Another SW pickup

[gutsman004]

And to make matters worse, both of you guys already HAVE Star Wars machines. GREEDY,HOARDING bastards!!

Fixed! Just kidding guys! But seriously,I believe that the seller probably thought Slackmoe was just going to waste her time when he was going to come "kick the tires". So then jehuie comes along and says basically,I'll take it for sure.

So the seller basically made a choice between someone who may buy the game pending inspection or someone who definitely wanted the game. So while I can understand her motives for doing what she did....it still was an asshole move on her part.

 

[joeycuda]

If something seems like a great deal (or too good to be true), and you're interested, you better say you'll take it for their asking price and drop what you're doing (job, etc..) immediately and drive to pick it up with cash in hand.

I've bought a few games where I knew the condition could go either way, but based on what I knew, I decided that it was worth committing and just going to get it. One was a 720, for a fair, going rate price, and the game turned out to be in better shape than I expected.

Another was an ad for a Ms Pac for like $100. I knew it could be a parts game or a cocktail that I didn't really want, but I told the guy I'd take it, left work immediately, and drove as fast as I could to get it. It turned out to be a playing blind, upright cabinet, faded with a hasp bar, but complete with the original manual package stapled inside. The paint looks like ass, but aside from that and the hasp holes, it's a perfect restoration candidate, unrestored, and everything original like it left the factory, plywood cab, etc.. A flyback, HOT, and cap kit fixed it, so it was a great deal to me. If I'd hesitated I probably would have missed it.

 

[djw90]

If one SW game is good, then 3 SW games must be better right?

Well only one is working right now. The second I got in a trade. the 3rd is a cockpit with ROTJ in to so I will need to convert it back.

 

[gjinc]

I knew several people locally who were looking for one so I messaged one of them. He said no thanks. I messaged another. He didn't respond. I messaged another. He said yeah, grab it for me if you can. I called her up and said it sounds like a fair price and asked if I could come get it. She said yes. So I did.
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Wow, you did all of that and then called her back, seems for what ever reason she was not going to sell it to Slackmoe

CL's sucks, sometimes you win and sometimes you get screwed for no apparent reason, but it is the seller choice of who they sell it to. Fair or not

Sorry for one missing out due to the seller not honoring their word and
Congrads to the other for thinking of other collectors

 

[bheineck]

Yeah she should've just stated "first person with agreed cash in my hand gets the game" end of story.

Fixed! Just kidding guys! But seriously,I believe that the seller probably thought Slackmoe was just going to waste her time when he was going to come "kick the tires". So then jehuie comes along and says basically,I'll take it for sure.

So the seller basically made a choice between someone who may buy the game pending inspection or someone who definitely wanted the game. So while I can understand her motives for doing what she did....it still was an asshole move on her part.

 

[ArcRevival]

Having bought and sold games on CL I will say this, there are a lot more worthless buyers than sellers, and I can't really say I blame her. The minute you ( as a buyer) sound wishy-washy, all bets are off. I have been jerked around a lot more by buyers than sellers.

Sad part is, the same goes for KLOV too, not just CL.

 

[jehuie]

Yeah she should've just stated "first person with agreed cash in my hand gets the game" end of story.

She actually e-mailed him back that it was sold more than an hour before I came to get it according to what he said earlier.

 

[joeycuda]

She actually e-mailed him back that it was sold more than an hour before I came to get it according to what he said earlier.

Sucks to lose out on a deal, but sounds like if he'd committed and said he's on the way with the money, it would be his now. It's a gamble though, what if it turned out to be rough, or not as she described, etc..

 

[VectorJunkie]

She actually e-mailed him back that it was sold more than an hour before I came to get it according to what he said earlier.

So she actually honored your word that you would take it. So it was actually fist person to say they wanted it and she considered it sold. Puts a very different spin on this and actually makes the seller look better than some of the would be buyers.

 

[shilmover]

I think I need to stop posting when I get new games. It seldom turns out well.

No kidding! You just can't win...

Having bought and sold games on CL I will say this, there are a lot more worthless buyers than sellers, and I can't really say I blame her. The minute you ( as a buyer) sound wishy-washy, all bets are off. I have been jerked around a lot more by buyers than sellers.

I was going to state that too.

I don't know how many times I have been honest and kept my word telling subsequent callers that the item was spoken for, only to never have the original buyer show up or even respond to my emails/phone calls. Then when I call the subsequent buyers, they have either bought elsewhere or not interested.

Bottom line is that I will no longer hold anything (unless I know the person). First person with the $ gets it and I tell buyers that. some are okay with it, some are not.

 

[bheineck]

This is sooooooooo true.

Having bought and sold games on CL I will say this, there are a lot more worthless buyers than sellers, and I can't really say I blame her. The minute you ( as a buyer) sound wishy-washy, all bets are off. I have been jerked around a lot more by buyers than sellers.

 

[bheineck]

Sucks to lose out on a deal, but sounds like if he'd committed and said he's on the way with the money, it would be his now. It's a gamble though, what if it turned out to be rough, or not as she described, etc..

That's when you negotiate a lower price or walk away. Negotiating before hand just leaves it open for someone else.

I went to look at a game I wanted and didn't say anything about price before hand. It was too high. I get there and the guy says the game just stopped working. I said well I really came to look at a working game. He said tell ya what if you can get it out of here, you can have it. SOLD!!!!! Negotiation up front is only for something you wouldn't be bummed about if someone else swooped in and got the deal.