VERY 'dodgy' ebay seller!

[fatboy]

Hi!,
    a friend of mine has recently seen (and reported) this guy link
for selling pirated games....yet he is still doing it?

Most of the stuff is probably 'drop shipping' but he is adding 'dodgy' games in his vast stock.

Ebay doing it's job...I think not!

These are clearly copies DO NOT BUY!

[fatboy]

I thought ebay was clamping down on this sort of thing?
Perhaps they think the Amiga is too old to worry about!

[fatboy]

jimbo100 wrote:
The listing has been removed so eBay must have done something about it!

Just a 100's  more to go then?....he has 1000+ listed items. many probably are legit? many probably aren't???

 :getmad:
no-one should profit from other peoples hard work...even if there is a demand for such 'dodgy' stuff!

[fatboy]

You guys are the first to complain about what 'killed' the Amiga in the mainstream (apart from Commodore themselves), and piracy was a factor as to why many software companies
stopped supporting the Amiga.

You all crave 'new' software, but new developers are reluctant to spend hours of there time knowing full well someone will soon be pirating their wares.

OK the guy is selling stuff that is as good as dead (and can be obtained freely....pretty much anywhere on the net)
However he IS selling in such a way as to imply that it is original!

Surly NO-ONE can support what he is doing?

And trust me, I am no do-gooder, just someone who was asked by a non-member to highlight this issue!

[fatboy]

 [/quote]

I have to agree. Everyone does something dodgy at some point in their lives. How would you like to be treated in those instances? Since we are on the topic, why not crusade against downloaded videos and MP3s which the creators DO give a toss about.[/quote]

I assumed that this was an Amiga forum, about Amiga things?.....the principle is the same for any copyright issue.

I personally don't download 'poor' quality DVD rips or Virus infested MP3's.....but no-one offering these 'downloads' are making out it's something it's not!

I thought Back2Roots where offering legal downloads of 100's of classic Amiga games??? why does anyone NEED to buy a pirated copy of a multitude of Amiga games just to line someone's pocket, who'll gladly take your money and run?

[fatboy]

@ Amintony

Simply highlighted that piracy was a FACTOR not the overall cause of the demise of the Amiga brand?

I certainly don't care deep enough to get involved with some 'heated' debate......I'm off to play on my A1200!  :-)

[fatboy]

OK back again!

Just had 10 mins blasting on Banshee on my Amiga Technologies A1200 on my NEWish 37" Panasonic Flat Screen TV...by coincidence I got a call from my brother-in-law who was just setting up an Amiga I gave him last year, for his 8 year son!

That say's it ALL for me?

Here I am with a classic piece of 90's computer technology playing an old Amiga game on my BIG screen TV. My nephew is at his dads house and about to do the same on a machine twice as old has him...and I know he loves it!!!!!

What a great machine!!!...timeless....and NOT worth getting into heated debates over....just enjoy  ;-)