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Post Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:48 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-2-NEW-Forg ... dZViewItem



http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-2-NEW-Forg ... dZViewItem



These items were not distributed in shrinkwrap, as far as I know. Plus the shrinkwrap seems a bit odd in the picture. Therefore I believe they were shrinkwrapped by the seller (or at least not in factory).



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Post Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:33 pm 
 

guerret wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-2-NEW-Forg ... dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-2-NEW-Forg ... dZViewItem

These items were not distributed in shrinkwrap, as far as I know. Plus the shrinkwrap seems a bit odd in the picture. Therefore I believe they were shrinkwrapped by the seller (or at least not in factory).

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They were probably shrinkwrapped by the seller or someone else down the line. Wyrmskull throne was definitely not SW'd



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Post Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:49 pm 
 

From seller:

We use to shrinkwrap all our rpgs that weren't shrinkwrapped when they arrived. It became too mush work so we stopped in 2002
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Post Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:18 am 
 

Deadlord36 wrote:From seller:

We use to shrinkwrap all our rpgs that weren't shrinkwrapped when they arrived. It became too mush work so we stopped in 2002


   Have you been drinking, Deadlord?  Your speech is slurred.   :lol:  :lol:


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Post Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:42 am 
 

Yesh, I hav bin jest a bit...
This is part of the reason I never collected shrinked items. Had someone not picked up on the fact that these were never shrinked to begin with, we never would have known the seller was a rewrapper. How many beat-up modules do you think he's sold as "shrinked"?
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Post Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:18 pm 
 

Speaking of fakes and fraud.... :?

  Last night I surfed Amazon.com with a search for "Gamelords."  The result was a Thieves Guild #9 priced at nearly $40.....and a copy of THE COMPLETE TAVERN, for which no picture was posted.

  Sound familiar?      :evil:

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Post Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:38 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-D-D-NEW-Monster ... dZViewItem



correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think these items where ever distributed shrinkwrapped either...


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Post Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:44 pm 
 

dsaunders wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-D-D-NEW-Monster ... dZViewItem

correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think these items where ever distributed shrinkwrapped either...




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Post Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:44 pm 
 

MShipley88 wrote:Speaking of fakes and fraud.... :?

 Last night I surfed Amazon.com with a search for "Gamelords." The result was a Thieves Guild #9 priced at nearly $40.....and a copy of THE COMPLETE TAVERN, for which no picture was posted.

 Sound familiar?   :evil:

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Uhm... actually, no. Am I just dumb or I missed something?
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Post Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:43 pm 
 

Recently, a seller hawking copies of The Compleat Tavern appeared on Ebay.  He was selling copies with a strange, pink cover and obviously photocopied interior pages.

  Asked to give a provenance for his multiple copies of this item....the seller just got pissy.  He also re-listed the item without a picture.

  After multiple complaints from Acaeum members to Ebay, this item disappeared from Ebay.

  Now, another post for the same item appears on Amazon and there is no picture.

  Sounds familiar.


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:20 am 
 

Don't forget the photocopied Montie Hauls, same seller.
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:29 pm 
 

I've flagged up the Gamelords fakes on my site. If I come across other fakes of anything I've listed and I can get a photo, I'll post those fake warnings as well.


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