An add was posted on Springfield, MO craigslist for a couple of dead machines. One of them was a William's Blaster in a duramold shell for $100. The picture is from the actual ad. I know time is off the essence for deals, but unfortunately I am 3 hours away. I call the guy up, ask him if it is still for sale and confirm he is selling it for $100. He says yes, so I tell the guy that the ad states it is non-working. I don't need to view it to make a decision, I am bringing $100 to pick up the dead machine. I also inform him of my driving distance to make sure he isn't going to pull the plug on me, and tell him I will be there in 3 hours. He confirms it, gives me directions, and I am out the door in 5 minutes.
I am on the road for more than 1 hour, and I get a phone call. He "informs" me that he has been researching this game, it is worth more than that, and he can no longer sell the game until he can research more thoroughly the "higher" price that he will be selling it for. I let him know I have already been on the road for 1 hour, and will have been on the road for 2 hours by the time I get home for nothing. He told me that he had made up his mind and was no longer selling it to me. So now I am out of 2 hours out of my life and approximately $15 in gas.
The morals of some people are just completely mind numbing. The fact that a deal is a deal, the fact that it was of no concern to him about all the time I just spent on the road is just wrong. So I turn around and come home empty handed, clutching my $100 in cash. I just don't know what else to say, but I think our public schools need to start teaching ethics or something. WOW.
IMHO, I personally believe he sold it out from under me. I wouldn't be surprised if some "good samaritan" told him not to sell it to me and offered more money.