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On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:50:12 -0500, Michael Cecil
<macecil@comcast.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:33:26 +0100, Bodhran <simix76@hotmaildotcom> wrote:
>
>>the thief games were posted in alt.binaries.old.games a couple of
>>weeks back - but maybe your server doesn't have such retention.
>>
>>borrowed my originals to my dad over a year ago and he's addicted now
>>so got myself another copy from ebay - Sold Out Games - thief 1 and 2
>>£5.89 for both - also both were current versions - ie. thief 1 is at
>>version 1.33
>>
>>some games I might download but my favorites like thief, half life and
>>neverwinter nights I buy - I've played these many times and they're
>>well worth the money
>
>The point is he did buy it originally.  Downloading a replacement copy
>isn't taking any money away from Looking Glass now, since they're long
>gone.

I'm not against downloading - I tried everywhere to get replacements
from game shops and newsgroups - someone posted thief 1 for me but it
was a rip - voice files were missing etc, so that prompted me to check
ebay. 
I have a download limit on my broadband so am paying for any downloads
anyway. Then there's the cost of the discs to burn to, and cases, and
covers.
Apart from downloading you can't really beat less than £3 for each
game, 
Just when I got the games through the post someone else posted full
versions of them in the group I mentioned.