mbassoc2003 wrote:The OB3 price ceiling is probably more due to the green B3 being available for $3. If there was an ST1 available with a blue cover and some different pictures, and we all had them, and you could buy them on eBay for $3, do you think a red ST1 would fetch $2000 on eBay?
dathon wrote:...so rumored hoarding of OB3s shouldn't be the reason for their stagnant price either.
"An orange B3. Again, like above, the VG price on one of these might be $150 -- nobody wants one in that condition. The NM & shrinked copy will go for $600 - $800."
bclarkie wrote:Anyone else actually find it completely ironic that some is now post here in the classified for RPGnow. I think he has picked the wrong site to to try and peddle his POS pdfs.
mbassoc2003 wrote:I think the likes of RPGNow distribute PDFs under lisence. The problem I have with their PDFs of OOP products is that they are SO bad quality. They are shite.The newer d20 stuff may well be good quality on account of them being generated by DTP software, but they use really crap companies to scan and produce their PDFs from hard copies. If they rely on OOP product for an income, they're gonna close 'cos very few people will buy more than a couple before they realise how bad they really are.So, if you are reading this RPGNow. Why not put a quality assurance system in place, and screen out all the crap scans. And if you don't know the difference between a crap scan and a good scan, you're in the wrong business. Stick to modern DTP products.
deimos3428 wrote:IMO, the only thing worse than a illegally copied PDF is a non-free PDF
Achizar wrote:*snicker* RPGNow is the 666th member of the Acaeum. I tell ya, you can't make this stuff up.
Xaxaxe wrote:bclarkie wrote:Anyone else actually find it completely ironic that some is now post here in the classified for RPGnow. I think he has picked the wrong site to to try and peddle his POS pdfs. deimos3428 wrote:IMO, the only thing worse than a illegally copied PDF is a non-free PDFAchizar wrote:*snicker* RPGNow is the 666th member of the Acaeum. I tell ya, you can't make this stuff up.I'm totally baffled by this hostility; I'm equally puzzled by much of the "logic" I see at this site whenever the letters P, D, and F are typed too close together ...Let's see ... a big part of RPGnow's business is selling classic D&D items ... The Acaeum is a site dedicated to collecting classic D&D items ... is anyone else seeing the connection here? This is hardly the "wrong site" for RPGnow; in many ways, it's the perfect site. Frankly, the only mystery I see is why they haven't posted here before.Honestly, I could use a clarification: just what IS the major complaint here?A. That RPGnow sells 100-percent legal PDFs?B. That said PDFs, despite no supporting evidence, are somehow lowering the value of our collections? (and by "our," I mean "your"; as discussed elsewhere, I don't believe it for a second);C. That an "outsider" would have the audacity to submit a post on an open forum? (especially without prior clearance from our self-annoited Acaeum High Priests);D. That a business would have the audacity to try to show a profit? Or to take advantage of what is essentially a free advertising opportunity?E. That the general quality of RPGnow's scanning efforts is somewhat shaky? **F. Or have I a totally lost the plot? Am I missing another factor?Despite some of the sarcasm above, it's a serious question: those of you who are so bothered by RPGnow's appearance at The Acaeum ... WHY???+++++** which it often is, I'll grant you that ... too often, in fact.
Xaxaxe wrote:E. That the general quality of RPGnow's scanning efforts is somewhat shaky? ** .[/size]
Xaxaxe wrote:deimos3428 wrote:IMO, the only thing worse than a illegally copied PDF is a non-free PDFHonestly, I could use a clarification: just what IS the major complaint here?
A. That RPGnow sells 100-percent legal PDFs?
Xaxaxe wrote:The rolling eyes and calling someone's main product line a piece of shit? It just seems unnecessary to me ... but, hey, what the hell do I know?+++++** in the freaking CLASSIFIEDS section, no less.
dathon wrote:bclarkie hit it squarely as the PDF effect issue comes down to supply and demand. If the only way to buy the classic modules is to get the original printed items then the supply will be lower, and hence the price will be higher. PDFs and photocopies increase supply and hence push the price downward. And one more thing I forgot to mention, I have met quite a few wealthy people who have bought well-done fakes of Rolexs, Gucci, diamond jewelry, etc. even though they could afford the real thing. Their reasoning is simple, "Why waste all that money for the real thing when I can buy a fake and nobody can tell the difference anyway?" It's smarter financially to buy the well-made fake, and prevents one from taking a big financial hit if one is the victim of a mugging, robbery, burglary, etc. Interestingly many of those people are "old money" and not nouveau riche.