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Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 12:32:35 AM

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Does anybody have as copy of this game they want to sell?

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 1:07:13 AM

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Matrix has lotsa copies to sell...

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 1:18:58 AM

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I think the point might be that he doesn't want to pay full price...

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 1:34:34 AM

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I think the point might be that he doesn't want to pay full price...

True, but full price is a fair price as far as this game goes. I've never known anything to to come close when it comes to hours/price paid, ACOW was close but still didn't win.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 1:37:42 AM

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I think the point might be that he doesn't want to pay full price...

True, but full price is a fair price as far as this game goes. I've never known anything to to come close when it comes to hours/price paid, ACOW was close but still didn't win.

True, by the time my 3x3 PBEM is done i expect the cost per hour to be about $0.00000001...of course I will be 83 and wont care.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 1:38:59 AM

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I guess it's a sign of the following of this game that the used copies for sale are few and far between.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 2:37:52 AM

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It must be a good game - I've been looking on ebay for months. I'm sure the game is well worth full price but if memory serves me correctly that full price was about $20 less back in December ;) I'll stick to Pacwar until it comes on sale again I suppose. If my wife could tell the difference between Legend of Zelda ver 6million and a real game I might be in here playing you guys instead of looking for a copy :)

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 5:31:35 AM

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You're going about this all wrong. You need to tell your wife you have decided to cut back on game-buying, that you are going to limit yourself to spending less than $100 on games for the entire year. Then you download WitP from the Matrix website and dive in!

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 7:32:15 PM

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If you do manage to get a game CD from E-Bay, make sure you get the game's serial number so that you can load the game and the subsequent downloads - otherwise it could be a real bummer.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 8:53:55 PM

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If you do manage to get a game CD from E-Bay, make sure you get the game's serial number so that you can load the game and the subsequent downloads - otherwise it could be a real bummer.

If he gets an original CD then the serial number is printed ON the CD.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 9:28:46 PM

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If you do manage to get a game CD from E-Bay, make sure you get the game's serial number so that you can load the game and the subsequent downloads - otherwise it could be a real bummer.

If he gets an original CD then the serial number is printed ON the CD.

I've got an original CD and the serial number is NOT printed on it - it is seperate.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/22/2007 11:46:07 PM

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I've got an original CD and the serial number is NOT printed on it - it is seperate.

I've got one, and the s/n is printed on the CD

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/23/2007 2:44:32 AM

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Mine is on the CD and i got it innovember for christmas well parents got it in november i got it december 25th.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/23/2007 4:03:55 AM

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If you do manage to get a game CD from E-Bay, make sure you get the game's serial number so that you can load the game and the subsequent downloads - otherwise it could be a real bummer.

I think the serial has to change ownership somehow if it has been registered in the members area...

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/23/2007 8:15:44 AM

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The first release of WITP, at Origins back in '04, did not have the serial number printed on the disc. I do not know how many of these were made (without the serial #), but I do know that the first ones were released that way.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/24/2007 1:06:30 AM

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The first release of WITP, at Origins back in '04, did not have the serial number printed on the disc. I do not know how many of these were made (without the serial #), but I do know that the first ones were released that way.

Yep...mine was in my confirmation e-mail.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/27/2007 3:01:31 PM

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Birde, you can buy it here (http://www.3kropki.pl/p/2/2/war_in_the_pacific.php)
for as tiny price as approx. 6 USD.
This is a normal shop, you get legal copies with serial.

You can order it to be send abroad -- I think transportation costs to wherever you are shall be higher than the cost of a CD...
Eventually, I can buy it for you and send if y'd wiretransfer me money ;)

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 12:06:26 AM

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That's not cool dude...

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 5:26:45 PM

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I am sorry, but what is not cool?
We live in an open European Union -- there is a freedom of transfering the goods between countries. Anybody can buy anything abroad and order it to be sent to him, wherever he lives.
Why Birdie should not buy the game in Poland?
Isn't America a country of free people?

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 6:00:19 PM

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I am sorry, but what is not cool?
We live in an open European Union -- there is a freedom of transfering the goods between countries. Anybody can buy anything abroad and order it to be sent to him, wherever he lives.
Why Birdie should not buy the game in Poland?
Isn't America a country of free people?

