mbassoc2003 wrote:grodog wrote:So Ian, when you get this thing, do please let us know whether it's legit or not You mean if I get it.
grodog wrote:So Ian, when you get this thing, do please let us know whether it's legit or not
I'm not too fussed if it's legit or not. It falls into the catagory of extremely unusual items that I like to collect. I picked up a campaign setting called The Iron Wind from Iron Crown Enterprises just last week. I can't find anything about it on line, but it's a whole realm of fantasy, complete with castles, dungeon, scattered villages and a city. Kinda like Starstone.
draco76 wrote:have you guys all forgot this seller is a thief??????
bclarkie wrote:draco76 wrote:have you guys all forgot this seller is a thief??????That is kind of my thoughts about this..... I can tell you that prick will not see 1 penny of my money, nor would I allow him to buy the sweat off my nuts if he wanted to pay $1000 for it.
Badmike wrote:dathon wrote:Cool... that would _almost_ make it worthwhile to place a bid, if it weren't ECT's auction. Seriously, I bet if you typed up BadMike's Undermountain it would fetch a nice price. You jest, but I"m THIS CLOSE to beginning to print up my old 1st and 2nd edition adventures, slap a funky color cover on them, and start selling them on Ebay. Telling everyone these are the "unapproved" versions with "misprints" and "limited printings". If I succeed maybe be can start our own Aceaum Oldies Service, everyone send me in your homemade crap and we'll all split the profits after reprinting and selling them on Ebay.Isn't there something just faintly illegal about that though? Mike B.
dathon wrote:Cool... that would _almost_ make it worthwhile to place a bid, if it weren't ECT's auction. Seriously, I bet if you typed up BadMike's Undermountain it would fetch a nice price.
Badmike wrote:bclarkie wrote:That is kind of my thoughts about this..... I can tell you that prick will not see 1 penny of my money, nor would I allow him to buy the sweat off my nuts if he wanted to pay $1000 for it.He's actually sold some stuff I wanted, but I wont' bid on anything he's hawking. He's also now blocked from my own auctions. Plus, as I've mentioned earlier, he's starting to move to "Stage 2" of his metamorphosis....apparantly his shipping times are getting a little slower. Nothing to really worry about...yet...but he's following the same pattern as the previous two times.Mike B. Very pleased with book took awhile to arrive but that was Mail fault not seller Buyer sithtar ( 43) May-02-05 10:27 5182126809 Shipping was the main problem. Item recieved was in great shape. Buyer theoriginalfuzzie ( 4 ) Apr-29-05 04:21 5182955781 Reply by jonb7839: Sorry about that! Got a little overwhelmed there! : ) Hope you Enjoy it! Apr-29-05 16:20
bclarkie wrote:That is kind of my thoughts about this..... I can tell you that prick will not see 1 penny of my money, nor would I allow him to buy the sweat off my nuts if he wanted to pay $1000 for it.
