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Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: Bobbler on February 10, 2007, 07:10:38 am ---I personally do not see why we cannot do an on demand availability to items which people need to complete a restoration (regardless of if they where in on a group buy or not) via either something similar to the ROM burning services or make items available online privately for the person via FTP/web. This would allow some element of control over the entire set not being used for profit making.
Just my two cents...

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And a very valid and interesting two cents it is! I've no doubt that we can do that.

Lets get the purchase done and dusted before we start debating this though. Priority one, is get the files bought and paid for.

EDIT: UPDATE!

However!! On another interesting note, there is a move afoot, to further reduce postage costs and distribution time to the guys buying into this in the USA.

To that end, the Hard drive containing the master files, will be making a little diversion via New York on the way to the UK.  "Randy. T."  of "Groovy Game Gear" fame, has offered to do the distribution on the US side of the pond.  Personally I can't think of anyone that is more respected and trusted in this community, and whose record of prompt and efficient delivery is known to all here.   :cheers: Thanks Randy!!

This will massively cut the postal costs and reduce the risk of drives being lost or damaged in the post, for the guys in the USA. It will also allow me to concentrate on the UK and European distribution and cut the workload.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
ChadTower:

I'm not sure I fully buy the "don't devalue MameMarquee's investment" argument.  He can't sell the items legally on the basis of their content so basically he's offering a printing service, yes?  Someone distributing the images is not devaluing a printing service.
Wienerdog:
I'm considering joining in on ths, but I didn't see what happens if more than 21 members join in.  If we get 30 buyers, where is the extra $450 going? It seems like everyone should get $15 back but I also don't mind if someone is planning to keep that money.  I just want it to be clear where (or to whom) that extra money is going. 

Fozzy, you're a saint (but not THE Saint, of course) for coordinating all of this (and Randy and the others too)!
RandyT:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 10, 2007, 01:59:01 pm ---EDIT: UPDATE!

However!! On another interesting note, there is a move afoot, to further reduce postage costs and distribution time to the guys buying into this in the USA.

To that end, the Hard drive containing the master files, will be making a little diversion via New York on the way to the UK.  "Randy. T."  of "Groovy Game Gear" fame, has offered to do the distribution on the US side of the pond. 

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I appreciate the kind words, but I think Fozzy should read my PM again  :D

To sum up, I don't wish to be "the guy" in the US to do the distribution to everyone in the buy-in group (no way I can swing that kind of time.)  We'll need some help from another trusted individual in the US who would like to take the responsibility for that task, preferably someone who's been around awhile.  I just wanted to make sure that nothing happened to the drive or it's contents before anyone had a chance to get an image from it (customs delays, possible losses of data due to damage, x-ray machines, etc..)  and also wanted to keep shipping costs lower for folks here in the US.  I'll also purchase an extra drive and take a whack at compressing everything to it to get the size down.  This should help reduce the cost  for folks on this side of the pond.

Once an individual is designated to be the one to make sure the rest of the group get their drives filled, I'll duplicate either the original, the compressed or both images to them so they can get the ball rolling.  It should be the safest and most expedient approach.

RandyT
johnm160:
Maybe 2 or 3 of us on the U.S. side can split the load of copying the drives so too much work does not fall on one person.

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