posted on April 6, 2001 08:48:08 AM
HI all - I never auction software since I am barely computer functional, but at a thrift shop today I found something that looked cool to me, a computer chess game on the Star Wars theme. I went through the materials and found the original instruction book and what appears to be a complete set of 14 hard diskettes.
On ebay, there are a few, but not many, closed auctions for this game, with pretty good prices compared to what I paid.
My question: should I load and run all those disks to verify that the game works? Or just write as detailed a description as I can and say something like "as is - I have not run it"? I noticed in one auction the seller said that, and he got half what another auction got [the second one described the game action better]. It could be that the first one wasn't in the best category though [Star Wars collectibles]
posted on April 6, 2001 08:55:39 AM
I would try it out. I usually pass on anything that says 'I don't know if it works', in my cynical mind I think they already know it doesn't work.
I have the same dilemma with some Nintendo games I originally bought for my kids with the game and all. The console doesn't work so now I can't really say the games work either.
posted on April 6, 2001 03:04:56 PM
If they are floppy disks and not write protected, be sure to have virus check on and scan those disks. Hate to pass a virus on to a buyer.
posted on April 7, 2001 09:09:28 PM
I think you should just sell it to me and forget the whole auction process
sssshhhh---- I don't think we are allowed to say that because of some e-bay rules
posted on April 7, 2001 10:14:57 PM
So what's the name of this game. I really would be interested, my son is a star wars fanatic along with a computer genious-guru-programmer.
