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05 August 2008, 12:39
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CD32 Fanboi
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Dodgy CD32 Games On eBay?
Lookie here:
http://video-games.search.ebay.co.uk...Znecromancer69 Anyone know who this guy is? Selling 'original Amiga CD-Roms' of games such as 'The Turrican Trilogy CD'. Hmmm. Basically these are copies and unofficial self-made compilations aren't they? Selling them for £5-8 quid is *just* a bit of a pisstake isn't it? Is it worth reporting him to eBay for selling counterfeit software? |
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05 August 2008, 12:44
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Amiga Tomcat
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 There are several people doing this sort of thing and most of them have a disclaimer on the page for Ebay stating that all these games are in the public domain and as such can be sold in this way  This does not only apply to Miggy games though - it applys to most stuff on fleabay  I guess it's up to us to only buy originals, only sell originals and not touch any other stuff!!! Dave G 
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05 August 2008, 13:12
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CD32 Fanboi
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His disclaimer states that he sells original CD games in a generic DVD case. Yeah right! Highly unlikely, considering that these CD compilations never 'officially' existed in a licenced form! If people want to try selling stuff like that, then they should clearly specify that they are home-made compilations, and never sell them for more than cost price IMO. I just worry about all the n00bz getting ripped off by this bastard... £6 +P&P for a CDR that he probably downloaded from the web or compiled himself in a few hours max?! 
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05 August 2008, 13:20
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Missile Command Champion
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Or purchase all of his crappy CD's and don't pay him. He sells pirated stuff and can't report you to eBay. Since shortly all sellers can rate you positive only, at least here in Germany. Give him a fat negative then.
Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 05 August 2008 at 14:27. |
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05 August 2008, 13:33
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Registered User
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Put a warning about these in the marketplace a few months back too
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05 August 2008, 13:33
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HOL/FTP busy bee
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Good idea Retro
 No really, people making money out of pirated material and espcially selling such crap as 'NEW' should be punished in some way. We could just report all his auctions. I guess that would piss him off a bit   Quote:
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05 August 2008, 13:35
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Missile Command Champion
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It's more fun to rate him negative.
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05 August 2008, 14:22
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Amiga Fanatic
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I was going to start a thread on this myself. eBay UK is flooded with these games. Amazingly, the culprit sellers hardly have any negative feedback.
The items all state something like "the original disc will be provided in a standard DVD case", which basically means you get a CD-R with a printed label (scanned from the original I imagine). Given the lack of negative feedback, either (a) the discs look convincing, or (b) people don't care and are just glad to have the games. Steve. |
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05 August 2008, 14:26
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Amiga Nut
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I have a slow connection, so purchased a TOSEC (Amiga) set on eBay simply out of convenience...bummed it didn't contain the ISOs though!  PZ. |
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05 August 2008, 21:18
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Thalion Webshrine
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Location: Oxford
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This is a reseller of those mega pirates in Swindon who go under the names of Butterfly Media, VDirect, Forematt, Epic Marketing etc. etc.
They are huge dropship pirates making millions each year, but neither their ISP's, EBay, Codemasters or anyone else seems interested. They even tried to make a hollywood movie using the profits from this organisation. They do not try to hide who they are. Their names and addresses are on several of their websites. Someone needs to report them to trading standards, the police, Federation against software theft etc. |
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05 August 2008, 21:40
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Amiga Tomcat
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The trouble is that they are not alone (where have I heard that before
)Any car boot market is full of pirated stuff. There are several of them near me and nobody does anything about it even though the goods are openly on sale. Dave G
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05 August 2008, 21:40
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AmiBay MegaMod
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05 August 2008, 21:48
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Thalion Webshrine
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1) Who do you think reported them to their ISP's, Ebay Crimewatch and Codemasters?? None of which helped.
2) Last thing I want to do is talk to the Police or FAST
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06 August 2008, 09:19
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AmiBay MegaMod
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Fair enough guvnor......
*cough* |
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