Well now this might upset Kurt and I can see why.
I got this email this morning.
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Date: 10/23/2002 11:17:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: XXXXXXXXXXXX
To: buyatari@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Hi there, Atari 2600 Collector.
I have GOOD NEWS for a smart 2600 Collector!
I have the complete ULTRA-RARE Parker Brothers MCDONALDS 2600 PROTOTYPE PACKAGE that was recently available for sale on ebay! This item is a tremendous investment, because it is also cross-collectible with McDonalds memorabilia collectors, as well as of course being the rarest 2600 proto in existence.
I am making a proposition to a VERY SMALL, select few Collectors who might be interested in aquiring the RAREST 2600 PROTOTYPE on Earth!
You are the first Collector I am offering this package to (and you could be the last!)....
MCDONALDS 2600 PROTO SET priced at >>>>> $2,000 <<<<<<< (firm).
WHATTABARGAIN!!
As you probably know, compared to what some other, far more common, "production" games have sold for recently, this is a real bargain!
If I receive an acceptance by this evening (10/23) then I will not contact any more of the big-money Collectors on my list. If I do not hear from you, I will duplicate this offer to another Collector, until the MCDONALDS PROTO is sold.
I am not the Owner of this Prototype, I am acting as Broker for the deal. The real Owner of the fabulously rare MCDONALDS PROTOTYPE wishes to remain anonymous. The McDonalds package is exactly as pictured in the recent ebay auction that was discontinued by being closed early.
I have an ebay account under the name "XXXXXXXX" with +500 rating, so you know this offer is on the "up and up".
If you wish to accept the offer, you can either email me by "replying" to this email, or else by using my ebay ID to send an email to me.
Please let me know if you wish to be the new Owner of the MCDONALDS 2600 PROTO package
Best regards,
Ronald Mac Donald