.) > > - Original Message - > From: "Jim Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:03 AM > Subject: [SWCollect] Our Mission > > > ..is to help educate people like this: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370275065 > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370272675&ssPageName=ADM > E:B:SS:US:1 > > -- > 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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I know this guy. He's one whose auctions I've canned for swiping YOIS text word-for-word. It's amazing how someone can be a power seller yet also be so thoroughly ignorant. (Notice too, that everything is Ultra-RARE, including Zork I, one of the bestselling games of all time.) - Original Message - From: "Jim Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:03 AM Subject: [SWCollect] Our Mission > ..is to help educate people like this: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370275065 > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370272675&ssPageName=ADM E:B:SS:US:1 -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
[SWCollect] Our Mission
..is to help educate people like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370275065 He admits there is no box and the contents are incomplete, yet he asks a Buy It Now price of $70. I look forward to the day -- probably about 2 years from now -- when collectors all over the world are: 1. Unified in their usage of grading terms 2. Within reasonable estimates of the value of an item 3. Don't try to pawn off garbage with punk-ass wack auction listings like this (or this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370272675&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 -- it's a compilation CDROM, not the original package, yet he displays the original packaging) Then again, I am probably dreaming. In fact, I know I am. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
