Re: [SWCollect] Is nothing sacred?

2002-10-15 Thread Marco Thorek
"C.E. Forman" schrieb: > > You should report him to eBay, this has to be against at least one of their > 6 billion rules. Indeed. I remember reading something about "use of ebay member email adresses for unsolicited emails is prohibited," but can't be bothered right now to spend the next hours w

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread Marco Thorek
Edward Franks schrieb: > > I've always wondered what John Romero would pay for one (assuming he > doesn't have one already). :) He's a big time Ultima and Apple ][ fan. > I think he would be a great member of this list if he isn't already. > A while ago I started to receive a good numbe

[SWCollect] Two questions

2002-10-15 Thread Lee K. Seitz
I went looking through the library book store today while we were at the library. I picked up a couple things related to this list, believe it or not. First, I found a book called _The Complete Electronic Bulletin Board Starter Kit_ from 1988 by Charles Bowen and David Peyton. It includes two 5

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Edward Franks spake thusly into the ether: > > 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'm very

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread C.E. Forman
> 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? Definitely a good one, in the sense that you'd be sparing the winner from being harrassed with requests for im

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread Edward Franks
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 en

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread CcomputerGameCollector
> Hi Brad, can you send the URL for the importer again? I can't find your > original message. > I'd planned to upload my own collection this weekend, but I realized I don't > have it Mobyscaled, just my trade/sale list. No hurry, I'm going to wait until the masterlist is much larger before I eve

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread C.E. Forman
> 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

Re: [SWCollect] Is nothing sacred?

2002-10-15 Thread C.E. Forman
> Okay, so I lost this eBay auction a little while ago. Or more precisely, I > didn't snipe it because I knew the high bidder and didn't want to ruin it > for him. Now the seller gets back to me with the following message: You should report him to eBay, this has to be against at least one of thei

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread C.E. Forman
> Just and update on CGC; I've pretty much completed the collection importer, > but I've decided to hold off on making it public. The masterlist simply is > not expansive enough for it to be effective. So, I'm just concentrating on > building the masterlist, and when I feel it's large enough to

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread Alexander Zoller
That's a delicate situation. I'd highly recommend to sell some of your lesser items before you part with a prize collectible. Always a bad idea to let go off a conversation piece for quick cash. Since I don't have the money right now (moving to a new appartment) I couldn't make an offer in the 's

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread Edward Franks
On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 08:07 AM, Alexander Zoller wrote: [Snip] > It's obviously futile to debate the value of this game. I'd call it a > safe > bet though it would fetch a princely sum on eBay. Personally I wouldn't > hesitate to put down serious money myself, I'm actually keeping some

[SWCollect] Is nothing sacred?

2002-10-15 Thread Alexander Zöller
Okay, so I lost this eBay auction a little while ago. Or more precisely, I didn't snipe it because I knew the high bidder and didn't want to ruin it for him. Now the seller gets back to me with the following message: Hey Stalwart, A few weeks ago, you were interested in bidding on my Ultima VI