Re: [SWCollect] Paypal, even worse

2003-10-04 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: I already went this year. B-) Whether I go next will depend on time, money, and whether my German collector buddy comes over here again. And if he does, whether he'll choose Philly or the one in Vegas. Speaking of which, is anyone interested in seeing my pictures of CGExpo?

Re: [SWCollect] Big Brother is watching you - and documenting (the eBay/PayPal merger)

2003-10-04 Thread Alexander Zöller
Chris, good observation, the article appears somewhat uncritical in this respect. Like so many other businesses eBay was once nice and trusting,... until they realized it would eventually hurt their name or profits, and so they gradually radicalized their approach of dealing with issues of this n

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone Know This One?

2003-10-04 Thread Alexander Zöller
Just like certain Avalon Hill titles (particulary Third Reich stuff), simulations of this kind seem to fetch rather high prices every now and then. I guess that's mostly due to a bunch of afficionados battling it out on eBay - not because of the game's value as a collectible, they simply enjoyed pl

[SWCollect] Anyone Know This One?

2003-10-04 Thread C.E. Forman
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3050850521&category=41068 &rd=1 I've never heard of this title, but it's unusual to see a combat sim go this high. Anybody familiar with it? -- This message was sent to you be

Re: [SWCollect] Hello!

2003-10-04 Thread orat
> How prophetic a price. ;-) I see the Drash cassette went for $865. Well, we will just have to wait and see if that price draws any more out of the bushes. Josh -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subs

Re: [SWCollect] Paypal, even worse

2003-10-04 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 10/04/2003 4:48:24 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd like to do a column article warning people about some of these loopholes, would you mind if I quoted you?  Won't identify you if you prefer, since I understand PayPal gets pissed at stuff like that.  Bu

Re: [SWCollect] Big Brother is watching you - and documenting (the eBay/PayPal merger)

2003-10-04 Thread C.E. Forman
Just getting around to reading this now. Thanks for the interesting read, Alexander. Frightening implications, though I'm not sure I buy 100% of it. The part about them keeping track of everything everyone has bought and sold since the beginning, for instance. To be able to really use it, they'd

Re: [SWCollect] Paypal, even worse

2003-10-04 Thread C.E. Forman
Tom,   This is interesting stuff (although I'm sure it must be frustrating for you).  I'd like to do a column article warning people about some of these loopholes, would you mind if I quoted you?  Won't identify you if you prefer, since I understand PayPal gets pissed at stuff like that.  Bu

Re: [SWCollect] Paypal, even worse

2003-10-04 Thread C.E. Forman
I already went this year.  B-)  Whether I go next will depend on time, money, and whether my German collector buddy comes over here again.  And if he does, whether he'll choose Philly or the one in Vegas.   - Original Message - From: Feldhamer, Stuart To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SWCollect] Hello!

2003-10-04 Thread C.E. Forman
Yeah... If the winner is on this list, would you care to step forward? (Mr Romero, perhaps? B-) - Original Message - From: "Edward Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Hello! > > On Monday, September 29, 20

Re: [SWCollect] Hello!

2003-10-04 Thread Edward Franks
On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 05:46 AM, Alexander Zöller wrote: >Well, I hope this doesn’t bring out hundreds of themL   Not likely... although I'm sure there *are* several dozen more copies out there, if not hundreds, so I guess one or two other Drashs might appear on eBay soon, remember w