Speaking of eBay

[Rich Bramante]

--- Chandra Bajpai <cbajpai at comcast.netmail.net> wrote:

> You know the next thing that will happen is forgeries...I'm sure it wouldn't
> take much to forge plastic and paper...hell if they can do it with
> paintings, software can't be very difficult.
> 
> -Chandra

This is already happening.  I was made aware of several cases of this being
reported in the community that specializes in collecting old Sierra On-Line
software.
 
rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of Vintage Computer Festival
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:19 PM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: Speaking of eBay
> 
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Erik S. Klein wrote:
> 
> > This one may be insane - or maybe it's me.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5150431291
> >
> > An "original" Akalabeth (pre Ultima) game for the Apple ][ from 1980 -
> > $1,225.
> >
> > A hefty price for a 5.25" floppy and 6 sheets of paper. . .
> 
> Wow, and just when you thought the true depths of madness had been
> reached.  Vintage software is the next frontier upon which siege will be
> lain with exploitation to follow but I just can't see this ever getting a
> ROI worth the $1,225 price tag being offered here.  If it's not a hoax
> then surely it should be.
> 
> While I don't doubt the bits are still on the disk, considering the price
> and that this is a 20+ year old diskette, I'd want to be damn sure before
> I shelled out $1K+ for a piece of plastic and some paper.
> 
> Jeez.
> 
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