Buying or replacing MSTS Software

[steam4me]

GameWholesale are now selling (as posted previously) for £25 plus packaging

No, still £18.95 - post free in UK, £4 per unit to Australia.



http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... K:MEWAX:IT

In March this year, I purchased 30 copies for £8.95 plus £2 each airmail. I suspect they made more on airmail charges than it actually cost them.

[lumpchase]

They were selling it on Amazon.co.uk at £25 quid, MT now have none left in stock after selling our last couple on Amazon for a lot less than anyone else.

[craigals]

One of my original 8 year old MSTS discs has a few bad scratches on it, so as a back up, I have been looking around for another copy of MSTS which are becoming rather scarce. I found a new Explosive version on Amazon for £20 and on the same site, a second hand Explosive version for £14.99 plus £1.99 postage for any of these copies.

I then went on Ebay and found 1 new copy for sale but it didn't state whether it was an original MSTS copy or an Explosive copy, as there was no photograph. It was for auction starting at £4.99 with no bids, or Buy Now at £8.99. So I contacted the seller to see what version it was and got an instant reply to say it was an original Microsoft Version Brand new and unopened. So I replied straight away and asked if she would (yes a female) accept £6 for it, she replied back, offer me £7 and you can have it. So I thought being as a brand new unopened original copy was very rare, I snapped it up. There are not many brand new Explosive copies about now, so dropping on a Microsoft original was very lucky indeed.
As I have no intentions of giving up with MSTS, by replacing my copy, will stand me in good stead for probably another eight years, should I ever need to reinstall again, as my original discs are looking a bit worse for ware. For anyone who like me, plans staying with MSTS, its worth looking around for another copy, whilst there are still some around, because they seem to be getting pretty hard to find now, especially brand new copies. Worth getting as a back up, just in case your originals get scratched or damaged.

Geoff

Did you know that you can take any scratched discs to Blockbuster or Game station and get them cleaned and scratches removed from the discs for between £2 and £5

[Tonysmedley]

I always try a simple and temporary process to read a scratched disc; it often works and if it doesn't then there is no permanent harm.
Spray the data side of the disc with a little good quality Spray type furniture polish and lightly polish it.
The put it in your CD player and copy it to desktop or somewhere. It often works and if it doesn't then you can wipe the disc clean.

Tony