My friend Brown (aka UPS) dropped off my copy today.
No major surprises, as I had of course played the demo. I did burn myself trying to run up the price during my first land auction, as I did not activate "classic auction" and did not read the manual until later.
I am beginning to remember how I was never very good at M.U.L.E.! It does bring back good memories of me & three friends huddled around a C=64 monitor arguing over markets.
One (minor) quirk: when entering your name at the beginning, you must use upper-case (or caps lock).