Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:30:23 09/18/02
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On September 18, 2002 at 04:49:33, Aaron Tay wrote: >On September 17, 2002 at 22:12:32, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 17, 2002 at 21:59:48, Aaron Tay wrote: >> >>>On September 17, 2002 at 18:42:11, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On September 17, 2002 at 17:02:59, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>> >>>>>John Merlino, sorry for this, but let me say it is a shame that we cannot get >>>>>CM9000 in ICD, the host of this site where me and you has room to talk, ask and >>>>>answer about the same CM9000. >>>>>More: if you try to purchase the stuff in ubisoft outside USA, you cannot. >>>>>So my question is: what kind of marketing policy is that that keeps the most >>>>>prestiged shop without the stuff and keeps rest of the world without the stuff? >>>>>Are we compelled to purchase in this or that general store where we never >>>>>purchase nothing because you have a deal with it? >>>>>I think I will not purchase the bloody product. I will redirect that part of my >>>>>budget to chessbase or Rebel. Too much URSS kind of burocracy for me in your >>>>>company. >>>>>My best >>>>>Fernando >>>> >>>>I am very sad to hear this. However, I must say that the product is not yet >>>>available outside North America at all. <snip> >>> >>>Funny, I just bought it a few days ago, here in Singapore. The local distributor >>>is New Era, >>> >> >>Fascinating.... If you have a scanner or a digital camera, could you send me an >>image of the box, please? > >Got to wait untill the weekend..SInce I don't have a scanner here. > > >>If not, could you at least describe the packaging? Does the packaging look like >>the kind of box shots that you see at chessmaster.com? > >It looks much like the screenshots , coming in a small box. > >Differences > >1)On the top left corner I don't have that black thing saying "Pc cd-rom". The >red bar saying "The world's most popular...." goes across the whole box. > >2)Below that is a yellow logo saying "Official US Chess Championship sponsor.." > >3) On the same line as ubisoft on the bottom to it's left there is a logo saying >"2 Cdset" and to the extreme left there is a logo "Everyone.. content rated by >ESRB" > >4)Also sticker added saying "Another premium Product exclusively distributed by >New ERA entertainment Pte ltd"... with address and url www.neweraonline.com > >> >>We would like to determine if this is "grey market", "black market", or >>whatever.... > >Sigh . Here we go again.. I have bought games from New era many times. It's >quite reputable. It has the manual, the pamplet about joing www.uschesslive.org >etc.. > >Price is comparable in terms of US$... > >The last time I bought from them (New Era) was Age of Wonders 2. It had patching >problems, and the developer of AOW II also initally thought it was a pirated >copy..Turns out New Era had the rights to distribute but they goofed by pressing >a pre-release version!! > >Thankful, no such problems for Chessmaster 9000 here... > >Am I supposed to think this is a black market copy? > > >Aaron Probably not. It was probably just a special deal that some UbiSoft sales people had with New Era, which appears to be a legit company. However, I will have it checked out to make sure. What version does your CM9000 say when you go to "Help -> About Chessmaster 9000". Also, what are the dates and times of the files in the "Chessmaster 9000" folder. Most of them should be 7/29/2002 at 1:00:00 am. jm
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