pleveich wrote:Badmike wrote:He's actually sold some stuff I wanted, but I wont' bid on anything he's hawking. He's also now blocked from my own auctions. Plus, as I've mentioned earlier, he's starting to move to "Stage 2" of his metamorphosis....apparantly his shipping times are getting a little slower. Nothing to really worry about...yet...but he's following the same pattern as the previous two times.Mike B. Very pleased with book took awhile to arrive but that was Mail fault not seller Buyer sithtar ( 43) May-02-05 10:27 5182126809 Shipping was the main problem. Item recieved was in great shape. Buyer theoriginalfuzzie ( 4 ) Apr-29-05 04:21 5182955781 Reply by jonb7839: Sorry about that! Got a little overwhelmed there! : ) Hope you Enjoy it! Apr-29-05 16:20You're dead on Mike. I grabbed one of the TSR dice bags when he first started. Well BEFORE it arrived he bid on, won and received something from me, then I e-mailed him, he replied that one came back chewed up and that must have been it and another was on the way. Well it arrived and is as advertised but it was a long wait.pleveich
Badmike wrote:He's actually sold some stuff I wanted, but I wont' bid on anything he's hawking. He's also now blocked from my own auctions. Plus, as I've mentioned earlier, he's starting to move to "Stage 2" of his metamorphosis....apparantly his shipping times are getting a little slower. Nothing to really worry about...yet...but he's following the same pattern as the previous two times.Mike B. Very pleased with book took awhile to arrive but that was Mail fault not seller Buyer sithtar ( 43) May-02-05 10:27 5182126809 Shipping was the main problem. Item recieved was in great shape. Buyer theoriginalfuzzie ( 4 ) Apr-29-05 04:21 5182955781 Reply by jonb7839: Sorry about that! Got a little overwhelmed there! : ) Hope you Enjoy it! Apr-29-05 16:20
Badmike wrote:pleveich wrote:You're dead on Mike. I grabbed one of the TSR dice bags when he first started. Well BEFORE it arrived he bid on, won and received something from me, then I e-mailed him, he replied that one came back chewed up and that must have been it and another was on the way. Well it arrived and is as advertised but it was a long wait.pleveichThanks very much for confirming Stage Two has now definitely been reached. It's only a matter of time before State Three is entered, this will be heralded by a rash of Negs and Neutrals from buyers who are having to wait unconscienceable times for their items to arrive. Said feedback will be followed with excuses referenceing either personal illness, family illness or problems, computer virus troubles, death in the family, school problems, or maybe he'll throw something new our way. Be warned, once Stage Three has been reached you only have a 75% chance of actually receiving what you won, and percentages get lower every week afterwards. What exactly is this guy's problem with shipping? You would think that after THREE TIMES he might have finally worked out a viable method of shipping to allow him to get items to owners within several weeks.Mike B.
pleveich wrote:You're dead on Mike. I grabbed one of the TSR dice bags when he first started. Well BEFORE it arrived he bid on, won and received something from me, then I e-mailed him, he replied that one came back chewed up and that must have been it and another was on the way. Well it arrived and is as advertised but it was a long wait.pleveich
GamersRest[FNG] wrote:Just to get back on topic a bit, I am curious as to the authenticity of this item, despite the emailed description he sent me, I was unable to locate either the author (through any other works), the company (via other releases) or the artist (though the name seems to be associated with a number of different artists/photographers...wierd but not helpful). I would be interested in knowing the quality of the production of this "find", as soon as mbassoc2003 recieves it maybe he will bring us up to speed?~jeff
Badmike wrote:It's as authentic as any other homemade undistributed module would be, i.e. I think I'll start writing up and selling my classics "Undermountain: The Unexplored Rooms" or "Anti Paladin in the Desert" or whatever else I came up with the last 20+ years, just slap a nice cover on it and professionally print it up, and I bet you would also have a hard time finding my offical bio or other pertinent information unless you happen to be a Acaeum fan In other words, I wouldn't waste too much time doing any more research on this "find".Mike B.
mbassoc2003 wrote:Badmike wrote:It's as authentic as any other homemade undistributed module would be, i.e. I think I'll start writing up and selling my classics "Undermountain: The Unexplored Rooms" or "Anti Paladin in the Desert" or whatever else I came up with the last 20+ years, just slap a nice cover on it and professionally print it up, and I bet you would also have a hard time finding my offical bio or other pertinent information unless you happen to be a Acaeum fan In other words, I wouldn't waste too much time doing any more research on this "find".Mike B.If you were to do that mike, and you were to count up the hours it took you to type it all up, and whatever you had to do to get good quality art work and cartography, and after all that, there was to be only one copy crop up on eBay, would you really be willing to do that for $60?I think if you're going to put in the time, you need to get good distribution, and that's where the plan falls down. With World of Sarland for example, I paid for the fact that the guy had invested years of gameplay and months of time in typing up his manuscript. I know I have the only copy unless one of the previous owners took a photocopy, as the auther onlt printed two copies, one for himself and one for his friend who was moving away and wanted to continue the campaign with a new gaming group.The copy I have is the copy given to the friend. The authors copy was destroyed by him in the early nineties. It also makes for very good reading.But if you are goint to type up scenarios, and you are going to limit yourself to one copy on eBay, I'll certainly be taking a look.