Just guessing here, but i suspect rogueusmc is thinking that the store mentioned is ripping-off Matrix in some fashion. $6 is way, way below the current US price.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 6:49:58 PM

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I do not want to act as their advocate...
This is a legal shop, not hacker-some or whatever, paying taxes, must have paid the licence..
The question is: why are you paying that much and not why I can buy it for 8 USD...

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 7:41:27 PM

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I do not want to act as their advocate...
This is a legal shop, not hacker-some or whatever, paying taxes, must have paid the licence..
The question is: why are you paying that much and not why I can buy it for 8 USD...

Good question... i'd like to know as well...

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 8:13:10 PM

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I certainly didn't mind paying $20 a case for Petra (a Jordanian Beer in 24oz can and 8 1/2 alcohol) while in Iraq. I most certainly did not feel guilty that Budweiser or Miller didn't make their markup on the sale either. The game company selling the game probably bought the game for a wholesale price and being a niche game is now trying to get something back on their investment. They will never make any return if it is sitting on a shelf somewhere. I worked in management in retail for a number of years and while I'm not 100% certain I seem to recall books and the like having a %40 markup. That would make the wholesale price like $42 US. Bear in mind the software company has made their profit at that point. So it is not inconceivable that a store that has merchandise sitting around collecting dust will price it to move.

I've purchased other software that was available in Europe and not here in the states for very good prices before also. The Combat Mission Anthology comes to mind. I purchased all 3 titles for like $20 from an EBay seller in Europe and that package was not released here in the states for another year. So I'm not sure if the EU laws might not have an effect on the prices also. I know Microsoft is always in trouble in Europe. Just my 2 cents worth but I for one appreciated the direction.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 8:15:21 PM

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thats it....we're just going to have to invade Europe.....again.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 8:23:43 PM

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Viberpol is right - I bought mine for a price of about 18 PLn which is about 6,2 USD.
Its a stock game, licenced with serial and stuff. they are selling it as a part of theirs classic wargames series through respected bookstore network called EMPIK (they got an on-line shopping too).

Same time I do buy books in US - much cheaper than in Europe, have to admit that i dont pay for a delivery - it comes with corporate mail from NY office right on my desk

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 8:28:03 PM

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BTW: I bouth a WPO for the same price same day.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 9:16:22 PM

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I do not want to act as their advocate...
This is a legal shop, not hacker-some or whatever, paying taxes, must have paid the licence..
The question is: why are you paying that much and not why I can buy it for 8 USD...

It might be worth you guys comparing serial numbers and making sure you all have different ones...

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/28/2007 9:31:09 PM

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yes, we do have different serials, I actually bought a game for another "witp-forum addict" and checked the parcel before sending it.

Everything is legal.
Game is cheaper. All strategy games are quite cheap here -- this is like Birde said -- its a niche product.
BTW: Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific costs here about 26 USD.
How much do you have to pay there you live?

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/29/2007 7:36:37 AM

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There has been some concern over the years about counterfeit games being sold on the open market. Someone will buy a legitimate copy and then produce a lot of illegal copies from that. I know that the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, even Russia) have been known for this (as well as China, Indonesia and Malaysia), thus the questions from US forum members. It is because of these practices that we (gamers) have been subjected to such computer destroying anti-copy programs such as StarForge...

Yes, any dealer who legitimately purchased copies of the game and has been unable to sell it at the original price is allowed to sell it for whatever he can get for it. Consider yourself lucky.

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RE: Any WITP games for sale? - 3/29/2007 3:03:18 PM

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I work in the IT field now and deal with license issues on a weekly basis. Since all the licenses for the game are controlled by the game company in this case I feel pretty confident that it must be a legitimate copy. Just the printing and packaging would be as expensive as the selling price in US dollars. I think as a "classic" they are just trying to move it. How many times has someone found a "gem" in the discount bin at the local Babbages?

They must also be dealing with a price control issue or are working on much less of a markup. Like I said and Viberpol has said games are much less expensive in Europe at least the ones I've looked for have been. I alluded in an earlier post to the sale that Matrix had back before Christmas. Sales are a great way to move products. WITP is getting long in the tooth for a game by todays standards. The price certainly isn't inexpensive it might improve the games appeal to use the "sale" price to get it out there. I know of at least 1 other site here in the states that sales the game for less than Matrix does so I know it is a pricing issue. I wonder if the sale at Christmas was eaten by Matrix or the software company? anyways I'm rambling. Yes,bradfordkay I do consider myself lucky in this circumstance. At least I will when the game works ;)

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