Selling my Keen Games

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Selling my Keen Games

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Due to the fact that i haven't visited in forever, and played these games for even longer, I have decided to get rid of them, and hopefully recoup some of what these games cost me.

Links below to both of my Keen games on ebay. Am I asking too much? Feedback might convince me to modify the listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commander-Keen- ... _500wt_959

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commander-Keen- ... _500wt_959
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Post by Benvolio »

i'd say those prices are reasonable. if I were a man of means I'd snap them up. more photos would be nice, for those of us who won't end up owning them!
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The question is will the people pay. If not, immediately file a claim so that ebay will not charge you for the auction. After four days of the claim you can close the claim and thus get refunded. Then you can give a second chance offer to the second biggest bidder.


I have had such bad experiences when selling on ebay, though thankfully not often. So, keep that in mind.
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I can't believe how much was paid for the Keen 6. It's rare, certainly, but not that rare.
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Flaose wrote:I can't believe how much was paid for the Keen 6. It's rare, certainly, but not that rare.
I agree. But the big question is will the person end up paying what he ending up bidding?
And then with ebay's new buyer protection rules, heck, he can even get a refund. The game has to be sent with delivery confirmation and who knows what else. Sellers need protection too, but they do not really get it as much as they should. For example, if it is sent without delivery confirmation that guy could say that he did not get it and get a full refund from ebay. It happened to me when I was selling some stuff... :(
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Flaose wrote:I can't believe how much was paid for the Keen 6. It's rare, certainly, but not that rare.
It's almost twice the starting price!

Take a look through the bid history; the bidders really were set on getting the game. The bid jumps are huge!
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i remember thinking about bidding for these, but then the numbers started to crawl higher and higher and i began to scream like a little girl every time i looked at them
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Post by Paramultart »

I would kill for some legit Keen copies again.
Looking back, I had a few Keen floppies as a kid; they were destroyed, along with my nearly-complete Apogee collection.

Though I don't have a lot of funds, the most I would probably be willing to pay is maybe $150 for all six episodes.

To ask for around that much for one game seems a little unreasonable to me, no matter how much I would treasure that classic 90's gold.
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Post by Gr1nreaper »

I was also surprised at the final bid for Keen 6 - I expected more than $50 less than what it sold for, but the price for Keen "Goodbye Galaxy" (4 & 5) floored me, to be honest. Apparently a complete boxed copy of a GT Software version is more rare than I thought?
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Post by jayo »

I don't have a floppy drive anymore so those won't help for me! A legit Keen 6 would've been nice, but I have a copy that's been patched to the latest version, as well as scans of the box and manual, so I'm good! :D
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Since when have Keeners had money?
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