Re: [SWCollect] Old Infocom and Lucasfilm games

2003-09-05 Thread ceforman
They are in grey boxes... flat boxes I might add.. guess we can still label them as boxes though :) Dont know anything about old Infocom games so... have no idea how many different releases there were. It sounds like you have the Commodore 64 folder packages. Depending whether they are the

Re: [SWCollect] Ultima 11

2003-09-04 Thread ceforman
Except Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2. It has no soul. B-) - Original Message - From: Marco Thorek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ultima 11 The Japanese believe that everything has a soul. So if that is so,

Re: [SWCollect] (SWCollect) Reshrinking issues, SSI collectors look this way :)

2003-09-02 Thread ceforman
I've seen this also with Wizardry titles that appeared to be in original shrink except the bottom box piece was upside-down. When I opened them, the materials were mint. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02,

Re: [SWCollect] Ultima 11

2003-09-02 Thread ceforman
Whoa. I had JUST marked this very auction to watch, like 10 seconds ago. Cosmic. B-) - Original Message - From: Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 8:43 PM Subject: [SWCollect] Ultima 11 Gotta love auctions --

Re: [SWCollect] Ultima 11

2003-09-02 Thread ceforman
It's the game, drawing us to it. I've long speculated that we don't find the games, the games find US. B-) - Original Message - From: Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ultima 11 On Tuesday,

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread ceforman
Also, as a psychological matter, when a buyer has indicated how high they would go with a bid it becomes very difficult to retreat from that monetary amount. I've personally only been able to do it once (IIRC) and that was in eBay's early days. The seller has the advantage over the buyer in

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay trader experiences

2003-08-31 Thread ceforman
SWM 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 fromat least one supplier, though I've never gotten them to divulge any details. For awhile the biggest

Re: [SWCollect] Lost Treasures of Infocom inventory

2003-08-27 Thread ceforman
Yes, it sounds like yours has everything, Lee. - Original Message - From: Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Lost Treasures of Infocom inventory Marco Thorek stated: Amazing that Activision bothered to

[SWCollect] Latest Shoppe Column Is Up

2003-08-27 Thread ceforman
Latest column is up, on the latest peddler of fake crap: http://www.yois.biz/column.php -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: [SWCollect] Lost Treasures of Infocom inventory

2003-08-25 Thread ceforman
- Original Message - From: Stuart Feldhamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:57 AM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Lost Treasures of Infocom inventory What's the deal with the parchment? My copy, the CD-ROM version, bought off the shelf when it came

[SWCollect] Fw: Help us evaluate eBay and receive $50 and an eBay pen for your efforts

2003-08-14 Thread ceforman
BWA-HA-HA-HA! Take a look at this thing I just got, supposedly from eBay. I actually filled part of it out, until I got to the question where they asked if I'd be willing to use my real bank and credit card information when participating in the survey. The instant I said no, they told me I