Deadlord36 wrote:OK, if you guys can refresh me about how to get feedback removed, I'll buy up his stuff.

If the guy is anonymous, and hiding behind an anonymous payment scheme, you can't get his personal details.

If you can get his personal details, post feedback on his account to the effect...

Feedback from Deadlord: David Dickwad. I tried to call you on 555 8866. These are fake.
Followup Feedback from Deadlord: Your selling forgeries. I've reported this to my local Police department.

Badmike wrote:Wow, ebay has actually done something right, what a great prpgram. Unfortunately only the right's holder themselves can report potentially infringing items. Still, it seems like it could work quite well.

Mike B.

oh it definately works!

the item i had, apparently had about 5 patents on it. four of them were US only, whilst the 5th was UK too. the 5th one, was the one that bounced me and all they had to do was provide ebay with documentation that they held patent/copyright and they sorted it - it was a rather stiff warning too. ie. permanent ban if i listed again  :?

mbassoc2003 wrote:In the UK, Money Orders have now been outlawed. No more Western Union.

yeah i noticed that one myself - good move imo, tho it doesnt help with regards to paypal monopolising everything in that regard tho  :?

mbassoc2003 wrote:We live in a world of monopolies. I don't have a problem with them. There is no other way of doing business.

well i have always believed in one having choice and dont like monopolising. in years gone by, BT comes to mind - they milked the UK for everything it was worth and put us years behind all the other countries with the technology available, also charging top $ for the privilege of using their services.

paypal in that regard, also comes to mind in a very similar way. soon, it will be the only option for payment if they get their way and then they can make a killing out of the punter as usual.

i prb wouldnt mind so much if i felt i was being charged fairly and that i was protected as much as the other party was - which is rarely the case (ie the buyer)

Al

*bump*

In lieu of the fact that I almost inadvertently sold my fake Compleat Tavern last week (thanks for pointing it out to me Mars), we thought it would be best to revisit this topic again.  I mean, I was one of the original people who dealt with this when it first came to light and I almost sold my fake copy unaware.  Additionally, with the prices of Non-TSR seemingly being through the roof recently it also makes this an even better idea to revisit as other unidentified fakes may also be out there already or start cropping up.

Anyway, after this was discussed last, I was certain that I tossed out my own copy and picked up a new legitimate one, but apparently I only threw out my fake Montie Haul and picked up a legit one. Here is my auction that I ended up closing before it ended:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Again, it is the one with the Pinkish cover for those unaware of it and it is most certainly a fake.  Mars has some thoughts he will post as well, but I wanted to clarify that I almost 100% certain now after looking that this was in fact a fake.   Granted it is a well done fake(although not as well done as I had originally thought!), but after posting these pictures to follow here, it pretty much guarantees it.  Now when I first pulled the auction down I looked through this thread again and started looking over my own copy and I started to really wonder if this was in fact a fake or not.  I mean granted it was obvious the large fold out map is a photocopy, but the thing that really threw me was the fact that the also included a card-stock card for the Tavern Furnishings.  I mean who would go through the trouble of creating a card-stock sheet for them, especially when just photocopying the large map.  Thats when I realized that the card-stock Tavern Furnishing sheet was the same card-stock as the fake Montie Haul Dungeon!  Additionally, when I started taking a closer look at the pages in the booklet, I noticed 3 black marks that I had not noticed before.  There marks are clearly staple marks on the paper that mapped over from when the person creating the fakes made the photocopies.  Then I found the real evidence that this did in fact have to have been a fake.  Whoever was making the fakes must have not realized that there was some identifying marks on the large fold-out maps when he was copying them until it was already to late. Rather than make new ones, he actually WHITED OUT certain spots on the map!! He WHITED THEM OUT!!  I am fairly certain that this evidence makes it pretty conclusive that the Pink Compleat Taverns are indeed fakes and I wanted to make a record of my additional finding here for everyone to see.  Also, if anyone else has a copy of the Pink Compleat Tavern, can you please check your copy versus mine to see if it matches up with mine.  Here are some photos of the pertinent things I am alluding to above.  Please note, that I have circled the important marks in Bold Red so they are easy to pick out:

All three components.  Notice the red circles on the map as they are the white out:





Here is just the Pink Booklet:



Here is the front of the map.  Again notice the Red circles pointing out the White Out:



Here is the Yellow card-stock Tavern Furnishing sheet:


Here is the first black mark in the book which is the residual mark left from the copied staple hole:




Here is the second set of black marks in the book which is the residual marks left from the copied staple holes:



Here are a few photos that I took through the back of the map before I realized the White would show up so clearly in my pictures.  All are circled in red again:







Again, anyone who still currently owns a pink Compleat Tavern, please do me a favor and check you copy to make sure that yours matches up with mine.  It should also be noted that Aaron has fake Compleat Taverns listed on the NKG site whether or not he is aware of it:

NOBLE KNIGHT GAMES - Where the Out-of-Print is Available Again

With that said, it might be a good idea to not only not buy them, but someone should probably shoot him an email with this link so that he can remove them from his site.  Perhaps he also remembers where he came upon his copy(s) which could potentially help identify the creator of these fakes.

From what I have gathered, there are at least two authentic printings of The Compleat Tavern by Gamelords.  The first print does not have a price on the cover and the second print does have a price of $3.95 in the top right.  There are also differences in these two books such as the catalog of other products for sale at the back of the book.

With the pink fake book, it seems to exactly match the authentic first print which seems a bit strange that wouldn't update anything like their product catalog.

The other thing that really bugs me about the pink fake Compleat Tavern and yellow fake Montie Haul is that their covers are coloured cardstock printed with black ink.  The release date of these books is about 1982 which means that other Gamelords products such as Thieves' Guild I, II, III were already out.  All of these products have more than one colour on their covers.  Thieves' Guild I has a blue title with black artwork.  It seems out of character for Gamelords to produce these editions of CT and MH when all their products before and after are of better quality.

Mars wrote:From what I have gathered, there are at least two authentic printings of The Compleat Tavern by Gamelords.  The first print does not have a price on the cover and the second print does have a price of $3.95 in the top right.  There are also differences in these two books such as the catalog of other products for sale at the back of the book.

Gah, don't tell me this.... Well at least I have a 1st print w baggie.
I take it the price on the 2nd is like the price on the Montie Haul (same font, etc.)?

ShaneG.

I'll check mine and post the info.

mbassoc2003 wrote:Aaron Leader is selling his fake for $35 on KNG.

I talked to Aaron and the copies he has for sale are authentic.  I bought a first print from him but his stock photo is the fake - he's going to change it.