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Zakk:
So you couldn't use the word MAME when selling T-molding (for example), which could be used for a Mame cab? Pffft, seems a little harsh. Thanks again Foley for making all this possible. So it looks like he is accomplishing his goal of making Mame harder to find.
Raven..:
And in the end it will drive the price UP. The harder something in demand is to get, the more people will pay for it when they can find it. I'm not advocating selling MAME systems, but making them less accessable will improve the market for the people who do. Of course the market will be harder to reach without eBay, but there are other places to sell things. :)
Quarters:
--- Quote from: Zakk on June 03, 2005, 10:41:36 pm ---So you couldn't use the word MAME when selling T-molding (for example), which could be used for a Mame cab? Pffft, seems a little harsh. Thanks again Foley for making all this possible. So it looks like he is accomplishing his goal of making Mame harder to find.
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Yep. t-molding, act-lab guns, push buttons... all have been VeROed. :'(
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Zakk on June 03, 2005, 10:41:36 pm ---So you couldn't use the word MAME when selling T-molding (for example), which could be used for a Mame cab? Pffft, seems a little harsh. Thanks again Foley for making all this possible. So it looks like he is accomplishing his goal of making Mame harder to find.
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See the other related thread, you can't say "MAME T-molding" in the title.
You can (once it the ad) say T-molding "suitable for an arcade cabinet running MAME(tm)"
--- Quote from: EyeDoc ---And in the end it will drive the price UP. The harder something in demand is to get, the more people will pay for it when they can find it. I'm not advocating selling MAME systems, but making them less accessable will improve the market for the people who do. Of course the market will be harder to reach without eBay, but there are other places to sell things.
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Not necessarily - Star Wars Yokes are around $120-150 on E-bay now, but if the seller mislabels it as "Atari Yoke Control", a similar item may sell for around $25-30. What it means is that casual users will not find items and enthusiasts will need to search more creatively (search Title AND Description.)
Setabs:
Im sorry anyone using the search term mame to find t-molding is probably going to have an ugly cabinet.