mbassoc2003 wrote in Shady Dealers:Hurts the hobby of D&D or hurts the hobby of Collecting?I do agree that unless the module is labelled as a reprint, then it could be interpreted as misleading, but as far as I'm aware there isn't anything that says you have to label legitimately purchased and printed products as being in any way fake or not legitimate products.That's a problem for educating collectors, and will probably result in a lot of collectors finding out that they have bought reprints, but the obligation is on the collector to research and find out what they are collecting. In fact that's a lot of the draw towards collecting for me.If a buyer makes a few $20 mistakes or overpays $50 for a reprint they could have commissioned themselves a lot cheaper, then they learn, but I made substantially greater mistakes in the early years of my collecting career, and I suspect many of us have. SO I don't think collectors will be put off. I think they'll learn quickly enough.As for playing, anything that gets product into the hands of players I think is a good thing.Possibly the presence of reprints lowers the price of common collectables, but the rares are rare and I don't think they'll be harmed.Wait until you get high quality minty woodgrains flooding the market at $100 a pop.
JasonZavoda wrote in Shady Dealers:I think all this pod reprint selling is a nasty scam that hurts the hobby.
wargames-east wrote in Shady Dealers:I'm not sure if the Joeknows93 ID is still functional or not, but ebay is looking into it. That I know because I reported him for making threats and wild statements about me, Intelligator, Guido the gypsie, jastner, that guy todd who has the huge amazon and ebay presence and the cool website, and many others. He was pretty much attacking everyone who sells AD&D stuff. He considers himself a player and alsways insists that the condition of his life is the fault of others. He alwasy has a sob story to motivate people to pay for his auctions for him, and of course he'll send you the money or do something in trade. He is good for it for a while, then when he figures he can maximize his profit . . . he screws you over.
benjoshua wrote in Shady Dealers:Back in 2012 this was said, in part, about Intelligator in this thread:Other posts regarding Intelligator have commented on his excellent packing and prompt service. I've never personally bought from him myself. Maybe he takes advantage of sellers/buyers with low eBay feedback scores? :?
aia wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay: ** expired/removed eBay auction **Uhhh? Do i miss any detail here? ...or just a typo in the starting bid amount?
mbassoc2003 wrote in Shady Dealers:The seller hasn't commented to the contrary, so appears to agree with the accusations.
dbartman wrote in Shady Dealers:I originally thought these might be legit auctions, but it looks like the seller's account was highjacked and scammers are trying to make a quick buck of unwitting victims: