THE GRAIL DIARY SCAM

Posted by Mark from pool-207-205-150-51.dlls.grid.net on January 25, 1999 at 00:44:36:

In Reply to: Re: Decieving The Blind posted by woods01 on January 24, 1999 at 21:13:09:

: Also if this book so rare, then how come one or two of them are on
: Ebay every week? I remember playing the game back in the day and that
: game was everywhere. The Lucasarts and Sierra adventure games were the
: big games for the home computer in those days, even if there are
: variations of the book as Lucasarts created cheaper versions to save
: on production costs, the game was still a mass market item. Not a
: limited edition collectors item! It seems that there are many people
: who have dozens of these things, how can they be worth $100?

For the past several months there were probably at least two diaries a week for sale like you said, but also there were several Last Crusade games w/diary for sale as well- bought up by the same people who were selling the diaries, of course the games were only being bought for around $20 each. So, why didn't they mention the game in their description? Obviously it would reveal their 'source' and ruin the books 'valuable' appeal. Honestly speaking, do you think that people would pay the $300+ for the Last Crusade game- even if it had the diary? I don't think so, if people want the diary and don't know the source- they'll pay the money, but if the source is known, they'll realize it's not as difficult to obtain than otherwise thought. Think of how many incomplete games are out there now, if not in the garbage!

Mark

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: : Also if this book so rare, then how come one or two of them are on 
: : Ebay every week? I remember playing the game back in the day and that
: : game was everywhere. The Lucasarts and Sierra adventure games were the
: : big games for the home computer in those days, even if there are 
: : variations of the book as Lucasarts created cheaper versions to save
: : on production costs, the game was still a mass market item. Not a 
: : limited edition collectors item! It seems that there are many people
: : who have dozens of these things, how can they be worth $100?

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: For the past several months there were probably at least two diaries a week for sale like you said, but also there were several Last Crusade games w/diary for sale as well- bought up by the same people who were selling the diaries, of course the games were only being bought for around $20 each. So, why didn't they mention the game in their description? Obviously it would reveal their 'source' and ruin the books 'valuable' appeal. Honestly speaking, do you think that people would pay the $300+ for the Last Crusade game- even if it had the diary? I don't think so, if people want the diary and don't know the source- they'll pay the money, but if the source is known, they'll realize it's not as difficult to obtain than otherwise thought. Think of how many incomplete games are out there now, if not in the garbage!

: Mark

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