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Is my copy of Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces a fake?
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digital.w...@googlemail.com
Apr 16, 2012, 7:06:26 AM4/16/12
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Hi,
I just bought Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces on eBay (CD only, no box).
The front of the CD is a printed CD label and the reverse is reflective green.
I'm suspicious it might be an illegal copy. :-( Did they ever make any like this?
Thanks,
John
I just bought Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces on eBay (CD only, no box).
The front of the CD is a printed CD label and the reverse is reflective green.
I'm suspicious it might be an illegal copy. :-( Did they ever make any like this?
Thanks,
John
Andrew Plotkin
Apr 16, 2012, 11:29:17 AM4/16/12
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Here, digital.w...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
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> I just bought Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces on eBay (CD only, no box).
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> The front of the CD is a printed CD label and the reverse is reflective green.
Yeah, that'll have been burned in some bozo's computer. Masterpieces
> Hi,
>
> I just bought Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces on eBay (CD only, no box).
>
> The front of the CD is a printed CD label and the reverse is reflective green.
was always a regular production-run CD-ROM, in silver as usual.
--Z
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digital.w...@googlemail.com
Apr 16, 2012, 12:11:17 PM4/16/12
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Thanks, it looks like I've been ripped off. :-( On closer inspection the seller seems to have sold at least 5 of these at up to £20 a go.
The CD doesn't even look like the photo in the auction. :-(
John
The CD doesn't even look like the photo in the auction. :-(
John
Jerome West
Apr 16, 2012, 2:37:56 PM4/16/12
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On 16/04/2012 17:11, digital.w...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Thanks, it looks like I've been ripped off. :-( On closer inspection the seller seems to have sold at least 5 of these at up to £20 a go.
>
> The CD doesn't even look like the photo in the auction. :-(
Contact the seller. He'll probably refund you, however reluctantly; he
> Thanks, it looks like I've been ripped off. :-( On closer inspection the seller seems to have sold at least 5 of these at up to £20 a go.
>
> The CD doesn't even look like the photo in the auction. :-(
won't want to be reported for peddling pirated software. If he refuses,
just raise a ticket with eBay/PayPal, they're normally pretty good at
resolving this stuff.
Brad
Apr 16, 2012, 2:20:40 PM4/16/12
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When I got my copy from eBay about ten years ago, they never sold for
less than about US$80, and I saw some go for $200. I thought anything
below $30 was suspicious, but maybe I missed a good deal.
You could directly ask the seller for a refund and return the CD. You
could also file an "item doesn't match description" report and start a
return that way. If you really want to pursue it and the seller is
unwilling, eBay doesn't let people sell burned copies of commercial
software, and you can report someone who does; see policy and link on
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/replica-counterfeit.html . The one
time this happened to me, I didn't need to go that far: the seller
balked at a return until I threatened to report him to eBay, then he
refunded me without further problems.
Sorry it didn't work this time; good luck finding a real copy.
On 16 abr, 12:11, digital.wildern...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Thanks, it looks like I've been ripped off. :-( On closer inspection the seller seems to have sold at least 5 of these at up to £20 a go.
>
> The CD doesn't even look like the photo in the auction. :-(
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> John
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> On Monday, April 16, 2012 4:29:17 PM UTC+1, Andrew Plotkin wrote:
less than about US$80, and I saw some go for $200. I thought anything
below $30 was suspicious, but maybe I missed a good deal.
You could directly ask the seller for a refund and return the CD. You
could also file an "item doesn't match description" report and start a
return that way. If you really want to pursue it and the seller is
unwilling, eBay doesn't let people sell burned copies of commercial
software, and you can report someone who does; see policy and link on
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/replica-counterfeit.html . The one
time this happened to me, I didn't need to go that far: the seller
balked at a return until I threatened to report him to eBay, then he
refunded me without further problems.
Sorry it didn't work this time; good luck finding a real copy.
On 16 abr, 12:11, digital.wildern...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Thanks, it looks like I've been ripped off. :-( On closer inspection the seller seems to have sold at least 5 of these at up to £20 a go.
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> The CD doesn't even look like the photo in the auction. :-(
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> John
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> On Monday, April 16, 2012 4:29:17 PM UTC+1, Andrew Plotkin wrote:
digital.w...@googlemail.com
Apr 16, 2012, 2:55:02 PM4/16/12
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On Monday, April 16, 2012 7:37:56 PM UTC+1, Jerome West wrote:
> Contact the seller. He'll probably refund you, however reluctantly; he
> won't want to be reported for peddling pirated software. If he refuses,
> just raise a ticket with eBay/PayPal, they're normally pretty good at
> resolving this stuff.
Thanks, I contacted the seller and she offered a refund. She also mentioned her listing says "I do not think it is an original" but I assumed she meant a re-release or something.
> Contact the seller. He'll probably refund you, however reluctantly; he
> won't want to be reported for peddling pirated software. If he refuses,
> just raise a ticket with eBay/PayPal, they're normally pretty good at
> resolving this stuff.
I guess it's time to start looking again. :-)
John
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