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*I
AM NOT ACCEPTING TRADE OFFERS*
SORRY, NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE.
People recently don't seem to understand this rule, as simple as it is. So I will highlight it for the first & final time... I WILL NOT TRADE FOR CURRENCY! That means, I will not trade for cash, check, or money order. (I will not say who, but someone out there actually told me, "If you won't except cash, how about a money order?") Accepting cash (or any form of currency) for these COPYRIGHTED programs is ILLEGAL. So, if you come to me asking for shows, and offer me money, don't expect a responce.
Also, I'm sorry to say that I will not trade shows in exchange for blank tapes. (That is, you send me 2 tapes, I use one to make your tape, and I keep the other for "payment" as it were). I personally don't think that it is worth it. But even if you don't have all that much to offer me in return, let me know. You never know what will tickle my fancy.
I am willing to send tapes anywhere in the world, and do not limit myself to North America. But please keep in mind that in order to view the tapes I send you, you must have an NTSC compatible VCR to play the tapes back. I do NOT have the ability to record in PAL or SECAM at this time, but that may change sometime in the future. For those that are curious, here is a map of what counties use what formats:
This is a new rule I'm putting on the list, just as a reminder that I only trade on a per-show basic, reguardless to wheather or not the episode(s) have commericals or not. Thus, a 30 minute show with commericals EQUALS a 20 minute show, due to it not having commericals. In the end, if we do a trade of 16 shows each, and the tape I make for you has no commericals at all, it is equal to the tape that has 16 shows with all commericals. Of course, 60 minute shows equal 2 30 minute shows using the same format. (Some people may think this is unfair due to time differences, but its how I operate.)
I will keep ALL commericals that I have on my copy in your copy. Wheater it be original commericals or otherwise. Also, some studio masters have "empty space" in which the commericals would be manually inserted. I keep them intact as well. You may of course request otherwise for time concerns.
On a "normal" trade, I will only use T-120 (6 hour) tapes, recorded in EP/SLP mode. If all shows have commericals, I can hit 12 episodes on a single tape. However on occasion, I can fit as many as 16 episodes on a single T-120 tape. I have the right to use T-160 (8 hour) tapes without warning, and in some cases I may even use T-130 (6 1/2 hour) tapes. You also have that right.
I always tape shows in EP/SLP modes, unless stated otherwise. I will tell you that I am not too fond of using LP or SP mode in recording tapes, because the cost of the tapes, and the cost of shipping goes a lot higher, very quickly. Suddenly, a trade that would fit on a single T-160 has to go on as many as 4 tapes. While I *will* tape in SP or LP, I request that if you do, that you do the same on my tapes. It's only fair.
I send all of my packages using the United
States Postal Service, and I request that you do the same. For
domestic (United States and Canada) packages I send all tapes via
Priority Mail, which starts at (and usually is) $3.20, and tapes
get to you between 2-3 days. For international packages, I sent
all tapes via Global Priority Mail, which starts at around $3.75,
and the tapes get to you between 7-10 days. I request that you
please do the same when mailing my packages.
At the start of every entry, you will see a letter. This is the rating of the quality of the video on my copy of the show. "A" being crystal clear or close to it, "F" meaning that the video isn't hollerable. Keep this in mind when making selections. At the end of all episodes, you will see some characters. Let me explain how to read them.
The "OB" indicates that the show was taped from the original broadcast. A complete list of all sources is found below. "WOC" indicates that the episode has the ORIGINAL commericals. (If a show has GSN commericals or the like, WOC will not be shown, but may contain them.)
The number at the end is the tape number the show is on, and the show number on the tape. It makes finding shows easier on my end. PLEASE INCLUDE THE NUMBERS IN THE INITIAL REQUEST.
a) Bumper Stumpers - Any episode I don't have
b) Couch Potatoes - Any episode I don't have
c) Endurance UK - Any episode at ALL
d) Hot Potato - Any episode from the non-celebrity version I don't have;
I) Pilot episode (Either Cullen's or the Original Guys);
II) Last episode of ORIGINAL run, aired April 13, 1984
e) Hot Streak - Any episodes I don't have;
I) Pilot Episode #1
II) Foreign episodes I don't have
III) Finale episode, aired April 4, 1986
f) Lip Service - Any episode at ALL
g) Million Dollar Chance of a Lifetime - Any episode with a $1,000,000 LOSS
h) Press Your Luck - Any episodes I don't have;
I) Any 1983 episodes USA Network didn't air;
II) The infamous "$3" episode;
i) Pyramid - Any episode from the $10k, Cullen $25k, $50k and Davidson $100k versions;
I) Any pilot to any of the Pyramid runs, including the bad 1996/1997 pilots;
II) Any episode from any run with Gladys Knight as a celebrity player
j) Remote Control - Any episodes I don't have;
I) Pilot episode
k) Ruck Zuck - Episodes with Werner Schulze-Erdel;
I) Episodes with Jochen Bendel from before 1998;
II) Episodes of "Kinder Ruck Zuck" ("Hot Streak Junior")
l) Sale Of The Century - Any early episode with the Rainbow Buzzers;
I) Episodes from Australia, and other foreign countries
m) Scrabble - Episode with 87.0 second Sprint time
I understand that some people may not have as much to offer in return. If you are a newbie to game show trading and need some help getting started, I am more than willing to help. Other television programs I am interested in are:
a) "Brothers" (7/13/1984 to 7/25/1989 on Showtime) b) "Computer Chronicles" (Episodes before 1988) c) "Gloria" (9/26/1982 to 9/21/1983 on CBS) d) "Hi Honey, I'm Home!" (7/19/1991 to 11/8/1992 on ABC and Nick At Nite) e) "Maude" (9/12/1972 to 4/29/1978 on CBS) f) "The Powers That Be" (3/7/1992 to 6/19/1993 on NBC) g) "704 Houser" (4/11/1994 to 5/9/1994 on CBS) h) "Toomorrow" (1970 film with Olivia Newton-John...ENGLISH COPY ONLY) [**SPECIAL: I will give you -=SIX=- hours of material if you have this**] i) "Walter And Emily" (11/16/1991 to 2/22/1992 on NBC)
a) Compact Disc Interactive (CD-i) CDs b) Apple II Software that runs on at least 128k of RAM on a //e c) Original copy of "Electric Dreams" Soundtrack d) Olivia Newton-John sheet music. Any song from "Physical", "Soul Kiss", "Xanadu", "Two Of A Kind", or "The Rumour". Original or xeroxed copies are good. :) e) Atari 2600 & ColecoVision Cartridges. Looking for some rare or hard to find carts, prototypes, boxes and manuals. E-mail me for details. (But if you have a GameLine Modem w/docs & boxes [or even without them], I'll give you a LOT of episodes.) f) Nintendo Power Magazine. Any issue from the 80s to early to mid 90s. g) And of course, game show board games or books
